It only sounds like an overpromise: These are 5 easy ways to feel more joy.
If exercise, an appetite for foods that nourish, and a commitment to wellbeing are all proven ways to boost your mood, it only makes sense that the healthiest among us are, too, the happiest.
But a cheery disposition isn’t just a happy consequence of being health-conscious—the opposite is true, too: “Happier people arehealthier,” says Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at UC Riverside who researches joy. They have stronger immune systems; they bounce back from illness faster; they suffer from colds less frequently.
The best news: Even if you prioritize movement over mood, there are small ways to infuse happiness into a high-performance life. Here are five of them.