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List of Partners vendors. Happiness is an age-old and sometimes elusive goal. Virtually all people want to be happy people, which is good, because happy people are better off, for reasons both obvious and subtle. Obviously, it feels good to be happy. For one thing, they tend to enjoy more successes in life. You may be thinking that happiness and success go hand-in-hand because success causes happiness, not the other way around.

Sign up for our Newsletter! Mobile Newsletter banner close. Mobile Newsletter chat close. Mobile Newsletter chat dots. Mobile Newsletter chat avatar. Mobile Newsletter chat subscribe. Life Science. Inside the Mind. Do happy people live longer lives? Scientific Studies Perhaps one of the most convincing studies linking happiness to longevity is based on -- of all people -- a group of nuns.

Do pets make you happy? Are men or women happier? Deeg, Dorly J. The prediction of longevity in the elderly. Universitaire Pers Rotterdam. Chronic stress increases inflammation, and inflammation has been linked to a host of health problems. So it's not a stretch to think that happiness, too, may lead to changes in the body's systems that influence certain diseases.

But what, exactly, does happiness do? How does a positive disposition affect somebody's health? And, vitally, what are the best ways to get happier in a way that makes a difference? Pressman isn't sure yet, but she's investigating one idea. And their heart rates didn't increase as much in response to the stress of the injection, either. We're still trying to unpack why. Mandy Oaklander. All rights reserved. TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.

Offers may be subject to change without notice. Sign In. Optimists also have better health habits. They're more likely to exercise, have better diets and are less likely to smoke. Meaning and purpose. A sense of purpose and meaning in your life is a big part of living a longer, happier life, according to psychology professor Lyle Ungar, who has developed what he calls the Well-Being Map.

It rates every US county on such psychological factors as openness, trust, agreeableness and neuroticism. Why are Norwegians so happy? In a word: 'koselig'. Go volunteer, spend time at a charity, give something of yourself. The people who are doing fine in that way are living longer.

Lord Richard Layard, one of Britain's most prominent economists and the author of several books on happiness, also believes that to make ourselves happy we should focus on the well-being of others.

Instead, you need to feel you exist for something larger, and that very thought takes off some of the pressure. Studies by the Pew Research Center show that actively religious people are more likely than less- or non-religious people to describe themselves as "very happy. Meet the smoking-free, carbon-negative country that passes no law unless it improves citizens' well-being. It doesn't have to be a traditional religion.

Layard points out that spiritual practices ranging from meditation to positive psychology to cognitive therapy can also feed an inner life. University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman, who co-founded the field of positive psychology, has developed a theory he believes will enable well-being, which some experts argue is a better goal than happiness.

How to handle the adult bully in your life. By practicing gratitude for what you've been given and forgiveness for what you were not, Seligman feels you can create positive emotion about your past.

Build hope and optimism, he says, and you build positive emotions about your future. Doing this, he says, will put you in the "flow," sort of a mental version of the athlete's "zone.



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