Elizabeth Day: The happiness formula we need right now 

Elizabeth Day: The happiness formula we need right now By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:02 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 29 March 2020 Hair: Fabio Nogueira. Make-up: Ruby Hammer. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Blouse, Lisou. Trousers, Roland Mouret. Jewellery, Alighieri. Netflix, Getty images I wasn’t sure what to write this week. … Read more

Smiling really DOES make you happier: Study finds expressing happiness influences the brain

Smiling really DOES make you happier: Study finds expressing happiness influences the brain to generate positive feelings For decades, researchers have studied how acting happy could influence happiness A team at the University of Tennessee has analyzed 50 years of data on the subject They found there is a clear connection between acting happy and … Read more

Tylenol may make you less empathetic to others’ happiness

Taking acetaminophen – sold under the brand name Tylenol – may make it harder for us to feel happy for other people, new research suggests.  The common drug belongs to a group of analgesics that relieves pain – though we aren’t really sure why.  Previous research confirmed that when acetaminophen is helping us feel less … Read more

DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR says happiness and pleasure can be found even in the mundane

There are, in all our lives, little things that go unnoticed. Things that we deem either insignificant or that we take for granted.  Few of us make it a habit to embrace and celebrate these small joys, but if ever there were a time to start doing it, then it is now.  As I write, … Read more