Provide support to others. Have you ever noticed how much happier you feel when you help someone else? This act of generosity activates a neural pathway in the brain that boosts wellbeing and lowers fear and stress responses, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found. I “send a friend lasagna’ regularly. Even that act takes the focus off me and puts it onto someone else.
It sometimes feels like it is so hard to avoid feeling down or depressed these days. Between the sad news coming from world headlines, the impact of the ongoing raging pandemic, and the constant negative messages popping up on social and traditional media, it sometimes feels like the entire world is pulling you down. What do you do to feel happiness and joy during these troubled and turbulent times? In this interview series called “Finding Happiness and Joy During Turbulent Times” we are talking to experts, authors, and mental health professionals who…