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Establish Healthy Traditions to Make Winter Fun, Prevent Cold-Weather Blues, MU Experts Say

By Guest PostJanuary 8, 20111 commentCulture, Healthalejandra gudiño, comfort foods, ellen Schuster, endorphins, frigid weather, fun traditions, happiness, happy and healthy, karen sherbondy, new traditions, physiology, plan activity, recipe, steve ball

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Frigid weather may seem like a good excuse to avoid workouts, stay inside and overindulge in comfort foods. However, health experts from the University of Missouri have found that these tendencies leave most people feeling less content during the winter months. MU researchers say people should establish new traditions to increase happiness and avoid wintertime woes. (more…)

Professor to Explain How Happiness Might be Increased

By Guest PostAugust 31, 2010Culture, General21st century corps of discovery lecture, american ideal of life, happiness, intellectuals, kennon m sheldon, positive psychology, psychology, three ways to achieve happiness, university of missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Is it even possible to become happier?

The possibilities of happiness, and how to achieve that elusive feeling, have dominated the thoughts of great intellectuals throughout time, including the hundreds of books one can find on the current market.

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