Surround yourself with shiny, happy people: happiness (and sadness) is contagious much like an infection, says research from Harvard University and MIT. Their research, which involved tracking more than 1,800 people since 1948, has found that you can recover from discontent more quickly than happiness, however, it is more contagious.
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Two studies have found that transcendental meditation — yes, the kind that involves daily chanting of a mantra (the style of meditation that was very popular in the the ’60s) — worked better than a healthy diet and exercise at relieving high blood pressure and depression.
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If you’re having trouble dealing with a breakup or losing your job — or any of life’s trials and tribulations — read on.
New research from the Rotman School of Management has found that literally packing up something related to the issue you’re grappling with — a written recollection of the incident that you put into a box or an envelope, for example — helps improve your negative feelings about the event and helps to create a sense of psychological closure.
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