Listening to music that you like for 30 minutes a day can help reduce your stress levels because it helps you feel more positive emotions, says new research from the University of Gothenberg.
So press play on that iPod of yours.
My music prescription? Besides listening to my all-time favourite song (“Tell me why-eeeeee…”), I’ve also got these two albums in heavy rotation.
Leave a Comment March 7, 2012
A study finding for those of you burning the midnight oil (and I know there are plenty of you — and I’m guilty of it, too, lately):
Overworking (working more than 11 hours a day) doubles your likelihood of becoming depressed compared to people who work 7 to 8 hours a day.
Perhaps take this as a wake-up call to get more balance in your life.
Leave a Comment January 26, 2012
Having a day from hell? Getting a good night’s sleep (so that you get some REM dream sleep) may help the day not seem so awful says a new study from the University of California, Berkeley. Dreaming, it seems, helps take the edge off of those painful memories — the study found that during REM, we have lower levels of stress hormones in the brain, which helps act like a soothing balm for your bad-day emotional state upon waking up the next day.
(And for your sleepytime? Some cute and comfy boxers — these ones above are from Aerie.)
Leave a Comment November 30, 2011