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Smiling Could Help With Stress: Study
Huffington Post: If you’re feeling stressed, maybe the best thing you can do is crack a smile. New research shows that smiling — and especially genuine smiling (where your eyes and mouth muscles are engaged)
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One Thing Anyone Can Do to Get Instantly Happier
Reader’s Digest: There are quirky New York City moments—for example, commuting on a crowded subway next to a man clipping his fingernails—that, even as a lifelong New Yorker, really get to me. But according to
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Kids Just Wanna Be Helpful
Pacific Standard: There’s a school of thought that considers young children essentially pure. “All things are good as their creator made them,” wrote philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau, “but everything degenerates in the hands of men.”
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Something for the weekend
Financial Times: While waiting for exam results, or the outcome of a job interview, many of us might catch ourselves bargaining with the universe; in return for exam or job success we promise to become
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Why you should grin and bear life’s problems – it’s good for the heart
Daily Mail: Grinning and bearing it gets us through many of life’s tricky situations. But researchers have found smiling really does help reduce stress – and boost the health of the heart. A study from
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L’alcol è un “lubrificante” sociale (Alcohol is a social lubricant)
La Stampa: Bere in compagnia fa da collante sociale promuovendo lo scambio di idee, risate, convivenza e socialità. Dà una mano anche ai musoni e ai timidi, sebbene l’abuso sia pericoloso. Lo studio L’alcol rompe
