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The Science Behind Motivation and Drive

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If you’ve ever seen the television show Gilmore Girls, you know that Rory Gilmore is a textbook overachiever. She sets her sights on Harvard at a young age, she finishes all of her weekend homework by Saturday so that she can devote Sundays to extra credit, and she has every detail of her life planned [...]

Happiness in the Golden Years: Live and Learn

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Everyone has regrets. Now, researchers can tell us what types of things people regret the most. Researchers from Germany set out to examine the ways in which regret affects emotional health. They conducted a study that involved three groups of participants: healthy young people who averaged 25 years of age; healthy seniors; and depressed seniors (both [...]

Happiness Linked to a Healthier Heart

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Eating right, exercising, getting enough sleep, and drinking plenty of water are often heralded as the hallmarks of health. We tend to see a healthy body as a sign of good physical health. Yet, a multitude of scientific studies show that our physical health is impacted by our minds just as much as by our [...]

Texting Offers Mental Health Benefits

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There’s no denying that text messaging is a go-to form of communication for plenty of people. Along with taking photos, text messaging is the most common non-voice application Americans use on their cell phones. Text messaging users send or receive an average of 41.5 messages per day (with 18-24 year olds being the most prolific [...]

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