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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The simple truth is this: Happiness is a choice. And your health depends on how you choose.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/5-habits-for-happiness/">5 Habits for Happiness</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com">Wellness Training Institute</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>By <a href="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/authors/michael-dangovian">Michael Dangovian</a></h3>
<p>October 6, 2017</p>


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<p>The simple truth is this: Happiness is a choice. And your health depends on how you choose. [Watch the video version of this post right <a href="https://bit.ly/2g5thbv">here!</a>]</p>



<p>Very few people set out in their lives to be miserable. There are exceptions to every rule, but in general, people would choose to be happy over being unhappy.<br><br>So, it’s surprising that so many people in this world are just so miserable. It’s amazing. I’m fairly confident that you could walk into any random fast food restaurant anywhere, and find no small percentage of people currently there actively hating their lives.<br><br>I’m not talking about real tragedies. There’s real pain in the world, and I’m not being dismissive of that in any way.</p>



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<p><br>I’m talking about the difference between miserable, toxic grumps and people that just radiate with a love of life that attracts others toward them. Because you could be either one.</p>



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<p>Here are five habits to build to put—and keep—you on the positive, happy side of the equation.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">It’s a Choice</h3>



<p>Happiness isn’t some state of being. It’s also not something that you just have or don’t have.<br><br>Instead, it’s all about<strong> perspectives</strong>.</p>
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<p>For example: Let’s say someone cuts you off in morning traffic, causing you to crash into a ditch. You have a choice between two equal but opposite reactions to that situation once the adrenaline dies down. You can spend the rest of the day fixating on the jerk who caused the accident. On how you&#8217;re now going to be without a vehicle for the next week. On how you’d like to give him a piece of your mind because your insurance rates are going to skyrocket now, all thanks to that little so-and-so who needs to go back to driving school&#8230;<br><br>Or, you can look around, take a deep breath, and be thankful that a ditch stopped your forward momentum instead of, say, a 100-foot drop or a group of kindergarteners.<br><br>Same event, two very different responses. <strong>It’s your choice</strong>.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Gratitude</h3>



<p>Being thankful for things makes you healthier. Psychologically, sure. But also, physically. Science <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ocean-robbins/having-gratitude-_b_1073105.html">says so</a>.<br><br>The best way to build a habit of gratitude is starting one of <a href="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/blog/2016/08/04/thank-your-regular-stars-why-you-need-to-start-a-gratitude-journal-today">these</a>.<br><br>Being grateful makes you happier. Why? There are a lot of theories, but most distill it into the fact that when you feel thankful for something, you understand on a molecular level that you weren’t the first cause. It was something or someone who provided that for you.</p>
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<p>So, you feel a little bit of psychic debt. Not in a bad way, of course, but it takes your eyes and pulls it away from your own naval and shifts your gaze—your attention—out into the world. Away from yourself. Toward the rest of the universe. And, for whatever reason, that makes us feel small, but also amazingly vital. And safe. And that’s the nature of happiness, I think. Knowing who you are, understanding your limits, but also understanding that you are part of something way bigger than yourself. Something amazing. Something that pulls you closer to every past, present, and future soul on earth.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Surround Yourself With Positive People</h3>



<p>I’ve mentioned this in earlier blogs, but it still holds true. Your mom was right: Be careful who you befriend.<br><br>The science is clear on this: <a href="http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/management/speaker_series/pdfs/CVBarsade.pdf">Positivity and negativity are contagious</a>.<br><br>Hang out with a bunch of angry bums, and you’ll assimilate. Hang out with people who are positive, supportive, and who love life, and you’re more likely than not to catch a serious case of the smiles.</p>
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<p>Happy people don’t hang out with unhappy people. At least not by choice. And even then, not for long.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Don’t Live Your Life Out of Fear</h3>



<p>This one is a hard for some people. I realize that. It’s easier for some of us to maintain a defensive stance toward life, to react to what comes at us and pivot where needed after the attack has come.<br><br>But, I will say that you can learn to shed the fear and move instead toward a braver, more proactive attitude towards the challenges of life.<br></p>
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<p>When I first opened my cardiology practice, I’ll admit that most of the decisions I made were in response to the image of my lawyer sitting on my shoulder shaking his head and admonishing me to make sure I didn’t get sued. That was my main fear at the time. Sure, I wanted to help people. But if you get sued for a trillion dollars, not only is that a bad thing for you as doctor personally, it’s also bad for your current or prospective clients.</p>



<p>It took some time, but as I kind of let go a little and trusted my knowledge and experience—along with my heart of hearts—I was able to shift that focus from fear of losing my practice to digging in and proactively working to help my patients, no matter what that might involve.</p>



<p>And, oh yeah: I was tons happier for it.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">There’s Enough Happiness for Everyone</h3>



<p>Happiness is not a zero-sum game. Meaning that your happiness never has to interfere with someone else’s ability to be happy. (And if it doesn’t, I would question if what you’re pursuing is happiness at all and not something more destructive.) This idea is even more important now, I think, given the current political and social climate.<br><br>Happiness, because it’s a chosen state of being, never infringes. Everyone can potentially be happy, and no one would be left out in the dark.</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">GETTING STARTED</h3>



<p>These are five great places to start. Again, all of it starts with the first one. Happiness isn’t something you achieve. It’s not the other thing on the other side of a winning lotto ticket. It doesn’t live solely in the world of your next job promotion. No, it’s the journey itself. It’s something you choose. It’s a lens you use to view the world. Happiness is a choice.<br><br>Sure, bad things happen. But that should just make the great stuff all that much better.<br><br>So, you have a choice today—and every day forward. What’s it going to be?</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">By <a href="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/authors/nicole-martin">Nicole Martin</a></h3>



<p>August 24, 2017</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Can you be truly happy? A lot people will say it&#8217;s impossible. I&#8217;m here to dispel that myth once and for all.</p>



<p>Happiness often seems like one of those unattainable states of being. It&#8217;s easy to think about moments when you were happy, or imagine those things that— if you had them, or when you get them— you&#8217;re sure you&#8217;ll be happy.</p>



<p>But sustained joy is difficult to imagine.</p>



<p>Well, I know from personal experience that it&#8217;s possible. And, it&#8217;s not even that difficult to achieve.</p>



<p>Here are 4 areas of your life that, if you make them a priority, will drastically raise your happiness quotient.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Others</h3>



<p>Although all 4 of these priorities should be equally, well, <em>prioritized</em>&#8230; dedicating yourself to making the other people around you happy is the best and most reliable method of achieving happiness for yourself.<br><br>As humans, we&#8217;re designed to be social creatures. And because of that, keeping the others around us happy feeds our social reward system directly.<br></p>
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<p>There have been a number of studies showing this to be true. But the most reliable evidence for why this works is your own life. Think about a time when you did something wonderful for someone. How did it make them feel? And also, how did it affect you?</p>



<p>More than likely, it made you happy. Do that consistently, and the happiness will keep flowing in.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">New Experiences</h3>



<p>If you take a look at people who are grumpy and miserable, more than likely they&#8217;re stuck in a rut.<br><br>Grumpy people don&#8217;t really do new stuff. Certainly, there are happy people who follow a strict routine, but for most of us, seeking out new experiences is a great way to pull the choke on your happiness engine.<br></p>
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<p>This might be something big—like going to Paris, or climbing a mountain, or taking a ride in a hot air balloon—but it certainly doesn&#8217;t have to be.</p>



<p>Read a new book. Cook something new for dinner tonight. Take a bike ride to somewhere local you&#8217;ve never been.</p>



<p>Whatever it is, begin building those happiness habits. Get out there and do something new!</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">our Health</h3>



<p>It&#8217;s hard to be happy when you&#8217;re sick.<br><br>And with our country currently in the midst of a massive epidemic of lifestyle diseases—heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, etc.—it&#8217;s not difficult to see why so many people are miserable.</p>
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<p>Obviously, you can choose to be happy in any circumstances. But it&#8217;s a lot easier if you&#8217;re not hooked up to a dialysis machine for 10 hours a week.<br><br>So taking back control of your health is an important part of cultivating a happy life.<br><br>Here&#8217;s a great place <a href="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/blog/2017/02/09/the-sum-of-our-parts-why-nothing-short-of-holistic-health-is-health-at-all">to start</a>.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">This Very Moment</h3>



<p>Dwelling on the past is a pretty great way to feel overwhelmed by guilt. Focusing too much on the future can cause worry and anxiety.<br><br>But living inside the present moment—and doing it habitually—clears out all the stuff in your head that brings down your mood. It also allows you to really feel what it&#8217;s like to be <em>you</em>. It grounds you, and in that moment you can see what&#8217;s really important.</p>
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<p>It also gives you an unfettered chance to choose happiness. When the guilt, worry, and anxiety are pushed out of the way, you can understand that, for now, you are alive, so you might as well enjoy it while it lasts.</p>



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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/2sddEWA" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"></a><br><br>I hope you&#8217;ll take these four areas of your life and put a priority on them. To start, choose one and focus on it. Build little habits into your daily routine that promote your joy.<br><br>Work your way through the list, and by the end, it&#8217;ll be difficult NOT to be happy!</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">By <a href="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/authors/michael-dangovian">Michael Dangovian</a></h3>



<p>August 17, 2017</p>



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<p>Here&#8217;s a simple recipe for lasting happiness.</p>



<p>Life can be hard. We deal with a wide range of emotions each day. Some days are better than others, but that doesn&#8217;t mean we have to be miserable.<br><br>Just the opposite, in fact!<br><br>Happiness is a choice. Even if your day is going horribly wrong, you can still shift your focus and remain positive.<br><br>Here are a few ideas for how you can get your mind headed in the right direction.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">1. Spend 5 minutes with a favorite memory.</h3>



<p>Find a few quiet minutes and think about a favorite memory.<br><br>Maybe it&#8217;s from your childhood. Or maybe it&#8217;s a time you spent with someone you love. Or maybe it&#8217;s the time you unexpectedly discovered something beautiful and inspirational.</p>
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<p>Whatever it is, immerse yourself in it. What does the air smell like? What does the light look like? What else is going on around you? How did you feel right then? Consider how it felt to be you in that moment.</p>



<p>Relish it. Hold it in your hands like a smooth stone.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">2. Text a friend something encouraging</h3>



<p>It&#8217;s a scientific fact that doing things for others is the quickest and easiest way to make yourself happy.<br>So, take a moment and text something nice to a friend. Maybe she needs some encouragement. Or, maybe, she just needs to know that she&#8217;s not alone.<br>Whatever the friend, whatever the situation, whip out your phone and send some love.</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">3. Be Someone&#8217;s Superhero</h3>



<p>Another surefire way to get a jolt of happiness is to look around and find someone who needs some help.<br>This doesn&#8217;t have to be a grand gesture. Donating a kidney to a co-worker, for instance, is probably going overboard.<br>Just look around and you&#8217;re pretty much guaranteed to find at least someone who could use a hand. Namely, yours.</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">4. Ring &#8216;Em Up</h3>



<p>In our busy lives, it&#8217;s pretty easy to let a few relationships sort of fall between the cracks. So, let&#8217;s remedy that.<br>Think of a friend you haven&#8217;t chatted with for a while, and give her a call.<br>A good chunk of our happiness quotient is dependent upon how we approach our relationships with others.<br>And ringing up an old pal is a great way to boost your mood.</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">5. Gametime</h3>



<p>Next time you&#8217;re around little kids, watch them play. They play with their whole selves. And they&#8217;re happy for it.<br>When you&#8217;re a kid, fun is king. So even when something isn&#8217;t fun, they make a game out of it.<br>Bored in church? Then build something out of the hymnals. Stuck inside on a rainy day without television? No problem: Just take out all the pots and pans from that drawer under the oven and hide in there until someone finds you!</p>
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<p>The possibilities for what kids will come up with to defeat boredom is spectacular. It&#8217;s cosmic, even.</p>



<p>But we as adults lose a lot of that. Daily pressures, responsibilities, hectic schedules…. the world saps the child out of us over time.</p>



<p>But, here&#8217;s the thing…</p>



<p>It doesn&#8217;t have to!</p>



<p>Try thinking like a kid for an afternoon and see how your outlook changes.</p>



<p>Even if you&#8217;ve lost some of your imaginative capacity, I guarantee you&#8217;ll feel better just by trying to remember what it was like to be a kid.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">It&#8217;s Your Choice</h3>



<p>There are hundreds of other little tricks you can use to get your positivity back. I&#8217;m sure you could come up with an even better list than this one. But, the moral here is simple: Misery is chosen. Grumpy people, by and large, have decided to be that way. Again, bad stuff happens. It&#8217;s part of life. A necessary part, in fact. (The world renown monk Thich Nhat Hanh titled one of his books “No Mud, No Lotus,” which pretty much sums up everything that comes after.)<br></p>
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<p>But you choose your happiness. It&#8217;s your life, and you can make it as enjoyable as you want.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Here's a question we're asked all the time: Are we destined to be unhappy?</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">By <a href="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/authors/michael-dangovian">Michael Dangovian</a></h3>



<p>August 8, 2017</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Here&#8217;s a question we&#8217;re asked all the time: Are we destined to be unhappy?</p>



<p>Everyone wants to be happy. Or, at least everyone <em>claims</em> to want to be happy.<br><br>But it doesn&#8217;t take much effort to look out and see that a lot of people are generally unhappy.<br><br>There are a lot of reasons for this, of course, but the bigger question is how <strong>you</strong> can be happy.<br><br>It&#8217;s a complex subject, sure. But the answer just might be surprisingly simple.<br><br>Happiness is a choice. You can choose to go through your day with intention and positivity, or you can choose to go through your day like a grump. It&#8217;s up to you.</p>



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<p>Don&#8217;t believe me?<br><br>Research backs me up.<br><br>According to a number of studies, including <a href="http://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=21272&amp;GR_URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB0010O927W%2Fref%3Das_li_tl%3Fie%3DUTF8%26camp%3D1789%26creative%3D390957%26creativeASIN%3DB0010O927W%26linkCode%3Das2%26tag%3Dspacforrent-20%26linkId%3DRVHN4PPUKQ4GYDYC&amp;dtb=1">this one</a>, only 10% of what makes someone unhappy are the circumstances of their life. Meaning: Only one-tenth of your happiness is determined by whether you are the CEO of a Fortune 500 company or you live in a garbage dump in Mexico City.</p>



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<p>(And this makes sense when you think about it… We get used to things over time. We come to settle into the context of our own lives. We adapt.)</p>



<p>Half of your happiness quotient is genetic. For example, some people are just more naturally inclined to be happy than others. Think of this 50% as your default setting.</p>
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<p>But that final 40%? It&#8217;s all <a href="http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2013/12/new-years-resolutions/">habits</a> and choice.<br><br>Happiness depends on whether we decide to be happy or not. Whether we surround ourselves with great people, or miserable, toxic people.<br><br>It depends on whether we decide to be <a href="http://www.bakadesuyo.com/how-to-quickly-and-easiy-feel-happier-and-mor">grateful for what we have</a>, or if we decide that the world owes us something.<br><br>It depends on whether we choose to do things for others&#8230; or decide to focus inwardly only on what we want.<br><br>So, it&#8217;s up to you.<br><br>You have to go through your day anyway, after all.<br><br><a href="https://bit.ly/2g42koA">You might as well enjoy it!</a></p>



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<p>A recent study out of Australia shows what those of us who&#8217;ve switched to a plant-based diet<a href="http://www.livescience.com/55407-eating-more-fruits-veggies-linked-with-life-satisfaction.html"> already know</a>.<br><br>Eating more fruits and vegetables, according to the research, appears to <a href="https://bit.ly/2g5thbv">make you happier</a>.<br><br>Which makes sense, right?<br><br>We&#8217;re designed to be happy. To be fulfilled. To have a purpose and follow that purpose to the ends of the earth.<br><br>So it only makes sense that putting the maximum amount of whole, organic, nutrition into our bodies would make us feel good. It&#8217;s like putting the perfect fuel into your happiness engine!<br><br>But one thing I hear all the time as a criticism of a plant-based diet is this: “But if I&#8217;m not going to eat meat, how am I going to get any protein?”<br><br>While I&#8217;m not sure where this myth came from, it&#8217;s been pretty effective in becoming a widespread belief. Look at any ad for places like GNC, and it&#8217;s not unreasonable to think that the more protein you can ingest, the healthier you&#8217;ll be.<br><br>The research, though, shows that this just isn&#8217;t true.</p>



<p>The research, though, shows that this just isn&#8217;t true.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The Protein Myth</h3>



<p>In fact, according to the <a href="https://nchspressroom.wordpress.com/category/nhanes/">National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey</a>, Americans are consuming roughly double the recommended amount of protein daily. Men eat an average of 102 grams per day, while women eat 70 grams. The recommended daily allowance, though, is only 56 and 46 grams respectively.<br><br>So, yes, while we need protein to stay alive, the Standard American Diet delivers far too much.</p>
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<p>But, that still doesn&#8217;t answer the question: How do you get enough protein from a plant-based diet?<br><br>Easy.</p>



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<p><br>You can get plenty of protein from plants. The myth that protein only comes from animals is patently false. Just take a look at this list:</p>



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<p>To put these numbers in context, here&#8217;s the protein content for a few animal-based foods:</p>



<p>1 egg &#8211; 6g</p>



<p>whole chicken breast &#8211; 54g</p>



<p>cottage cheese (1 cup &#8211; 27g)</p>



<p>non-fat Greek yogurt (6 oz. &#8211; 17g)</p>



<p>Again, the recommended allowance for each person is 0.36 grams per pound of body weight, which amounts to 56 grams per day for the average sedentary man and 46 grams per day for the average sedentary woman. So, looking at the plants on the list, clearly, it&#8217;s not going to take much of any of those foods to get the protein you need.</p>



<p>Plus, if you&#8217;re consuming too much protein, you run the risk of some serious health issues.</p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Too Much Protein?</h3>



<p>For one, packing in the protein also packs in dangerous levels of nitrogen. And long term over-consumption of nitrogen can, among a number of other nasty effects, cause your kidneys to shut down.<br>Secondly, too much protein is going to make you fat. On average your body can only process about 30 grams of protein per meal. The rest of it is stored as fat—mostly belly fat, in fact.</p>
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<p>And thirdly, people who eat a diet high in animal proteins, according to several studies <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2121650/">published</a> in the last decade, are 4 times as likely to die from cancer. A few years ago, in fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) actually classified processed meats as a <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjv3N3Lsq7UAhXGHT4KHe88D_8QFggoMAE&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cancercouncil.com.au%2F21639%2Fcancer-information%2Fcancer-risk-and-prevention%2Fhealthy-weight-diet-and-exercise%2Fmeat-and-cancer%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAujL3STtsVVxZjos_rZGPh2j1ug">Group 1 carcinogen</a>&#8212; which means that they&#8217;re “very likely” to cause cancer.<br><br>So, the takeaway here ought to be that switching to a plant-based diet is good for you. And you should do it.<br><br>Your health—and happiness—<a href="https://bit.ly/2g42koA">depend on it</a>.<br><br>Literally!</p>



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<p>August 1, 2017</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Want to make sure that you&#8217;ll never, ever be happy?<br>Here are three proven techniques for getting miserable&#8230; and staying that way!</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">1. Compare Yourself to Others</h3>



<p>Social media platforms like Facebook are great in a lot of ways. You can keep in contact with friends and family members, no matter where in the world you are. You can get advice, or help, or just dig into what other people are doing.<br>But, there&#8217;s a danger in sites like Facebook. Namely, it&#8217;s the idea that what people post is actually TRUE.<br></p>
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<p>Because in a lot of ways, it&#8217;s not.<br><br>People tend to put their best selves forward on social media. They tend to portray their lives as sunnier, livelier, and overwhelmingly BETTER than they actually are.<br><br>So, it&#8217;s very easy to spend hours upon hours in your social feed and come away with the perception that the lives of your friends and family members are much healthier, happier, and just plain better than yours.<br><br>This happens outside of Facebook as well, of course, but as an example, it&#8217;s a potent one.<br><br>One of the reasons this need to compare ourselves to others is such a powerful drive is because, as Americans, being the “best” at something is sort of built right into the foundation of our culture. It&#8217;s a cornerstone of the “American Dream.”<br><br>But as far as causing yourself untold misery, comparing yourself to others is one of the simplest, most effective tools you&#8217;ll ever get your hands on.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">2. Isolate Yourself</h3>



<p>Another great way to cement your status as an eternal curmudgeon is to spend most of your time alone.<br>And thanks to the technological advances over the last few decades in our culture, doing so has become increasingly easy to do.<br>In 1985, only 10% of the population reported that they had no social support—no one to confide in, lean on, go to for support.<br></p>
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<p>By 2010, that <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-depression-cure/200907/social-isolation-modern-plague">percentage had jumped to 25%</a>.<br><br>Meaning: <strong>A quarter of the population has absolutely zero social support.</strong><br><br>Which, of course, is a big problem. Because as humans, we&#8217;re wired to be a member of a tribe. Our ancestors spent most of their lives together—hunting, gathering, and generally living lives built on cooperation.<br><br>So, it shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise that when you take that support away, people are going to experience some serious negative consequences.</p>



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<p>Disappointment abounds in our lives. We experience it every day. It&#8217;s just part of what it means to be human.<br>But, one of the best ways to be unhappy is to take all those small disappointments, gather them inside yourself, and let them harden into an ever-growing pile of bitterness.<br>Because, here&#8217;s the deal with bitterness&#8230;</p>
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<p>It&#8217;s a cycle. And it&#8217;s also a habit. A self-perpetuating habit, in fact.<br><br>Because one little pocket of bitterness in your soul is going to get lonely. So, when that next small disappointment comes along, it&#8217;s going to attract more and more negativity like a magnet.<br><br>If gratitude is one of the key secrets to happiness, then bitterness is its polar opposite.<br><br>And it doesn&#8217;t need much to get started. We just need to decide to hold on to a few minor grievances, and nature will take it from there.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It's always amazing to me to watch a yoga class come in stressed and harried... and then watch them leave an hour later, relaxed, lighter, and happier.  It's also amazing that recent studies have shown that the happiness bump you get from yoga...</p>
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<p>July 27, 2017</p>



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<p class="has-medium-font-size">It&#8217;s always amazing to me to watch a yoga class come in stressed and harried&#8230; and then watch them leave an hour later, relaxed, lighter, and happier.<br></p>



<p>It&#8217;s also amazing that recent studies have shown that the happiness bump you get from yoga and meditation lasts days… or even week!</p>



<p>And why does it have such a lasting effect?</p>



<p>Because it literally changes the structure of your brain!</p>



<div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Meditate...-and-Get-Happy-2-300x300.png" alt="" class="wp-image-1574 size-medium" srcset="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Meditate...-and-Get-Happy-2-300x300.png 300w, https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Meditate...-and-Get-Happy-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Meditate...-and-Get-Happy-2-150x150.png 150w, https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Meditate...-and-Get-Happy-2-768x768.png 768w, https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Meditate...-and-Get-Happy-2-1536x1536.png 1536w, https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Meditate...-and-Get-Happy-2-600x600.png 600w, https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Meditate...-and-Get-Happy-2-100x100.png 100w, https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Meditate...-and-Get-Happy-2.png 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content">
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The Amygdala</h3>



<p>In a study by Harvard Psychology professor <a href="https://hms.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/assets/Harvard%20Now%20and%20Zen%20Reading%20Materials.pdf">Sara Lazar</a>, researchers scanned the brains of people practicing yoga over the stretch of a few months.<br>What they found was this: Yoga actually shrinks the amygdala, which is the part of the brain that handles worry and stress.<br>So when the amygdala shrinks, your stress shrinks too. And when you&#8217;re less stressed, you&#8217;re happier.</p>
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<p>A study done at UC Davis called the <a href="http://saronlab.ucdavis.edu/shamatha-project.html">Shamatha Project</a> found that yoga and meditation drastically reduced the amount of cortisol in the participants&#8217; systems. Cortisol is often referred to as the “<a href="https://breakingmuscle.com/learn/the-ups-and-downs-of-cortisol-what-you-need-to-know">stress hormone</a>.”<br>Lower cortisol equals lower stress equals (you guessed it!) more &#8220;happy.&#8221;<br></p>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The Calm Side of the Brain</h3>



<p>Researchers at the <a href="http://news.wisc.edu/study-shows-compassion-meditation-changes-the-brain/">University of Wisconsin</a> ran two groups of highly stressed people through an 8-week meditation program. Some of the group completed it, while the other portion did not.<br>At the end of the study, they scanned each person&#8217;s brain. They were surprised to find that those who&#8217;d completed the program had much more activity in the left prefrontal cortex. Among other things, the prefrontal cortex is where calmness and happiness are generated.</p>
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<p>A study done at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and published in <em>J<a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/currentissue">AMA Internal Medicine</a> </em>found that in people with high levels of anxiety, meditation produced results that were akin—and sometimes better than—prescription antidepressants.<br>I could go on, but I think you get the point. Whereas drinking a sugary drink gives you a short boost in mood—it&#8217;s not only terrible for you, the crash afterward leaves you feeling worse than before.<br></p>
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<p>Meditation and yoga, though, produce a lasting happiness that&#8217;s not just emotional. No, it&#8217;s also physical.<br><br>So, if you&#8217;re feeling down, go do some yoga. Or find someplace peaceful to meditate.<br><br>And if you&#8217;re already pretty happy today, then go do some yoga or meditate, and ride that wave of happiness for months into the future!</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Change is hard. Or, at least, it is if you're focusing on the wrong things. Here's how very small changes can have huge benefits—and a huge influence on your happiness—in a very short amount of time.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>By <a href="https://www.wellnesstraininginstitute.com/authors/michael-dangovian">Michael Dangovian</a></h3>
<p>July 20, 2017</p>


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<p class="has-medium-font-size">Change is hard. Or, at least, it is if you&#8217;re focusing on the wrong things. Here&#8217;s how very small changes can have huge benefits—and a huge influence on your happiness—in a very short amount of time.</p>



<p>Change doesn&#8217;t happen overnight. Instead, change happens when you make very small adjustments—and sustain and build those over time.<br><br>Here are the <strong>five things to focus on</strong> when you want to make a real, lasting, happiness-inducing change in your life.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">1. Don&#8217;t Focus on the Break</h3>



<p>Trying to “break” a habit just doesn&#8217;t work.<br><br>Instead, you should <strong>focus on creating new habits</strong>.<br><br>Think about it this way. Let&#8217;s say you need to reroute a river.</p>
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<p>Simply damming up the river to “fix” the problem isn&#8217;t going to work. Your fields are going to flood. Instead, you&#8217;d leave the current channel in place while you build another one in the direction that you ultimately want the water to flow. Once that new channel is done, the water will flow through it instead of the old one. Time, weather, and erosion will eventually take care of the old river bed.<br><br>Creation, here, is key.<br><br><strong>The changes that you create in your life will eventually, step by baby step, eclipse the old bad habit.</strong><br><br>That bad habit won&#8217;t need to be fixed, simply because it&#8217;s no longer going to exist.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">2. Get Concrete</h3>



<p>Change doesn&#8217;t happen in the abstract. Instead, studies have shown that <strong>change happens when you focus on the tangible, physical parts of whatever change you want to make</strong>.<br><br>Here&#8217;s what I mean.<br><br>Let&#8217;s say you want to be a more positive person. But simply aiming for “positivity” or “happiness” isn&#8217;t going to work. You&#8217;ll just be left spinning your tires. The abstract doesn&#8217;t give you any traction.</p>
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<p>Instead, if you want to be a more positive, happy person,<strong> focus on the things that a positive, happy person would do</strong>.<br><br>For example, you could start a gratitude journal in which you write three things you are grateful for every morning before you do anything else. Over time, this concrete action will become a habit—something you just do—with the accompanying effect of being someone who focuses on the positive things in life.<br><br>Or, you could begin to form the habit of sending one encouraging text message to a friend every day on your lunch break. Again, this is a concrete action that results in changes in the physical makeup of your brain.<br><br>Do positive things, and you&#8217;ll become a more positive person.<br><br><strong>Build tiny habits that make others happy, and you&#8217;ll be happier yourself.</strong></p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">3. Write Down your Goals</h3>



<p>It&#8217;s one thing to think about making changes in your life. But putting it down on paper—making it real—is a whole other bird (of happiness.)<br>Getting your goals down on paper results in a number of positive psychological effects.<br>For one, it&#8217;s there in front of you, real as real can be.<br></p>
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<p>Also, you&#8217;ve now put yourself in a position where you&#8217;re held accountable to yourself.</p>



<p>Thirdly—and maybe most importantly—it far less likely that you&#8217;re going to forget about it. Thoughts come and go. Even the smartest of us forget far more than we remember. Having your goals down on paper serves as a reminder. It&#8217;s the difference between being lost in a forest and either attempting to navigate blindly… or using a compass.</p>



<p>Let your stated goals, there on the paper, be your guide.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">4. Morning or Evening</h3>



<p>When your attempting to build new habits, experts say you should do most of the hard work creating new ones in either the morning or evening.<br><br>The reason for this is because the middle part of the day tends to be the most hectic. Under stress, your bad habits are your fall back. Trying to build new habits in the midst of being busy, harried, and otherwise preoccupied with the millions of things you have to worry about during the day just isn&#8217;t going to work.</p>
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<p>So, build those new changes into the start or end of your day, when you generally have more control of what&#8217;s going on around you.<br><br>This way, you can be more mindful of the habit creation process.<br><br><strong>And being more mindful drastically raises your potential for success.</strong></p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">5. View Failure as a Learning Experience</h3>



<p>Built into the very structure of change is the fact that you&#8217;re going to fail from time to time.<br><br>It&#8217;s just going to happen.<br><br>But how you view those failures is going to affect how lasting that new habit is going to be.<br></p>
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<p>If you trip up and allow that mistake to ruin your entire day, it&#8217;s far less likely that the changes you are trying to make will stick.<br><br>Instead, if you take that screw up, forgive yourself for it, and then resolve to do better next time, the process of building that new habit is going to be much smoother.<br><br>View your failures as learning experiences. Take a moment and be mindful abofhat failure. Why did you fail? What will you do next time to prevent that failure? What did you learn about yourself because of the failure?<br><br>Again, you&#8217;re going to mess up.<strong> But, if you view it as a blessing instead of a curse, that habit will be all the “sticker” for it in the long run</strong>.</p>



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<p><br>I hope that these 5 suggestions will help you along in your journey to becoming healthier, happier, and, well, <em>just plain better</em>.<br><br><strong>The key is to start small—like,<em> really</em> small—and build from there.</strong><br><br>And be patient with yourself. It took decades to build your current bad habits. Don&#8217;t expect them to change overnight. That kind of change only happens in the movies.<br><br><strong>Real change—in real life—is a journey. And inch by inch you&#8217;ll get to where you want to be!</strong></p>



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