Feeling happy has proven health benefits, from decreasing hypertension and cardiovascular risk to improving mental health outcomes and life satisfaction. Additionally, research confirms that finding pockets of joy is a strong antidote to anxiety, depression, pain, stress and may even help you live longer. It may seem daunting to cultivate more joy in your life during high levels of societal loneliness, stress, and burnout. But Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, science director of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, says a new program can teach you how to do just that in less than 10 minutes a day.
The Big Joy Project, created by Simon-Thomas and researchers from over 10 Universities, including Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, translates small and tangible interventions reported to improve overall well-being into a seven-day digital happiness program.
