
These are links to references I used in The Happy Me Project-The No Nonsense Guide To Self Development. All links accessed Nov 2021.
Mix it up
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11362246/Just-three-in-10-people-feel-happy-with-their-lives.html
How the brain works
www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200306/our-brains-negative-bias
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15327957PSPR0504_2?journalCode=psra
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626918/
https://atlasbiomed.com/blog/serotonin-and-other-happy-molecules-made-by-gut-bacteria/
Let’s not be busy fools
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7075496/
www.apa.org/research/action/multitask
Don’t take yourself so seriously
www.mentalfloss.com/article/539632/scientific-benefits-having-laugh
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01490400.2013.761905?journalCode=ulsc20
www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/index.php/ejhr/article/view/Rene%20Proyer
Gratitude is a game changer
www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier
That thing that happened doesn’t define you
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-darkness/202103/the-transformational-effects-bereavement
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-20322-001
Morning ritual
www.scienceofpeople.com/morning-routine/
Spilling the tea on fake social media lives
www.dailydot.com/unclick/instagram-influencers-apartment/
www.sixthtone.com/news/1003831/china-has-an-industry-for-flaunting-fake-wealth
www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/03/145223/family-romance-real-appeal-instagram
Nature not Netflix www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494405801847?via%3Dihub
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169204615000286
www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2014/834360/#results
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272494413000959
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170330132354.htm
Affirmations
https://positivepsychology.com/daily-affirmations/
https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/11/4/621/2375054
www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115137
Watch your mouth
https://blog.arkadin.com/en/change-your-words-and-change-your-brain-for-the-better/
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304395909004564
https://englishlive.ef.com/blog/language-lab/many-words-english-language/
Do nothing
https://happiful.com/what-is-niksen/
www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/default-mode-network
https://sites.insead.edu/facultyresearch/research/doc.cfm?did=54261
Mindful AF
https://positivepsychology.com/history-of-mindfulness/
www.mindful.org/what-is-mindfulness/
Be ruthless with your inner circle
https://www.webmd.com/balance/news/20100727/social-ties-can-add-years-your-life
www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a2338
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11908536/
Big girls DO cry
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934120/#B30
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035568/
Celebrate your victories
Getting to know yourself
https://psychcentral.com/blog/imperfect/2016/04/26-question-to-help-you-know-yourself-better
https://happiful.com/5-questions-to-help-you-get-to-know-yourself/
The art of overthinking
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26320724/
www.learning-mind.com/overthinking-worrier-creative-genius/
Be nice
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_helpers_high
Love hard
https://loveandlifetoolbox.com/wired-to-connect-why-we-cant-live-without-love-and-belonging/
Make trouble – break the rules
www.cnbc.com/2017/05/10/10-ultra-successful-millionaire-and-billionaire-college-dropouts.html
www.readersdigest.ca/travel/world/rude-manners-polite-countries/
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/meet-the-rule-breakers
https://www.history.com/news/7-female-adventurers-who-broke-all-the-rules
https://londoncollegeofstyle.com/british-style-eccentrics-personal-style-rule-breakers/
You’re not running out of time
www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/time-anxiety#managing-it
Guilt
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894290/
Heavily meditated
www.freemeditation.com/articles/2009/09/10/calming-the-mind/
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092549271000288X
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272735813000731?via=ihub
The real F word is ‘forgiveness’
www.beliefnet.com/faiths/christianity/galleries/5-astonishing-real-examples-of-forgiveness.aspx
www.familytoday.com/family/8-incredible-stories-of-forgiveness-that-will-touch-your-heart/
Music to my ears
https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/global-council-on-brain-health/music/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30947484/
www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v5/i1/68.htm
www.tonyrobbins.com/mind-meaning/music-and-your-brain/
www.ox.ac.uk/research/choir-singing-improves-health-happiness-–-and-perfect-icebreaker
