References- The Happy Me Project

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.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/reticular-activating-system

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

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/03/instagram-star-essena-oneill-quits-2d-life-to-reveal-true-story-behind-images

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

Positive Daily Affirmations: Is There Science Behind It?

https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/11/4/621/2375054

www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-psych-010213-115137

Watch your mouth

Change Your Words and Change Your Brain – For the Better

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304395909004564

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/words-can-change-your-brain/201208/why-word-is-so-dangerous-say-or-hear

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.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/low-on-self-control-surrounding-yourself-with-strong-willed-friends-may-help.html

View at Medium.com

www.bmj.com/content/337/bmj.a2338

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11908536/

Big girls DO cry

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3097767/crying-clubs-show-laughter-isnt-always-best-medicine

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934120/#B30

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035568/

Celebrate your victories

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conversational-intelligence/201512/celebration-time#:~:targetText=Researchers%20found%20that%20by%20having,that%20releases%20the%20neurotransmitter%20dopamine

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/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/how-do-life/202102/35-questions-help-you-know-yourself-or-others-better

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

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/enlightened-living/200902/primal-wiring-survival-and-the-need-be-loved

Wired to Connect: Why We Can’t Live Without Love and Belonging

Love: The Key to Survival?

www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2021/01/14/biden-will-push-congress-to-pass-19-trillion-stimulus-we-have-a-moral-obligation/?sh=7d663f2e1183

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/

www.princeton.edu/news/2013/10/08/weighed-down-guilt-research-shows-its-more-metaphor?section=topstories

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

Hey, action taker!

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