Hello! I am Catherine, a reporter of relationships at De Tijd, and this week I am filling in for my colleague Jancee Dunn – who has been an exciting for those of us in the Well team. On Wednesday, We have organized the very first Putfestival In Brooklyn, who brought together some of the biggest names in health for a day of conversations.
Many of the conversations were aimed at common cornerstones of well -being, such as nutrition, mental health and fitness. But when I was in the audience, I was struck by how much of the conversations joy became. In particular how essential joy is to build a healthy, meaningful life. And how you can cultivate more of it every day.
Here are three of my favorite Joy boosting tips that the panel members shared.
1. Contact your people.
Do you want to lead a longer, happier life? Tend to your relationships, Dr. said Robert Waldinger, a professor in psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School who supervises the longest running study of human happiness. That study has shown that strong relationships are one of the biggest factors in the well -being of people as they get older.
Investing in connection does not have to be a heavy lift, Dr. Waldinger at some point to instruct everyone in the audience to remove their phones and text someone they had not seen for a while.
“Just say:” Hello, I thought about you and I wanted to make contact, “he said. Don’t worry if you don’t get text back, he added. It’s like baseball. You don’t get a hit or a home run every time, and that’s ok.
2. Embrace joyful movement.
Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist at Stanford University, was in a remedial lesson in physical education as a child. So it is surprising, she explained that she has built up a career around joyful movement.
Exercise can help us feel more inspired and hopeful, she said, and “it changes our brain chemistry in a way that makes it easier to make contact with others.” The challenge is to find ways to move your body that feels joyful, does not feel burdensome.
So think about the types of movement that feels good for you. For some it can be a challenging run that feels bad at the moment, but that you are strong and proud of your perseverance, Dr. McGonigal. For others it can mean that the dog has to take a walk.
“Your body gives you data,” assured Dr. McGonigal the audience. Think about what you want more in your life. Do you want to be outside more often? Play more? Make new friends? My colleague Katie Mogg wrote more about Find a form of exercise that you can fall in love with.
3. Live every day as if it is your first.
Suleika Jaouad, the memoirs and author of a new bestseller, ‘The book Alchemy‘Was diagnosed with leukemia in her twenty. Last summer she had a repeat, and the advice that many people offered was to live every day as it was her last. But every time she heard that sentence, she felt an “intense feeling of panic,” said Jaouad.
“It’s exhaustive To try to make every family dinner as useful as possible – to make the mess of the mess at any time, “she said.” So I’m ready. Instead, I had to move to another mentality, which is the idea of living every day as if it is your first to wake up with a feeling of curiosity and wonder and playfulness. “
A way in which Jaouad, a dedicated magazine holder, tries to reach is through what she calls ‘small deeds of creative alchemy’. She recently detected 10 memorable moments of the last 24 hours, electricity of consciousness. She is surprised by the things that have been bubbled.
“It’s always the small moments,” said Jaouad.
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