06/10/2011

Being Healthy Helps You to Be Happy, but Does Being Happy Help You to Stay Healthy?

There seems to be no question that being healthy helps you to be happy. More controversial are the reverse claims: that a positive outlook can impact your physical health. An article in POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY NEWS, Bad Science or New Frontier? The Debate on Positive Psychology for Health, examines the issue. For me, the upshot of the story is that the healing / prophylactic powers of positive psychology haven't been proven definitively, and need a lot more study before they can be made responsibly.

What do you think?

Jun 10, 2011 11:36:46 AM

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My name is Chuck Latovich, and I follow the happiness beat. By writing about material and research on happiness, I hope to help people understand some of the factors that lead to fuller lives. It's a complex subject, and I don't promise easy answers, but you'll find plenty to interest you here, and maybe some information that you can adapt and use as you try to get the most out of being alive.

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