What your body knows about happiness How to use your body to change your mind
Book - 2025
"In school, we're taught that the central nervous system, including the brain, is the big computer telling our bodies how to respond to a trigger. But there's a growing body of research proving that in fact the system often works in reverse, that it's our body programming the brain by acting without being told what to do. For example, the act of smiling can improve your mood. Or when you pass a dark alley and your body tenses and your heart starts pounding, your cardiovascular system is sending a message to your brain to be scared. In this book, Janice Kaplan, the New York Times bestselling author of The Gratitude Diaries, will explore the mind-body connection and show that our feeling bodies are often smarter than our t...hinking minds, by weaving together new scientific research from experts from around the globe and from various disciplines, including psychologists, neuroscientists, and environments. And she'll provide tips and strategies for discovering this vital mind-body connection so they can work together to make you happier"--
Location | Call Number | Status | |
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2nd Floor New Shelf | 152.42/Kaplan | (NEW SHELF) | Due May 18, 2025 |
- Subjects
- STRATEGIES > NEUROSCIENTISTS > TIPS > WORKING TOGETHER > MENTAL HEALTH > HUMAN BODY > JOY > NONFICTION > SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH > FROM EXPERTS > UPLIFTING > PSYCHOLOGISTS > HAPPINESS
- Published
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Naperville, Illinois :
Sourcebooks
[2025]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xx, 375 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781728281315
- Introduction
- Part 1. The Science of Happy Bodies
- 1. What Your Apple Watch Can't Tell You
- 2. How Your Body Makes You Happy
- 3. Your Mixed-Up Mind
- 4. How Your Senses Give You Joy
- Part 2. The Best Places on Earth to Be Happy
- 5. Why Blue and Green Are the Happiest Colors
- 6. Places That Make Your Spirits Soar
- 7. Why Wine Tastes Better in Paris
- Part 3. The Unexpected Power of Sex, Exercise, and Diet
- 8. What Body Positivity Really Means
- 9. The Happy Body Food Plan
- 10. How Exercise Makes You Happy
- Part 4. How Your Brain Resolves Pain
- 11. Everybody Hurts (Sometimes)
- 12. Pain, Pain, Go Away
- 13. Sugar Pills Are Sweeter Than You Think
- Part 5. Why Pleasure and Creativity Come from Within
- 14. The Neuroscience oflnvention
- 15. How Your Body Makes You Smart
- Part 6. Your Optimistic Body
- 16. What Language Does Your Body Talk?
- 17. The Body-Mind Happiness Plan
- Suggested Reading
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
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