Spend all day in your PJs, crank the music and check Facebook as often as you want. Apparently working from home is really as awesome as it sounds, for both you and your employer. A recent study found that workers who telecommuted to work were both more productive and less stressed than their office-bound coworkers. […]
You’ve had a good year; you got a bonus and a raise, so you’re so much happier, right? Well, if you’re what a recent study calls a “frustrated achiever” probably neither of those things made you any happier. A frustrated achiever is defined in the study as “an individual[s] who reports, in a given year […]
You’ve heard that laughter is the best medicine, right? Well now there is a study to back up that old adage. Researchers found that women age 60 and over can ward of depression with healthy doses of the giggles and yoga. A study published in 2011 found that “Laughter Yoga” worked as well as exercise […]
Maybe you don’t need yoga or a comedy show to boost your mood, just give yourself a few more years and you’ll cheer up naturally. The upside of growing older may be happiness. The predominant message in the media is that the younger you are, the better your life is. All the more surprising then […]
“Money, money, money” begins the theme song of Donald Trump’s show, “The Apprentice.” It seems that we all want more of the green stuff, because we think (hope!) it will make all of our hopes and dreams come true. And while we push our kids to study hard and do well in school so that […]
Smiling is contagious and a great laugh can lighten the mood of the hardest personality in the room. The question is, who do we smile at and laugh with more? The same or opposite sex? The findings of a recent study are, in a way, surprising. It focuses on three reasons why we smile: sexual […]
While you may claim to have a pretty decent knowledge of your city’s culture, when was the last time you went to a play? While you may be blissfully unaware of what your city has to offer, take into account that according to a study, people who participated in cultural activities were seen as healthier […]
