I spent an entire year
studying joy and happiness.
Not exact matches
I paired
studying the more than 400 references to
joy and happiness throughout the Scripture with recent scientific
studies on the subject.
Add these «
joy» foods to your diet: fish, for omega - 3s — a University of Pittsburgh
study found that people with low levels of this healthy fat were more likely to be depressed; Brazil nuts, for selenium — being low on this antioxidant can get you down;
and orange juice, for folate — too little causes a dip in
happiness - helper serotonin.
Add these «
joy» foods to your diet: fish, for omega - 3s — a University of Pittsburgh
study found that people with low levels of this healthy fat were more likely to be depressed; Brazil nuts, for selenium — being low on this antioxidant can get you down;
and orange juice, for folate — too little causes a dip in the
happiness helper serotonin.
I saw films with stories about finding
happiness even with cancer (Me
and Earl
and the Dying Girl), the struggles of addiction (I Smile Back), transgender women in Los Angeles (Tangerine), post-apocalyptic love triangles (Z for Zachariah), a teenage girl's sexual awakening (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), relationships between interviewer
and interviewee (End of the Tour, True Story), washed up Olympians (The Bronze), two kids who go for a
joy ride (Cop Car), psychological
studies (The Stanford Prison Experiment), lesbian lovers coming - of - age (The Summer of Sangaile), being a single parent (People, Places, Things),
and geeky kids learning how to grow up (Dope).
As the eight students who were Lipscomb's latest to complete the requirements for certificates in career exploration
studies entered a packed Stowe Hall on the afternoon of Friday, May 4, there was no shortage of
joy,
happiness, pride
and an overwhelming sense of accomplishment.
In turn, these increases in feelings such as
happiness,
joy,
and enjoyment predicted increases in psychological flourishing at the end of the
study.