your-recovery-space:

1.)  Brisk 20-minute Walk
Studies show three 20-30 minute walks a week outperform, from a happiness perspective, test groups on anti-depressants and test groups doing both the walking and taking the anti-depressants.
(Penn State / Babyak, American Psychosomatic Society)

2.) The 20-Minute Replay
Journal for 20 minutes about a positive experience you had during the day. Your mind will relive the experience as you write and relive it again when you read your journal. A tripling effect.
(University of Texas, “How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Words”)

3.) Commit a Random Act of Kindness
Surprise someone a coffee, hold the door open for your coworkers, send a thank you note to an old teacher.
(Lyubomirsky)

4.) Meditate
Studies show meditation increases the activity in our pre-frontal cortext – the part of the brain responsible for attention and focus.
(Massachusetts General Hospital)

5.) Write Down 5 Gratitudes
If you can be happy with simple things, it will be simple to be happy. The research here had students write down five gratitudes, events, or hassles. Those writing down gratitudes vastly outperformed the other two groups after ten weeks.
(Emmons / McCullough)

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