This Mistake Makes Us Less Happy
Article Round-Up: 6.2.24
Enjoy this week’s curated round-up of articles, podcasts, and more from the web to help you live a healthier, happier life.
Fitness Fortune Cookie:
“Good food brings good health and longevity”
This one's pretty self explanatory.
Our body is a complex and efficient machine, capable of taking care of itself in many ways. Over time, we've learned that the quality of the food we eat affects how we feel.
Food quality is important, especially when figuring out what works for our body and what doesn't. This is a very individual process. Understanding how to balance calories, manage macronutrients, and get enough protein is a valuable skill.
However, with this knowledge comes the responsibility to recognize that just because we can fit junk food into our diet, it doesn't mean we should always eat it. Making healthier choices regularly is important for our overall well-being.
Indulge in moderation and get more of the foods that leave you feeling better after eating them.
Published This Week:
How Can Psychology Help You Overcome Your Fitness Struggles?
Takeaway: Fitness psychology looks at how your beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors affect your motivation to exercise and eat well. Traditional fitness approaches often miss this step, focusing only on behavior changes without understanding the thoughts behind them. By changing your mindset and the stories you tell yourself, you can increase motivation and achieve better, lasting results.
22 Small Things That People Said Made Them Drastically Happier
Takeaway: “I picked up a hobby I always wanted to pursue.”
You know where I’m going with this..? :-)
A List of Interesting Thoughts To Ponder
Takeaway: Some of my faves from the list…
“Most beliefs are self-validating. Angry people look for problems and find them everywhere, happy people seek out smiles and find them everywhere, pessimists look for trouble and find it everywhere. Brains are good at filtering inputs to focus on what you want to believe.”
“Social media makes more sense when you view it as a place people go to perform rather than a place to communicate.”
“If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.” - Montesquieu
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