The Optimist Living
6 simple ways to lose weight without dieting
Dieting isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Contrary to popular belief, research shows dieting actually tends to promote weight gain. Luckily, there are many other ways you can lose weight without having to deny yourself from different foods. Here are 6 ways you can lose weight without Read More...
Crowdfunding helps women to bridge gender gap in investment world
Most investors are men and that’s still a barrier for female entrepreneurs. However, equity crowdfunding is changing that. Equity crowdfunding makes it possible for everyone to invest in startup companies in exchange for equity. The phenomenon is still new in the U.S. In the U.K. equity-based Read More...
The key to happiness is living truthfully
Losing your personal integrity is the worst thing you can do to your happiness, but in a world where we constantly wish to please, it’s hard to stay authentic. It’s not a bad thing to be thinking of others, it’s just that pleasing people is not the same as helping people. And if we’re Read More...
Stress can override benefits of healthy eating
We know that eating well is good for our health. However, new research shows that stress can override the benefits of making better food choices. To evaluate the interactions between diet and stress, researchers recruited 58 women who completed surveys to assess the kinds of stress they were Read More...
When you are happy you make your spouse healthier
Happiness and health go together. People who are happier are usually also healthier. When humans feel good, they’re more likely to be active and less likely to attempt to cheer themselves up with sweets and fast food. A new study goes one step further: People whose spouses are happier are Read More...
More time brings more happiness than more money
What’s more valuable time or money? Researchers asked more than 4,000 people and 64 percent valued money more than time. However, the scientists also checked the level of happiness and life satisfaction of the respondents and they found that the people who chose time were on average happier than Read More...
When it comes to happiness, it’s better to be older
Many young adults are suffering from the pressures setting up a career and family. They experience life as a series of never-ending challenges. But here’s the good news: The older you become, the better it gets. Researchers contacted 1,546 people ages 21 to 99 via random telephone calls and found Read More...
How to be mindful as you brush your teeth
At the tailends of each day, we stand before the mirror to clean our pearly whites(or at least we hope you do.) We do this mindlessly, but if we do it with a bit of thought, it can be like ‘brushing the brain’. Here’s a little piece on mindful brushing, and how it can help your brain toset a Read More...
The 5 best ways to clear your troubled mind according to neuroscience
Troubled, over-loaded minds stand in the way of clear thinking and relaxation. Here are the top 5 ways, neuroscientists say, to clear your mind. Yes, meditation and mindfulness. But willpower works Read More...
How to design a life you love, according to two professors at Stanford
Do you remember the last time you felt a moment of pure joy? It could be the feeling you had when you got a great new job offer, fell in love, finished a marathon or traveled to a beautiful country. According to the authors of the new book, Designing Your Life, these kind of moments can help us in Read More...