Joy
Lightness, humor, play, moments of ease that restore you.
2 articles tagged “Joy”
Lightness, humor, play, moments of ease that restore you.
2 articles tagged “Joy”
You've seen the 'four happy chemicals' explainer — dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphins, and the tidy list of habits for each. Most of it is roughly true and dramatically oversimplified. Here's the honest read on what these neurotransmitters actually do and what actually moves the needle on wellbeing.
You know the specific kind of laugh — the one that leaves your ribs sore and your shoulders in a different place than they were ten minutes ago. It isn't magic and it isn't a substitute for therapy. But research on what laughter does to the body is more real, and more useful, than most of the internet gives it credit for.