Everyday Happiness
- 58 Science-Based Mindful Eating Exercises and Tips by Courtney Ackerman: https://positivepsychology.com/mindful-eating-exercises
- 59 Seconds: Change Your Life in Under a Minute by Richard Wiseman: https://www.amazon.com/59-Seconds-Change-Under-Minute/dp/0307474860
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195374614/
- A “Present” for the Future: The Unexpected Value of Rediscovery by Ting Zhang, Tami Kim, Alison Wood Brooks, Francesca Gino, Michael I. Norton: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614542274
- Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743222989/
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Mortal-Illness-Medicine-Matters/dp/1250081246
- Beauty Sleep is a Real Thing, Research Shows by Michelle Roberts: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-39933232
- Blue Zones: Lessons From the World’s Longest Lived by Dan Buettner and Sam Skemp: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125071/
- Caffeine, Food, Alcohol, Smoking and Sleep by Sleep Health Foundation: https://www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au/caffeine-food-alcohol-smoking-and-sleep.html
- Chew more – https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chewing-weightloss/can-chewing-more-help-you-eat-less-idUSTRE76S6OU20110729
- Can chewing more help you eat less? by Eric Schultz: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chewing-weightloss/can-chewing-more-help-you-eat-less-idUSTRE76S6OU20110729
- Daily Weighing May Be Key to Losing Weight by American Heart Association: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181105081735.htm
- Duration and Timing of Sleep Are Associated with Repetitive Negative Thinking by Jacob Nota and Meredith Coles: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-54521-001
- Eating 7-8 Fruits And Vegetables Per Day Will Make You Happier by Michael Kelley: https://www.businessinsider.com/happiness-peaks-at-7-8-servings-of-fruits-and-vegetables-per-day-study-2012-10
- Eating Alone Could Be Making You Unhappy, Finds Study by Sarah Young – https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/eating-meals-alone-unhappy-link-sainsburys-research-mental-illness-health-a8363291.html
- Effects of Feet Warming Using Bed Socks On Sleep Quality by Yelin Ko and Joo-Young Lee: https://jphysiolanthropol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40101-018-0172-z
- Exercise can add years to your life by Harvard Health Publishing: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/exercise-can-add-years-to-your-life
- Exercise Wins: Fit Seniors Can Have Hearts That Look 30 Years Younger by Patti Neighmond: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/10/674380082/exercise-wins-fit-seniors-can-have-hearts-that-look-30-years-younger
- Extra time: how smart exercise keeps you younger for longer by Neil Tweedie: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/29/extra-time-how-smart-exercise-can-keep-you-younger-for-longer
- First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham: https://www.amazon.com/First-Break-All-Rules-Differently-ebook/dp/B00HL2S4LW
- Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202
- Healthy Food Makes You Happy by Frances Bridges: https://www.forbes.com/sites/francesbridges/2019/01/26/food-makes-you-happy-a-healthy-diet-improves-mental-health/#3e1c265426f8
- How Exercise Improves Your Well-being by Happify: https://www.happify.com/hd/exercise-and-happiness-infographic/
- How Our Hobbies Make Us Happier by Happify: https://happify.com/hd/how-our-hobbies-make-us-happier/?s=335e69c7
- Hydration and Sleep by Eric Suni: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/nutrition/hydration-and-sleep
- Intermittent Fasting and Brain Health: Efficacy and Potential Mechanisms of Action by Nikita Francis: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341802201_Intermittent_Fasting_and_Brain_Health_Efficacy_and_Potential_Mechanisms_of_Action
- Interplay of Objective Sleep Duration and Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases on Cause‐Specific Mortality by Julio Fernandez‐Mendoza, Fan He, Alexandros N. Vgontzas, Duanping Liao and Edward O. Bixler: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.013043
- Just Looking at Photos of Nature Could Be Enough to Lower Your Work Stress Levels by Peter Dockrill: https://www.sciencealert.com/just-looking-at-photos-of-nature-could-be-enough-to-lower-your-work-stress-levels
- Keeping A Food Diary Doubles Diet Weight Loss, Study Suggests by Kaiser Permanente: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080708080738.htm
- Mindfulness and Satisfaction in Physical Activity by Kalliopi-Eleni Tsafou, Denise TD De Ridder, Raymond van Ee, Joyca PW Lacroix: https://happify.com/hd/secret-to-being-more-satisfied-at-the-gym/
- Nine Lies About Work by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C3ZT28C/
- Randomised experiment: If you’re genuinely unsure whether to quit your job or break up, then you probably should by Robert Wiblin: https://80000hours.org/2018/08/randomised-experiment-if-youre-really-unsure-whether-to-quit-your-job-or-break-up-you-really-probably-should/
- Relax, Turn Off Your Phone, and Go to Sleep by Larry Rosen: https://hbr.org/2015/08/research-shows-how-anxiety-and-technology-are-affecting-our-sleep
- Science Proves Why Good Sleep Is Critical to Your Success by Kevin Daum: https://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/science-proves-why-good-sleep-is-critical-to-your-success.html
- Stress Recovery during Exposure to Nature Sound and Environmental Noise by Jesper Alvarsson, Stefan Wiens, and Mats Nilsson: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872309/
- Stressed? Take a 20-minute ‘nature pill’ by ScienceDaily: sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190404074915.htm
- The As If Principle by Richard Wiseman: https://www.amazon.com/As-If-Principle-Radically-Approach/dp/1451675062
- The Best Temperature for Sleep by Danielle Pacheco: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/bedroom-environment/best-temperature-for-sleep
- The Bidirectional Relationship Between Exercise and Sleep by Christopher E. Kline: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341978/
- The Fittest Do Live Longer by Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-105106/The-fittest-live-longer.html
- The Green Book by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas Kostigen: https://www.amazon.com/Green-Book-Everyday-Saving-Planet/dp/0307381358
- The Growing Evidence That Living Near Green Space Helps Kids Grow Up to Be Happier by Jenny Anderson: https://qz.com/1559863/kids-who-grow-up-near-green-space-have-better-mental-health/
- The Hidden Power of Similing by Ron Gutman (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/ron_gutman_the_hidden_power_of_smiling?language=en
- The Life‑Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Decluttering-Organizing/dp/1607747308
- The No. 1 Contributor to Happiness by Karen Salmansohn: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/bouncing-back/201106/the-no-1-contributor-happiness
- The Science of Sleep by TIME: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1683306368/
- The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware: https://www.amazon.com/Top-Five-Regrets-Dying-Transformed/dp/140194065X
- Think You Don’t Need Houseplants? Science Says Different by Noma Nazish: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nomanazish/2018/02/10/think-you-dont-need-houseplants-science-says-different/#6226cd873595
- Vacationers Happier, but Most not Happier After a Holiday by Jeroen Nawijn, Miquelle A. Marchand, Ruut Veenhoven and Ad J. Vingerhoets: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11482-009-9091-9
- VIA Character Strengths quiz: viacharacter.org
- What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Bolles: https://www.amazon.com/What-Color-Your-Parachute-2020/dp/198485657X
- Watch Your Step by David Cox: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/03/watch-your-step-why-the-10000-daily-goal-is-built-on-bad-science
- Whatever Does Not Kill Us: Cumulative Lifetime Adversity, Vulnerability, and Resilience by Mark D Seery, Alison Holman and Roxane Cohen Silver: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/47403010_Whatever_Does_Not_Kill_Us_Cumulative_Lifetime_Adversity_Vulnerability_and_Resilience
- When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink: https://www.amazon.com/When-Scientific-Secrets-Perfect-Timing/dp/0735210624
- Which Character Strengths Are Most Predictive of Well-Being? by Scott Barry Kaufman: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/which-character-strengths-are-most-predictive-of-well-being/?redirect=1
Motivation & Growth
- 59 Seconds by Richard Wiseman: https://www.amazon.com/59-Seconds-Change-Under-Minute/dp/0307474860
- Atomic Habits by James Clear: https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299
- Before Happiness: The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change by Shawn Achor: https://www.amazon.com/Before-Happiness-Achieving-Spreading-Sustaining/dp/0770436730
- Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Than-Before-Habits-Procrastinate/dp/0385348630
- Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success by Kerry Patterson: https://www.amazon.com/Change-Anything-Science-Personal-Success/dp/0446573906
- Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath and Dan Heath: https://www.amazon.com/Decisive-Make-Better-Choices-Life/dp/0307956393
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/1455586692
- Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most by Steven Johnson: https://www.amazon.com/Farsighted-Make-Decisions-That-Matter/dp/1594488215
- How Flipping a Coin Can Actually Help You Make Smarter Decisions, Backed by Science by Jeff Haden: https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/how-flipping-a-coin-can-actually-help-you-make-smarter-decisions-backed-by-science.html
- How to break down tasks so they don’t break you: coping with overwhelming demands on your time by B. A. Thompson and J. L. Huston: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10132241/
- How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life by Caroline Webb– https://www.amazon.com/How-Have-Good-Day-Behavioral/dp/0553419633
- Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every-ebook/dp/B078QSCM3V/
- Shoot for the Moon by Richard Wiseman: https://www.amazon.com/Shoot-Moon-Richard-Wiseman-ebook/dp/B07C7K1KJJ
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath: https://www.amazon.com/Switch-Change-Things-When-Hard/dp/0385528752
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey: https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/0743269519
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Life-Business/dp/081298160X
- The Science of Success: The If-Then Solution by Heidi Grant Halvorson: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201101/the-science-success-the-if-then-solution
- Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty: https://www.amazon.com/Think-Like-Monk-Train-Purpose/dp/1982134488
- Too Many Choices: A Problem That Can Paralyze by Alina Tugend: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/your-money/27shortcuts.html
- Tough Choices: How Making Decisions Tires Your Brain by On Amir: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tough-choices-how-making/
- Why It’s Easier to Make Decisions for Someone Else by Evan Polman: https://hbr.org/2018/11/why-its-easier-to-make-decisions-for-someone-else
Emotional Resilience
- Against All Odds: Genocidal Trauma Is Associated with Longer Life-Expectancy of the Survivors by Abraham Sagi-Schwartz, Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg, Shai Linn, and Marinus van IJzendoorn: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0069179
- Emotional and physical health benefits of expressive writing by Karen Baikie and Kay Wilhelm: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-psychiatric-treatment/article/emotional-and-physical-health-benefits-of-expressive-writing/ED2976A61F5DE56B46F07A1CE9EA9F9F
- How Gratitude Leads to Good Health and Happiness by Happify: https://www.happify.com/hd/gratitude-infographic/
- How to Fight Negative Thinking with Distraction by Derrick Carpenter: https://my.happify.com/hd/how-to-fight-negative-thinking-with-distraction/
- Is Mental Illness Real? You Asked Google – Here’s The Answer by Jay Watts: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/12/is-mental-illness-real-google-answer
- Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Connections-Uncovering-Depression-Unexpected/dp/163286830X
- Meditation and Mental Health by Samoon Ahmad: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/balanced/201907/meditation-and-mental-health
- Mind Ease mobile application: mindease.io
- Soothing Music Reduces Stress, Anxiety And Depression During Pregnancy by Wiley – Blackwell: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006093020.htm
- The As If Principle by Richard Wiseman: https://www.amazon.com/As-If-Principle-Radically-Approach/dp/1451675062
- The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs by Stephen Ilardi: https://www.amazon.com/Depression-Cure-6-Step-Program-without/dp/0738213888
- The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, Jeffrey Brantley: https://www.amazon.com/Dialectical-Behavior-Therapy-Skills-Workbook/dp/1572245131
- The Five Whys Technique by Olivier Serrat: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318013490_The_Five_Whys_Technique
- Treating Thoughts as Material Objects Can Increase or Decrease Their Impact on Evaluation by PubMed: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233774775_Treating_Thoughts_as_Material_Objects_Can_Increase_or_Decrease_Their_Impact_on_Evaluation
- Trying to be happier works when listening to upbeat music by University of Missouri-Columbia: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130514185336.htm
- UpLift mobile application: uplift.app
Healthy Relationships
- Crucial Confrontations by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler: https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Confrontations-Resolving-Promises-Expectations/dp/0071446524
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Emily Gregory: https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Conversations-Tools-Talking-Stakes/dp/1260474186
- Social Time Crucial to Daily Emotional Well-Being in U.S. by Jim Harter and Raksha Arora: https://news.gallup.com/poll/107692/social-time-crucial-daily-emotional-wellbeing.aspx
- The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Languages-Secret-that-Lasts/dp/080241270X
- The Secret to Living Longer May Be Your Social Life by Susan Pinker: https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_pinker_the_secret_to_living_longer_may_be_your_social_life?language=en
- What Great Listeners Actually Do by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman: https://hbr.org/2016/07/what-great-listeners-actually-do