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THE NEUROSCIENCE OF HAPPINESSCOLLEEN LIGHTBODY MPhil; PGCNL; PCC

Scientific Revolution Nature-Nurture50% GENETIC8 % CIRCUMSTANCES42% INTERPRETATION

44Hand model

Bad is stronger than Good

FEAR ANGER SADNESS JOY

Thinking

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NEUROTRANSMITTERENDOCANNABINOIDSDOPAMINESERATONIN

NOREPINEPHRINE/ADRENALINOXYTOCINENDORPHIN

ECETYLCHOLINEGABA

FAKING IT..CANNABISCOCAINE/METAMPHETAMINESUGAR/CANNABIS/ECSTACY/TOBACCO/PROZACCOCAINE/SPEED/CAFFEINEHUG YOUR DOGHEROIN/CANNABIS/ALCOHOL/SUGAR/TOBACCO/CHOCOLATEVIAGRAVALIUM/ALCOHOL/CANNABIS

BALANCE

HAPPINESSHEDONICThe Pleasant LifeSensory - momentarySeductive

EUDAEMONICThe Good LifeMental - sustainedEffort

STRATEGIESCOGNITIVE

PHYSICAL

SOCIAL

SPIRITUALMINDFULNESS/APPRAISAL/POSITIVE THINKINGFOOD/EXERCISE

CONNECTION/SERVICE

MEANING AND PURPOSE/GRATITUDE

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure; nor this thing nor that, but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing

W.B. Yeats

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We Dont laugh because we are happy, we are happy because we laughWilliam James 1870

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BE HAPPY