“Laughter can benefit your physical wellbeing,” according to the American psychologist William Fry, the father of gelotology, which is the study of laughter, in an article by Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky for Psyche. He refers to laughter as “internal jogging,” and for good reason: “A recent study found that it had a similar effect as exercise on […]
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How to cope with the chatter in your mind
“When we experience negative emotions and try to analyze our feelings, we often zoom in narrowly on the experience to the exclusion of other ways of thinking about the event that could lead us to feel better,” Liz Greene wrote in an article for Nautilus. “This leads us to get stuck in a negative cycle […]