What Your Body Knows about Happiness: How to Use Your Body to Change Your Mind - Paperback

by Janice Kaplan (Author)

Happiness isn't just a state of mind. It's also a state of body.

Standing up straight can boost your confidence. Smiling--even when you don't feel like it--can lift your mood. But why does this work? We tend to think the brain is in charge, telling the body what to feel. New science reveals the opposite is often true: the body reacts first, and the brain follows its lead. With a few simple changes, you can use your body to spark happiness and increase your joy, love and creativity.

In What Your Body Knows About Happiness, New York Times bestselling author Janice Kaplan dives into groundbreaking research that shows how deeply our physical sensations shape our emotions. With her trademark humor, curiosity, and storytelling, Kaplan translates complex science into fascinating, practical insights you can use every day.

You'll discover how to listen to your body--and let it lead you toward a happier life:

• Learn why your body often knows what you feel before your brain does
• Discover simple physical shifts that can instantly improve your mood
• Find out how posture, movement, and environment affect creativity and joy
• Explore surprising science, from why blue and green are the happiest colors to how the brain processes pain
• Understand why wine really does taste better in Paris--and what that reveals about happiness

Blending science, psychology, and real-world wisdom, What Your Body Knows About Happiness offers eye-opening strategies for tuning in to your physical self--and using that knowledge to feel better, think clearer, and live with more ease and pleasure.