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...that Porsche and boat and beach house you have been dreaming of would actually make you happy? Think again. Economist Richard Easterlin of the University of Southern California examined data from 1,500 people surveyed repeatedly over a 28-year period. He found that while healthy people are generally happier than unhealthy ones and married people are happier than unmarrieds, increases in wealth and material possessions improve happiness only briefly...
...brain waves--the ones that appear right before sleep--without slipping into the brain-wave pattern of actual sleep. In his 1970s best seller, The Relaxation Response, Benson, who founded the Mind/Body Medical Institute, argued that meditators counteracted the stress-induced fight-or-flight response and achieved a calmer, happier state. "All I've done," says Benson, "is put a biological explanation on techniques that people have been utilizing for thousands of years...
...that by meditating regularly, the brain is reoriented from a stressful fight-or-flight mode to one of acceptance, a shift that increases contentment. People who have a negative disposition tend to be right-prefrontal oriented; left-prefrontals have more enthusiasms, more interests, relax more and tend to be happier, though perhaps with less real estate...
...could well be June 24, when Phair's self-titled fourth album hits stores. "This is a pop record, dammit. I make no apologies," says Phair. "It's got guitar hooks and lyrics you can scream in the car. Hate me if you want, but nothing would make me happier than if my songs got blasted from pop radio all summer. That'd be just great...
...could have passed last week, when Phair's self-titled fourth album hit stores. "This is a pop record, dammit. I make no apologies," says Phair. "It's got guitar hooks and lyrics you can scream in the car. Hate me if you want, but nothing would make me happier than if my songs got blasted from pop radio all summer." Phair, a single mom with a 6-year-old son, got help making the album commercial from the Matrix, the team behind Avril Lavigne's ear-bending debut. But she mostly stuck to her own irony-laden voice...