Brilliant Positive Psychology

CHAPTER 9

Positive

health: How to

build physical

well-being and

live longer

A sound mind in a sound body is a

short but full description of a happy

state in this world.

John Locke, 1632–1704

Remember in Chapter 3 Robert Emmons’s research that

boosted people’s happiness after they kept a gratitude journal

for three weeks. Not only did these people get happier but they

slept better and spent more time exercising. They also reported

fewer physical symptoms, such as pain. The happier you get, the

healthier you get – because the happier you are, the better care

you take of yourself and others.

Much of this book has been focusing ...