601-How Creating Connections Increase Happiness

We are hardwired for social connections. In fact, our brains need them to function properly. Therefore, to bump up our happiness levels, we need to focus on increasing our levels of social connectedness.

 

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Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in 2 minutes a day,  through my signature method of Intentional Margins (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life.

 

I'm your host Katie Jefcoat.  We’ve talked about how our mind is not programmed to help us be happier.   It makes sense, if you are unhappy or dissatisfied, you do better, you invest, you create.  So I’m willing to go along with the scientifically proven research.

 

We get to decide if we want to dial it up a little bit when it comes to our happiness emotion. That’s pretty cool.

 

If we want to improve on the happiness scale, the research is overwhelmingly clear, one of the best and easiest ways is to improve social connection.  Be present in real life, talk to a stranger, call a friend you haven’t talked to in a while. 

 

Now, you could be like me and think this is great news, I am already planning a coffee with a friend or the first person I’ll call to connect with after this episode.  

 

But for others, it seems easier to grab the remote to Netflix and binge.  I’d invite you to take one step.  

 

Make a phone call to someone you enjoy, but it’s been way too long since you’ve talked on the phone or seen them in real life.  Listen to the voice on the other end of the line.  Be present and intentional in that conversation.  You might just get that boost of happiness.  

 

Let me know what you did today, send me a message on social @everydayhappinesswithkatie - let’s have a conversation; I’ll be your biggest fan.

 

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