Get the Mood-Boosting Benefits of Flowers in Every Room of Your Home

Not sure what blooms to place where? Here are the best flowers for every room in your house — including your office.

Leah Groth
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5 Ways to Train Your Brain to Be Optimistic

If you find yourself being negative more often than you’d like to, here’s something you can feel good about: Optimism can be trained!

Kaia Roman
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8 Dog Person Stereotypes That Are Totally True

While being a dog person doesn't fit you in a particular formula, there is some science that helps define and explain what makes dog people tick.

Rachel Grice
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12 Foods That Can Improve Your Mood

We all have guilty pleasures; foods that make us feel good for a moment — but very ba-aaaa-d after we’re done.

Maghan McDowell
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8 Cat Person Stereotypes That Are Totally True

Cat people can get a bad rap. From “crazy cat ladies” to the assumption that cat fans hate other people, there are a lot of negative associations. But cat lovers do have a lot of positive traits in common, many of them backed by science.

Rachel Grice
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10 Cities in America With the Happiest People

What makes a happy place? To answer that question, WalletHub analyzed 30 indicators of happiness in 150 cities. Here are the cities with the happiest people.

Hoku Krueger
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12 Ways to Get Your Mojo Back

Life is guaranteed to knock us all down a time or two. What’s important is that we get back up. Research suggests that in order to bounce back, we need perseverance. It doesn’t come naturally for everyone, but it can be learned.

Sarah Stevenson
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Vitamins for Moodiness and Irritability

While there are many factors that could make a person moody or irritable, depleted levels of certain vitamins and other nutrients are among the physiological causes, according to "The Food-Mood Solution" by Jack Challem and Melvyn R. Werbach.

Josh Baum
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Why Do Phentermine Diet Pills Give Me Mood Swings?

The diet pill phentermine is associated with a number of negative and dangerous side effects, but it is still sold as a commercial appetite suppressant. Doctors may prescribe this medication to treat obesity, and it was part of the widely used yet discontinued Phen-Fen combination, which also included fenfluramine.

Ashley Miller
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What Causes Sudden Mood Swings in an 18-Month-Old?

One minute, your 18-month-old may be happily playing, and the next, she might be flailing on the floor in the grips of a temper tantrum. You may wonder what happened to your sweet baby, and whether you are entering the territory of the Terrible Twos, albeit a few months early.

Michelle Kulas
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4-7-8 Breathing Exercises

One of the functions of mind-body medicine is to tap into the body’s natural relaxation response -- in order to promote slower breathing, improve blood pressure, reduce stress and enhance wellness.

Jonathan Thompson
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Acute Depression Symptoms

Depression can develop in anyone, regardless of age or sex. This common mental condition affects roughly 7 percent of Americans in any given year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

Abimbola Farinde
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