Balance Bad News With Good
We've all complained that there's "too much negative news." Now at least three online news services are doing something about the imbalance.
Rather than wade through your daily paper for glimpses of good news, you can now count on finding stories online that will lift your mood. Recent ones told about a long-lost dog reunited with its owner after Hurricane Katrina and a Filipino street kid winning a $130,000 peace prize.
The Good News Network offers favorite good news stories on its website at no charge and also offers a subscription that sends a batch of good news stories to your inbox weekly. The other good news is that the subscription price level depends on your ability to pay.
Similarly, the Huffington Post offers a good news section, as does a website called Happy News.
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App Map Helps Customize Your Self-Care
Whether you're catching the Metro in D.C. or The T in Boston, you just can't get there without a map.
So it is with the growing number of mobile apps to improve your well-being that are available for your Smart devices.
Enter Track Yourself!, a map that tells you about apps like Lark, which will help monitor your sleep patterns and Moodscope, which tracks your mood. For more about all the available possibilities for tracking yourself and figure out whether you want to enter the world of medical tracking, CNN presents a fascinating piece on the pros and cons of tracking in its Our Mobile Society series.
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Sing Your Way To Well-Being
What do Love Me Tender and Que Sera Sera have in common? They're both on the short list of great group-sing songs recommended by British composer, artist and activist Brian Eno for increasing your well-being.
Citing a Scandinavian study that singing, camping and dancing are stand-outs in creating and healthier and happier life, Eno writes in his "This I Believe" essay for NPR that singing together leads to "a long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness and a better sense of humor." Wow!
He's walked the talk by forming a weekly a cappella singing group - a process he says allows us to forget "being me" and instead become part of a community.
Copyright 2012 Pat Snyder
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