05.26.2023 - By Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D.
Is Happiness Contagious (New Research Says Yes) What if our happiness influences the people around us? Could you imagine the positive changes we could have on others? A recent study suggested that not only does our jollity help others feel happiness, but this happiness also spreads to others. Explore the power of our joyful state. Harvard Medical School. (2008, December 5). Happiness Is 'Infectious' In Network Of Friends: Collective -- Not Just Individual -- Phenomenon. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 23, 2023 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205094506.htm James H Fowler, Nicholas A Christakis. Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study. British Medical Journal, December 4, 2008 New Happiness Podcast episode with Dr. Robert Puff, Newport Beach Psychologist