The Effects of Joy on Our Health

In this episode:

• How being joyful requires practice, not unlike learning to play an instrument
• An example of training the brain to have positive thoughts in place of negative thoughts
• How your brain needs fuel and if joy isn't the fuel, fear will be
• What fear mapping is, and when and how it happens in your brain
• How can we be equipped to "stay ourselves" even when things get hard?
• Studies about how children react to their environment when their brain is fear mapped
• What happens to cortisol levels and brain growth after just 6 minutes of negative thoughts
• How high-energy joy and low-energy rest are two sides of the same coin and both are necessary
• Why at only 2-3 months of age infants can amplify joy
• Why 9-month-old infants can build joy for 8 hours every day
• How lack of joy leads to harmful addictions
• The ages of joy-peaks of growth throughout a lifetime, when we are most receptive to joy and it impacts us the deepest
• Why the teenage brain is hard to quiet down and why praise and relationship is so important during teen years
• The 4 Habits of a Joy-Filled Life
• How these simple habits can alleviate panic attacks
• How to recalibrate your nervous system so it runs on joy, in only minutes a day

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About the author, Chris Coursey:

CHRIS COURSEY, co author of the 4 habits of joy-filled people is an ordained minister, pastoral counselor, published author, and international speaker. He and his wife, Jen, lead and design the THRIVE Training Program that uses brain-based exercises to train leaders, families, and communities in the 19 relational skills and the Immanuel Lifestyle. Chris is passionate about helping people acquire the skills to make relationships work. 

 

Find the author:

Free Resources: https://4habits.org/

Thrive today: https://thrivetoday.org/

 

Find the publisher:

on Instagram: https://instagram.com/moodypublishers

website: https://www.moodypublishers.com/ 

 

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