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How To Be Happy Every Day

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If you are very lucky, you were born happy. Many people are. Their brain biochemistry is set on "optimistic" and they naturally see every glass as half-full. But the rest of us can still learn to think happy. We can train ourselves to choose behaviors that create happiness opportunities, and consciously decide to think happy thoughts. And when we act and think happy, we feel happy, too. If you want happiness to be a major part of your new year, you must wake up every morning knowing that it has potential to bring you happiness if you find or create the opportunities to feel it. Start your training today, and drop by my group, Dr. Georgia on Your Mind, to let me know how it's going. I'll post more suggestions there year-round. Now read on to start your training!

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Georgia Witkin, Ph.D. is our senior editor. Dr. Witkin is a psychologist and expert on family relationships and stress management. She serves as assistant professor of psychiatry and director of stress at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Witkin is also a highly regarded national health correspondent, author of ten books, and a regular TV personality. She is known as "G.G." to her three grandchildren.
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