Many studies have noted the connection between a happy mind and a healthy body — the happier you are, the better health outcomes we seem to have.
But a new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) challenges the rosy picture. Happiness may not be as good for the body as researchers thought. It might even be bad.
Of course, it’s important to first define happiness. A few months ago, I wrote a piece called “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy“ about a psychology study that dug into what happiness really means to people. It specifically explored the difference between a meaningful life and a happy life.
