stress, kindness,

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stress, kindness, happiness
positive emotions also help people cope better
with stress, feel globally happier about their
lives, and act with more kindness for others

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responding from the positive

• positive emotions can be encouraged in a series
  of ways relationships, humour, touch, music,
  physical exercise, nature, food, achievement,
  reframing, appreciation

calming skills (meditation, imagery, etc) can be
powerful inducers of contentment, savouring,
peacefulness
paying attention to and acting from spontaneous
intuitions, impulses, kindness, appreciations
humour that bubble up from positive emotional
states often promotes wellbeing even further