There's a difference between faking a smile for someone else's benefit and giving yourself a smile to boost your mood. This episode will explain what research says about this.
| |  | | Fake a Smile to Have a Better Day | | | | It's true that happy people smile. But it may also be true that people feel happy because they smile. | Faking a smile might boost your mood, reduce your stress, and help you bounce back from challenges fast.
But, you may have also heard about the dangers of forcing a smile when you aren't feeling it. After all, aren't you repressing your emotions?
There's a difference between faking a smile for someone else's benefit and giving yourself a smile to boost your mood. This episode will explain what research says about this.
I also explain how a fake smile impacts your brain, when to try it, and what benefits you can expect.
And if you aren't able to force a smile sometimes because you're just not feeling it, that's OK too. This episode shares another strategy that works well for those days when you can't seem to muster a fake smile. | | | | | | | | Follow: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts / RSS | | | | EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK | | | | | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Healthy Mind newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. | | A DOTDASH BRAND 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005 | | | | | | | 
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