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Health, Wealth, & Happiness vs Stress

Health, Wealth, & Happiness vs Stress. Human Development & Understanding Prof. Jackie Snell. Influence on well-being: physiological social/cultural psychological And their interactions over life stages. Happiness vs. Well-being. Happiness = state of being at a moment in time

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Health, Wealth, & Happiness vs Stress

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  1. Health, Wealth, & Happiness vs Stress Human Development & Understanding Prof. Jackie Snell Happiness vs. Stress

  2. Influence on well-being: • physiological • social/cultural • psychological And their interactions over life stages Happiness vs. Stress

  3. Happiness vs. Well-being Happiness = state of being at a moment in time Well being = self evaluation of your life important domains: work, health, relationships What gives your life meaning/balance? Happiness vs. Stress

  4. Money & happinessHealth & happinessRecipe for happiness Happiness vs. Stress

  5. Health and Happiness • “If you’ve got your health you’ve got everything.” • How likely to get ill • Survival once ill • Longevity Happiness vs. Stress

  6. If you want to feel happier • Nature vs. nurture Happiness vs. Stress

  7. Recipe for Well-being Have direction: important goals & values Happiness vs. Stress

  8. If you want to feel happier • Enjoy your work/school Counseling Services on campus: http://www.sjsu.edu/counseling/ 924-5910 Happiness vs. Stress

  9. If you want to feel happier • Enjoy your work/school • Relationships • Religion/spirituality or flow • Positive thinking: AIM • Balance Happiness vs. Stress

  10. Happy people on average • Happy at work are better workers • Have more and closer friends • Better health, live longer • More pro-social in trusting and helping others • More peaceful and cooperative attitudes Happiness vs. Stress

  11. Good stressbadstress Happiness vs. Stress

  12. What stresses you? Happiness vs. Stress

  13. What stresses a zebra? Happiness vs. Stress

  14. Autonomic nervous system • Unconscious (mostly) Happiness vs. Stress

  15. Parasympathetic= Relaxation response Sympathetic = Stress Response “Fight or Flight” Breathing Rate Blood Pressure Heart Rate Metabolism Blood Sugar Adrenaline Sensory Awareness Thought Creativity Concentration Immune system Digestive System Happiness vs. Stress

  16. Short term effects of stress Happiness vs. Stress

  17. Long term effects of stress Happiness vs. Stress

  18. Memory & Decision Making Happiness vs. Stress

  19. Immunity Happiness vs. Stress

  20. Managing Stress • Hold your children early in life • Choose parents who are not poor Happiness vs. Stress

  21. Recharging the battery • Activities that restore the body’s reserves • Rest & relaxation • Good diet & exercise • Various therapies • Positive & fulfilling work, leisure and relationships • Draining the battery • Activities that use up the body’s reserves • Daily tasks • Poor lifestyle habits • Mental stress • Bad health • Being overweight • High physical demands (e.g. hot climate, heavy training) Body’s balance Happiness vs. Stress

  22. Recommended reading Happiness Stress • Ed Diener • Martin Seligman • Sonja Lyubomirsky • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow • Daniel Todd Gilbert • Dalai Lama “The Art of Happiness” • Robert Sapolsky “Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers” Happiness vs. Stress

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