Janice Kaplan

It turns out that we're happier in blue spaces near water and in green spaces when we're outside. There's a psychologist out of the UK who found that two hours a week spent near the water actually improves your well-being quite dramatically.

It turns out that we're happier in blue spaces near water and in green spaces when we're outside. There's a psychologist out of the UK who found that two hours a week spent near the water actually improves your well-being quite dramatically.

It turns out that we're happier in blue spaces near water and in green spaces when we're outside. There's a psychologist out of the UK who found that two hours a week spent near the water actually improves your well-being quite dramatically.

Hi, Mike. Thanks so much. Great to be with you.

Hi, Mike. Thanks so much. Great to be with you.

Hi, Mike. Thanks so much. Great to be with you.

So the idea here is that there are really strong links between our bodies and our minds. And we tend to think of our brain as being the big computer that controls everything. But the truth is that your brain is just this three pound mass sitting up there in a very dark skull. And the only information it gets is from your body, from your environment, from your senses,

So the idea here is that there are really strong links between our bodies and our minds. And we tend to think of our brain as being the big computer that controls everything. But the truth is that your brain is just this three pound mass sitting up there in a very dark skull. And the only information it gets is from your body, from your environment, from your senses,

So the idea here is that there are really strong links between our bodies and our minds. And we tend to think of our brain as being the big computer that controls everything. But the truth is that your brain is just this three pound mass sitting up there in a very dark skull. And the only information it gets is from your body, from your environment, from your senses,

all sending that information up to your brain. And the more we can understand about how those links are working and the information that we're sending, the more we can control them and the more we can use them to make ourselves feel better and happier and improve our well-being.

all sending that information up to your brain. And the more we can understand about how those links are working and the information that we're sending, the more we can control them and the more we can use them to make ourselves feel better and happier and improve our well-being.

all sending that information up to your brain. And the more we can understand about how those links are working and the information that we're sending, the more we can control them and the more we can use them to make ourselves feel better and happier and improve our well-being.

Well, I'll give you sort of a funny example here that was some research that was done out of Yale where people were given a warm cup of coffee to hold or else they were given an iced coffee to hold. And they didn't even realize that that was part of the research because then they were brought in and they were asked to describe how they felt about certain people.

Well, I'll give you sort of a funny example here that was some research that was done out of Yale where people were given a warm cup of coffee to hold or else they were given an iced coffee to hold. And they didn't even realize that that was part of the research because then they were brought in and they were asked to describe how they felt about certain people.

Well, I'll give you sort of a funny example here that was some research that was done out of Yale where people were given a warm cup of coffee to hold or else they were given an iced coffee to hold. And they didn't even realize that that was part of the research because then they were brought in and they were asked to describe how they felt about certain people.

And the researchers found that those who had been given the warm coffee described people as being warmer and kinder than those who had been given the iced coffee. So how does that possibly work? Well, our brains in some ways think in metaphors, and they're getting the information of something warm or something cold, and they're actually misattributing it and assuming that it

And the researchers found that those who had been given the warm coffee described people as being warmer and kinder than those who had been given the iced coffee. So how does that possibly work? Well, our brains in some ways think in metaphors, and they're getting the information of something warm or something cold, and they're actually misattributing it and assuming that it

And the researchers found that those who had been given the warm coffee described people as being warmer and kinder than those who had been given the iced coffee. So how does that possibly work? Well, our brains in some ways think in metaphors, and they're getting the information of something warm or something cold, and they're actually misattributing it and assuming that it

has to do with the person rather than with the coffee that they've just held. Another researcher who's now at the University of Michigan did something similar where he had people sitting in soft chairs and hard chairs.

has to do with the person rather than with the coffee that they've just held. Another researcher who's now at the University of Michigan did something similar where he had people sitting in soft chairs and hard chairs.