Finding Happiness - How to Beat Depression and Anxiety

This Is Your Brain on Happiness

By Penelope Green
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the March 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Circuits in your brain light up when you're happy. One groundbreaking researcher has discovered how to keep them lit.

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