A groundbreaking study has shown that while we can learn how to be happy, lasting benefits are only achieved through consistent practice.
The team behind the University of Bristol’s ‘Science of Happiness’ course had already discovered that teaching students the latest scientific studies on happiness created a marked improvement in their wellbeing.
But their latest study found that these wellbeing boosts are short-lived unless the evidence-informed habits learned on the course – such as gratitude, exercise, meditation, or journaling – are kept up over the long term.