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Can happiness be obtained by learning about it in school? The University of Bristol’s Science of Happiness course, which launched in 2018, is helping answer that question. Not your typical college class, the innovative course features absolutely no tests or work. Instead, it focuses on teaching students what the latest peer-reviewed studies in psychology and neuroscience…

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Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves say they’ve lived a drama-free life since leaving California for Texas 10 years ago. In an interview with Southern Living magazine, the couple shared that their pace of life has slowed down, and their overall happiness has picked up. McConaughey told the outlet, “Time slowed down. The clock was right,…

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Perry Noble, senior pastor of Second Chance Church in Anderson, South Carolina, recently used a bench press to show the importance of reaching out to fellow Christians for help when life’s worries grow overwhelming. Noble, who made a 135-lb barbell on stage by fixing two 45-lb plates on each side, said, “This represents the weight…

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Ty Pennington recently gave fans a health update after his near-death experience involving an abscess on his throat. He told Entertainment Tonight nearly eight months after his hospitalization, “I’m great. You know what’s great is if you almost die, you get so much attention. It feels so nice to be that loved.” He joked, “I’m…

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