Category: mood

Gardening Is Good for Your Microbes, Muscles, and Mood

There are few activities more nourishing for both body and soul than planting and tending a garden. Gardeners have long known that the physical process of working with soil, water, and sunlight to coax a tiny seed through the miracle of growth and maturity has effects that go well beyond the pleasure of eating a…


Boosting Mood With Food

If you’ve had a long day, or you’re too wiped to cook, do you ever reach for a fresh salad? Probably not. Like most people, you may head to the panty to grab a box of mac and cheese or perhaps the freezer for a tub of ice cream—no bowl. That stuff may help take…


Japan Business Mood Sinks, Eclipses Household Spending Boost as Ukraine Risks Grow

TOKYO—Japan’s household spending rose in January but the business mood sank in the first quarter as rising raw material costs squeezed corporate margins, leaving the country’s resource-poor economy facing a hard grind ahead. The results add pressure on policymakers to ramp up fiscal stimulus to support Japan’s economy, which is likely to have stalled in…


Tips to Be Happier

Could increasing your happiness and life satisfaction help you steer clear of chronic illness? It’s hard to say. There is evidence that people who describe themselves as “happy” seem to have fewer health problems. But having fewer health problems may boost happiness. In any event, “happiness” isn’t static. It’s possible to make yourself happy and…


Is Stress Making You Withdraw from People?

Having close relationships is important to our well-being, helping us to be healthier and more resilient. According to the research, even superficial encounters with people in our everyday lives can make us happier and bring a sense of belonging within a community. If that’s the case, then why would we avoid social contact? A new…


Japan Manufacturers’ Mood Falls to 5-Month Low in September: Poll

TOKYO—Japanese manufacturers’ confidence worsened to a five-month low in September as the fallout from the latest wave of COVID-19 put fresh pressure on the world’s third-largest economy, the Reuters Tankan poll showed. Sentiment among manufacturers fell as export-reliant firms such as carmakers suffered from a global chip shortage, according to the monthly poll, which tracks…