Wellness Home Principles and Planning Dimensions of Wellness   Programs & Resources Physical: Fitness Physical: Nutrition Physical: Health & Medical Intellectual Social & Community Occupational Spiritual Emotional   Health Benefits Contacts Provide Site Feedback Contact Personnel Resources   "If I keep a green bough in    my heart, the singing bird   will come." Chinese Proverb				Wellness Emotional Dimension of Wellness Humor: The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor defines therapeutic humor as "any intervention that promotes health and wellness by stimulating a playful discovery, expression or appreciation of the absurdity or incongruity of life's situations." More information, including articles and reading lists, can be found on the association web site at: http://www.aath.org/ If you are in need of a hearty "good clean laugh" visit the Good Clean Funnies List at: http://gcfl.net/index.php Happiness: Authentic happiness (see newsletter): http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/ Journal of Happiness Studies: http://www.springerlink.com/content/104910/ Optimism: Promoting optimism in children: http://www.brighton.vic.edu.au/cms/files/Other%20Documents/MGP/9%20MGP21%20Optimism.pdf Centre for Confidence and Well-being (on the topic of "optimism"): http://www.centreforconfidence.co.uk/pp/overview.php?p=c2lkPTQ= Relaxation and Meditation: Meditation Backgrounder: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/meditation/overview.htm Meditation Research: http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/meditation/medit.pdf The University offers yoga classes for free to employees. You can join at any time! More information can be found online at: http://www.ben.edu/studentactivities/campusrec/home/ "A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." Harry Truman