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Hiking with a Group Lowers Stress

October 14, 2014October 11, 2014 by Merv Mandelbaum

Have lots of stress in your day-to-day life? Struggling with depression and other mental health issues? Unemployed? Breaking up with your girlfriend? There’s a simple answer to all these things: go on a hike with a group of people. It’ll improve your mood. A study published in Ecopsychology found that group nature … Read More

Need to Think Creatively? Take a Walk

August 19, 2014August 13, 2014 by Merv Mandelbaum

Need to think through a problem? It might help to get up from your desk and spend a few minutes pounding pavement. This data comes courtesy of a study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology. In one experiment, subjects had to sit facing a blank wall while researchers named … Read More