19 science-based ways to feel better every day

Mental, emotional, and physical well-being is achieved through a proper balance of cognitive, emotional, and physical activities. Taking care of your thoughts and directing them towards compassion, forgiveness, and self-confidence helps us develop a deep love for ourselves and the people in our lives.

Science today confirms that the constant practice of some techniques and some thoughts helps us feel better and, day after day, improves our lives, our families, and our society.

Find out how you can care for yourself, not just in the most challenging moments we all face but in everyday life. Never stop doing it because you deserve nothing less than peace and serenity: find out how to do it; click on the arrows in the photo to continue reading!

The first step of any healing is recognizing that you are sick and have a problem. The role of negative emotions, such as sadness, is to push us to evolve and seek solutions that allow us to access higher levels of serenity and fulfillment.

Suffering is a great teacher of life.

It is one of the most influential and fastest techniques to feel better.

Just as life offers us reasons to complain or to feel dissatisfied, we also have reasons to feel grateful for what we have, to which we may not pay enough attention.

Start in the morning and give thanks for sleeping in bed, having breakfast, taking a shower and eating every day, etc.

We are lucky!

Think Positive: Always look on the bright side of any situation. Challenge negative thoughts and focus on the positive things life offers us.

Through a conscious and constant strengthening of positive thoughts, it is possible to recover and maintain positive moods. According to neuroscience, memorizing and repeating positive words helps the brain stay positive.

Be as compassionate and understanding towards yourself as you would be towards others. Don't you deserve every mitigating factor too? Are you not imperfect too? Don't you have the right to be wrong?

So don't be too hard on yourself but tell yourself what you would say to cheer up a close friend.

When you think negatively and let yourself be discouraged by negative judgments towards yourself, it is necessary to reverse this trend one step at a time.

How to do? Don't compare yourself to anyone else; relativize yourself about what you have or have not done.

Try to understand yourself and progressively put yourself first.

Forgive your imperfections and be kind to yourself.

And always remember to compliment yourself whenever you have achieved something positive, even if minimal!

When you are going through a difficult moment in which everything seems black, and nothing improves, write a letter of yourself from the future.

Write down what this moment of difficulty will bring into your life in terms of experience and awareness. Write how this pain will teach you to live better.

As soon as you realize how your inner critic is hurting you, making you think about your flaws and mistakes, face and silence it. Remember to be kind to yourself and, as you would to a dear friend, remind yourself that no one is perfect and that if you did something wrong, you learned something.

Even if you've never done it, you can just look for an app, video guide, or meditation instructions. It only takes a few minutes to find inner peace and overcome a moment of crisis.

Nurture the most important relationships in your life, with your family and best friends.

Socialize and open your heart to them to receive listening and help from those who seek your good, always.

The small big gesture of smiling can influence your mood, favoring the production of dopamine and serotonin in the brain.

However, remember that a smile must be sincere and come from the heart, without forgetting that smiling also means giving joy to others!

Several studies show how time spent in the park, in nature, possibly near water, is of great help to our well-being.

Fresh air, silence, natural sounds, and exposure to natural light help us feel better.

It's the power of Mother Earth!

Exercising isn't just good for toning muscles or losing weight - it also has excellent mental health and happiness benefits.

Taking care of yourself is always a great idea.

Our body is a beautiful machine, but we must not believe ourselves to be robots! Depending on the seasons and our state of mind, we may need more or less sleep.

So try to indulge yourself and sleep even that extra half hour: you will feel more relaxed and less anxious.

It is no coincidence that we have always heard that "giving is better than receiving."

It seems to be a law of man that when we help someone in distress, we feel better about ourselves.

This is an awesome trick!

If you focus on a trip, you will start thinking about the beautiful things you will experience and see. This exciting feeling will improve your mood, enhancing your sense of happiness.

Express admiration and sincere appreciation towards the people you love the most. And do it daily.

This will train your mind to look for and see the bright side and to share loving feelings.

Before letting yourself go into depression or discouragement, ask yourself if you're dating the right people and if the people you dedicate your time to are respecting it.

Try to surround yourself only with those who love you, and get ready to let gossip and selfish people leave your life.

As we started, we finish!

Create and maintain this family tradition: Before engaging in evening activities or before sleep, gather the family and discuss the things to be thankful for in the day.

Together you will discover how lucky you are and how wonderful the world we already live in is.

Together you will build a happy awareness that will grow day by day!

Ps. It's a great thing to teach kids too.