Proven Ways to Boost Your Happiness
Start each day with a smile
Sounds too simple to be effective, but believe it or not, something as simple as a smile can really help boost your happiness. In fact, research by Paula M. Niedenthal at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France, showed that smiling activates neural brain circuits associated with well-being and happiness. So basically, when you smile, you trigger happiness. Plus, it also feels good to smile!
Try this: Set a reminder to smile every hour or when you catch yourself frowning.
Find joy in the little things
Our life experience is based on an accumulation of small moments. Whether you realise it or not, there are many events that take place around is. Although the course of our day or even life can be changed by one dramatic event, our entire life experience still depends on the accumulation of all these tiny moments. So take this opportunity to find joy in the little things and see how this can boost your happiness. Don’t take the little joys for granted, together they form your overall experience!
Try this: Take notice of how beautiful the sky is on a nice day, savour every bite of your favourite meal or dessert, notice how good your coffee smells in the morning or how nice your skin smells after a shower.
Choose the positive angle
You know when people say, “stay positive”, it’s actually good advice? It can make some feel displeased because asking someone to stay positive might be easier said than done. However, according to a California State University research, a positive attitude has the power to increase happiness and well-being. Positive emotions can even counteract the effects of adversity. So if you’ve always seen things from a negative point of view, now is the time for you to try and see things from a glass half full perspective.
Try this: You will have to reject negativity and its power to control you. If you’re going through a tough time, try and see the learnings you can take from it. If you have imagined a negative situation in your mind, you have to deliberately switch that thought to a more positive one. Staying positive will take some practice but you can do it!
Brisbane’s Most Romantic Restaurants
Rogue Bistro, Newstead
There’s just something mysterious about dark interiors. Rogue Bistro is decorated luxuriously with dark walls and furniture, and soft lighting that just puts you in that romantic mood. The brainchild of owner and chef Daniel Myers and Rach Myers, Rogue Bistro offers Modern Australian cuisine in an intimate escape. Vegans and vegetarians have a dedicated menu each and the drinks list has plenty of new cocktails for you to try!
Address: 14 Austin Street, Newstead, 4006 QLD
Phone: 0476 764 833
Website: https://www.roguebistro.com/
Donna Chang, Brisbane CBD
Donna Chang offers refined and modern Chinese out of a Heritage-listed, neo-classical building decorated with luxurious mid century furnishings. That already sounds so exquisite, wait until you hear about the food! They have a live display tanks offer a varying range of locally sourced, sustainable seafood such as Giant QLD Grouper, Mud crab, Southern rock lobster, Green lip abalone, caught and prepared to order.
Address: 171 George Street, CBD, 4000 QLD
Website: https://www.donnachang.com.au/
Stanley, Brisbane CBD
Also operating out of a heritage-listed building, Stanley provides the perfect setting for date night. With a space that overlooks the river on the ground floor or a table on the terrace with a retractable roof, your experience is going to be ultra romantic! You are literally dining under the bridge! When it comes to food, head chef Louis Tikaram serves up traditional Cantonese style dishes like peking duck, dim sum and stir fries, as well as more modern dishes featuring local seafood, barbecue and roasted meats.
Address: 5 Boundary Street, Brisbane City , 4000 QLD
Website: https://www.stanleyrestaurant.com.au/
Boom Boom Room, Brisbane CBD
Boom Boom Room is one of Brisbane’s best Japanese restaurants, delivering beautifully curated sushi, sashimi and raw dishes, and crave-worthy yakitori street food. Incorporating pristine Queensland seafood and thoughtfully raised meat, the menu blends authentic Japanese flavours and simple techniques with a delightful modern and elevated edge, for easy, everyday dining enjoyment.
Address: 49 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane City, 4000 QLD
Website: https://www.theboomboomroom.com.au/
