Sarah Pressman

Tips on stepping back from screens and starting a new hobby A lot of us want to reduce our time spent on screens. Experts say picking up a new hobby can help do that and offer a range of other health benefits.

“Rather than putting pressure on yourself to find the perfect pastime, just ask, ‘What brings me a little joy today?’”
- @sarahpressman.bsky.social, professor of psychology at @ucirvine.bsky.social.

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16.09.2025 16:46 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A say no to 10 things card

This is the most amazing business card given to me by @vmkitchen.bsky.social

She said a graduate student has never returned a completed one 😂

05.06.2025 01:17 — 👍 25    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 2

The Best Advice I’ve Ever Heard for How to Be Happy Tips from experts, astronauts and Cher on finding bliss.

We're all SO stressed these days- hope my #happiness tip amongst many other great ideas from well-being experts helps conquer at least a little bit of the pain! nytimes.com/interactive/...
#HappinessScience #PositivePsych

28.05.2025 20:22 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New psychology research uncovers an unexpected benefit of smiling A new study has found that people who spontaneously smiled during pain had lower heart rates throughout and felt more positive after recovery.

Smiling spontaneously during painful situations associated with more positive emotion after pain and lower physical stress response throughout. New study from our lab 👇

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15.02.2025 20:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0