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Happiness and emotional diversity

Happiness and emotional diversity

While most of us believe that happiness is the key to a long and healthy life, meaning first and foremost a life without stress, recent studies have shown that actually, it is emotional diversity that enables us to live longer and healthier rather than happiness itself.

This means that it is better to experience a wider range of positive emotions rather than just happiness alone.

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