And for this segment that we call Happy Facts, we bring in our two favorite happiness contributors back is Chris Libby.

Hello.

Glad to have you here, bud.

We've also got Paula Phelps joining us.

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And what we do in this segment is we take our favorite facts from the world of positive psychology that we've discovered this week share them and talk about them a little bit and then Paula takes these facts

gives you the research behind them a little bit more in-depth and puts them in a

blog that you can find on live happy dot com which is fun for everybody so let's

start with Chris Libby's my fact this week is regular exercise provides positive emotional benefits, especially in older adults.

See, I knew like when I work out, I feel better and I feel kind of cool about it.

But if I'm older, like if I wait to exercise for another 10 years, it's going to be even better?

Yeah, probably.

You just have to survive those 10 years. Wow, it's going to be even better? Yeah, probably. You just have to survive those 10 years.

Wow, it's going to be tough.

The reason, well, I mean, exercise obviously benefits across all age groups, but it really

has that greater benefit for the people from 45 to 64 years old.

They have, it's here 25% less likely chance to report daily stress. They have a 45% less likely chance to develop depression. And in the 65 and older crowd, if they exercise 30 minutes three times a week, they have a 32% more likely chance to have a higher level of optimism about their life.

That's very interesting. I can give you an example of this in action. My father-in-law is above the age of 60, and prior to him getting super into bicycles, I wouldn't say he was a depressed guy, but he was a lot more pessimistic that, ah, the country's going to, you know, in a handbasket.

He got into bicycles after he moved.

Ever since then, he's been the most positive guy, compassionate, all these different things. It's really affected his mood for the better.

Well, I bet because when you release those endorphins, when you exercise, it just makes, it

released that stress, it release that stress,

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