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Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price

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4.111.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Have you had your daily dose of fun? It's not just enjoyable, it's also essential for your health and happiness, says science journalist Catherine Price. She proposes a new definition of fun -- what she calls "true fun" -- and shares easy, evidence-backed ways to weave playfulness, flow and connection into your everyday life.

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0:00.0

It's Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh.

0:06.9

Have fun.

0:08.2

We hear it all the time.

0:10.0

But recovering science journalist, Catherine Price wants us to really absorb that, to understand

0:15.8

fun and how to experience more of it in our lives.

0:19.9

In her Ted 2022 talk, she unpacks why fun is worth taking seriously.

0:25.3

Hey, I'm Dr. Jen Gunter.

0:29.2

This is a podcast from Ted called Body Stuff.

0:32.0

On this show, I debunk medical myths and explore some of the body's most fascinating mysteries.

0:38.3

Next up, can you boost your metabolism?

0:41.6

Every heartbeat that we beat, every flutter of our eyelashes is all driven by metabolism

0:48.2

and energy.

0:49.5

Check out Body Stuff on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.

0:58.0

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1:02.0

When you're staying at an Airbnb, you might be like me, wondering, could my place be an

1:06.6

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1:10.4

I think about this all the time.

1:12.0

Sub, whose extra room in London was storing furniture until his mom had the idea to start

1:16.9

Airbnbing it, now that extra room helps pay the mortgage.

1:22.4

Find out what your place could be earning at Airbnb.co.uk slash host.

1:30.2

You know it's a lot harder than it seems like it should be?

1:34.2

Actually feeling alive.

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