There are many more studies that show music makes you more generous, feel more empathetic, changes how you feel about people who are different from you and boosts co-operation. A study published in 2011 by McGill University in Canada found that listening to music releases dopamine, the feel good chemical, in your brain.A feeling of lost season and a Time’s Frank Bruni opinion piece American Optimism, R.I.P. Now November offered dead flowers, hummingbirds gone, a dried-up pump and sluice. Family and a rejuvenation-contemplation road trip had filled the month. The research also showed that these pupils got along better with others highlighting a broader benefit than the self. By Jerry Wright I had missed fishing the Arkansas in October, my favorite time on the river.

A study of 1000 pupils undertaken in Finland, in 2013, revealed that those pupils who engaged in singing classes reported higher satisfaction at school in almost every area.

Research from the University of Missouri revealed that music benefits your psychological wellbeing showing that you can raise your mood by listening to happy and upbeat music.

A review of 23 studies involving 1500 people, conducted in 2009, found music helped to reduce blood pressure, heart rate and anxiety in heart disease patients.

Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Support Ukraine, support Ukrainian artists. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Buy 'their smiles and optimism: gone' by meme-stuff as a Mug. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful.

There is a wealth of great research that supports this: Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well.

Many of you will know that music can make you feel better, did you know that music also has a physical effect on your body? While you are listening there are changes in your autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for controlling blood pressure and heartbeat, along with changes in your limbic system, which is responsible for feelings and emotions.

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