About Tiny Joys:
Do you want to boost your mood, calm your nervous system, and, as a consequence, genuinely improve your health?
What if the secret to feeling better was simpler than you think?
Science is discovering something quietly remarkable: the small moments we rush past every day have a measurable effect on our mood, stress hormones, brain chemistry, and, over time, our health. Not as a metaphor. As biology.
Tiny joys trigger the release of dopamine and serotonin, activate the vagus nerve, reduce cortisol, and support the kind of nervous system regulation that builds genuine resilience over time. And the research goes further than you might expect.
Tiny Joys is a beautifully researched and occasionally wonderfully odd collection of 101 evidence-based self-care practices. From neuroscience and positive psychology to simple everyday pleasures, the book explains why each joy works in clear, accessible language. Perfect for anyone feeling burned out, overwhelmed, stressed, or simply ready to enjoy the little things again.
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Author Bio:
Sally Olsen is a female writer and freelance journalist. For years, she’s been fascinated by a simple question: What genuinely helps us feel better? Like many women, she’s experienced the challenges that come with hormonal changes and perimenopause. She’s also experienced significant periods of stress that eventually led to burnout. Those experiences sparked a curiosity that eventually grew into years of reading, research, and experimentation. Drawing on her background in journalism and creative writing, she began approaching the topic as she does any major investigation, exploring medical research, positive psychology, neuroscience, healthy aging, and the science of well-being to understand better what the evidence actually says about well-being, stress, and the small everyday practices that help us feel better.
Her debut book Tiny Joys is the result of years of reading, research, personal experimentation, and lived experience.