Why You Should Swipe Right on an Optimist

Good relationships and optimistic partners are linked to longer, healthier lives

Robert Roy Britt
Elemental
Published in
5 min readFeb 14, 2020

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A photo of a happy Asian couple walking down the street. The woman is holding a bouquet of white flowers.
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RRomantic relationships can up the odds of being happier, living longer, and, according to new research, even help prevent or delay the onset of dementia. That is, of course, if the relationship is good. And increasingly, science shows that one of the keys to a…

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Robert Roy Britt
Elemental

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB