Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land, which has both positive and negative effects on the environment. As an example of the human-environment interaction, think about how people living in cold climates have often mined coal or drilled for natural gas in order to heat their homes.

Geographers explore both the physical properties of Earth’s surface and the human societies spread across it. They also examine how human culture interacts with the natural environment, and the way that locations and places can have an impact on people.

The impact of environmental problems on humans is significant, affecting all human activities, including health and socio-economic development. In this study session you will learn about the relationships between humans and the environment, and the ways in which we use environmental resources.

There are three ways in which humans and environment interact with each other.

• Humans Depend on the Environment: The natural environment is made up of living things and non living things.
• Humans Modify the Environment:
• Humans Adapt to the Environment:

As humans, social interaction is essential to every aspect of our health. Research shows that having a strong network of support or strong community bonds fosters both emotional and physical health and is an important component of adult life.

In humans, one of the most social species, social connection is essential to nearly every aspect of health and well-being. Lack of connection, or loneliness, has been linked to inflammation, accelerated aging and cardiovascular health risk, suicide, and all-cause mortality.

Social isolation can lead to feelings of loneliness, fear of others, or negative self-esteem. Lack of consistent human contact can also cause conflict with the (peripheral) friends. The socially isolated person may occasionally talk to or cause problems with family members.

The power of being able to interact with others allows one to get rid of the stress, and being deprived of it causes chronic stress for the individual. In order to live, we need to interact so we can stimulate our brains to function.

Friends can help you celebrate good times and provide support during bad times. Friends prevent loneliness and give you a chance to offer needed companionship, too. Friends can also: Increase your sense of belonging and purpose.

So here are a few tips to help you to develop more positive and healthy relationships in all areas of your life:

1. Accept and celebrate differences.
2. Listen effectively.
3. Give people your time.
4. Develop your communication skills.
5. Manage mobile technology.
6. Learn to give and take feedback.
7. Learn to trust more.
8. Develop empathy.

Aspasius notes that happiness requires a complete life because, as political animals, we must do good things, also to other people. In addition, in order to be maximally happy, we need to do as much of these good things as possible.

Being emotionally dependent on other people can really make your life miserable. If that person fails to make you happy, you will become disapointed, and frustrated. Happiness from others, is not very reliable.

There are three main things that make people happy: close relationships, a job or past-time that they love and helping others. On the other hand, money and material things do not have a lot to do with happiness, and people who emphasize them are less happy than those who do not.

Research shows people who are more grateful tend to be happier, tend to be more satisfied in their relationships, tend to be less vulnerable to various physical discomforts, tend to be more resilient when it comes to stress and trauma, and are more well-like by others compared with people who are less grateful, she …

Love is a Basic Human Need Love and belonging are part of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This pyramid was created based on Abraham Maslow’s view of what humans need in order to grow and finally meet “self-actualization”. Once one’s physiological needs such as breathing, water, food, etc.

The five elements of happiness

• Positive emotion.
• Engagement.
• Relationships.
• Meaning.
• Accomplishment.

There are 7 essential keys to happiness and success that will help to materialize both those things in your life.

• 1 — Gratitude.
• 2 — Be Present.
• 3 — Manage Time Effectively.
• 4 — Set SMARTER Goals.
• 5 — Embody an Empowering Morning Routine.
• 6 — Tackle the MITs.
• 7 — Focus on Health and Wellbeing.

Four Levels of Happiness

• Level 1: Pleasure. The first level of happiness includes the fundamental drivers in your life — physical pleasure and immediate gratification.
• Level 2: Passion.
• Level 3: Purpose.
• Level 4: Ultimate Good.
• How 7 Summit Pathways Can Help.

7 Secret Ingredients of a Happy Life

• 1) Peace of Mind. The first of these seven ingredients to a happy life, and easily the most important, is peace of mind.
• 2) Health and Energy.
• 3) Loving Relationships.
• 4) Financial Freedom.
• 5) Worthy Goals and Ideas.
• 6) Self Knowledge and Self-Awareness.
• 7) Personal Fulfillment.
• Take Action.

Relationships are the most important overall contributor to happiness. People with strong and broad social relationships are happier, healthier and live longer. Close relationships with family and friends provide love, meaning, support and increase our feelings of self worth.

The theory holds that the following five elements are the building blocks of a good life:

• Positive Emotion (P)
• Engagement (E)
• Positive Relationships (R)
• Meaning (M)
• Accomplishment/Achievement (A)

It’s the feeling of truly enjoying your life, and the desire to make the very best of it. Happiness is the “secret sauce” that can help us be and do our best.

True happiness is enjoying your own company and living in peace and harmony with your body, mind and soul. True happiness is state of mind constantly being in love with yourself. For being truly happy you neither need other people nor materialistic things. “Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.

Being happy and finding life meaningful overlap, but there are important differences. Satisfying one’s needs and wants increased happiness but was largely irrelevant to meaningfulness. Happiness was largely present oriented, whereas meaningfulness involves integrating past, present, and future.