FIND YOUR HAPPY PLACE THIS INTERNATIONAL HAPPINESS DAY WITH THE NEW ‘TeMPLR’ FORMULA

Scientific research recently conducted on behalf of Butlin’s Big Weekenders, has uncovered that you can reach your ‘happy place’ whenever you desire by following a simple formula.

The new formula is timely given reports which analysed data captured from 1,500 participants by Psychologist and Body Language Expert, Darren Stanton, revealing that on average, Brits are only 60% happy with their lives. So, what steps can we take to improve this?

Identifying your ‘happy place’ isn’t that easy, but according to Darren, music, environment and close bonds are the three core elements needed – all of which a Butlin’s Big Weekender has in abundance.

The winning ‘TeMPLR’ formula consists of the following for those who want to apply it to themselves:

Time – 4.5 hours
Music – reminding you of a happy memory
People – your group of three friends
Reconnection – through laughter
Environment – being somewhere stress-free away from home

Those that took part in the experiment identified that spending quality time with friends, being on holiday and getting good value for money were the things that make them feel the happiest. To truly be in a ‘happy place’, participants demonstrated that they’d need 4.5 hours doing their preferred activities, including spending time with family and friends, listening to live music and enjoying bottomless brunch.

Darren Stanton commented on his analysis: “Like food, shelter and water, physical connection is a vital ingredient to happiness that can never be created digitally. Psychologists, such as Maslow, look at a human’s hierarchy of needs, and these show that no amount of FaceTime or Zoom could ever replace these core values.

Music also plays a massive part in our ‘happy place’. Like photographs, hearing music often takes us back to a time in the past when life was simple. When the brain hears this music, it cannot differentiate between things that are real or imagined, hence why old photographs may conjure memories of nostalgia. In psychology, this is known as an ‘anchor’; a memory that was locked away but was unlocked with a piece of music, photograph, or smell.”

Mike Godolphin, Entertainment Director at Butlin’s said: “Our Big Weekenders are all about getting together with your friends, letting your hair down and having a great time. The new ‘TeMPLR’ formula highlights that our adult-only breaks really do have it all. Whether you fancy Oktoberfest, our new multi-era break Replay or one of the 20 weekenders on offer this year, Butlin’s can be everybody’s happy place!”

There are 20 different Big Weekenders breaks on offer across 60 different weekends at all three Butlin’s resorts in 2022. Great value deals for adult-only breaks start from £65pp and are available to book now via www.bigweekends.com