These 6 easy happy hacks can boost endorphins including an emotional trump card

Americans are more miserable than ever — though New Yorkers don’t seem to be doing too bad.Still, most of us could probably use a little emotional boost.As it turns out, you don’t need crystals, mood gummies or expensive gurus to turn that frown upside down — just a sprinkling of behavioral science.

We spoke to mindset and meditation expert Joanna Rajendran, who wrote the new book “BEST.LIFE.

EVE.,” about her top “happy hacks” for welcoming more joy into your day.“How you start the day is pivotal in determining how you expect the rest of it to go,” Rajendran told The Post.Which means that, if the first thing you do when you wake up is look at your phone, “you have already begun the day in reaction mode — you cannot effectively set the tone for how you would like to feel, what you would like to do and who you would like to impact if you are responding to news feeds, alerts and emails,” she said.That’s why she recommends ignoring your device for a set amount of time — ideally, an hour, but you can start with less.“Whatever the world needs from you, they will still need it 15, 30 or 60 minutes later,” she said.

So delay the doomscroll and do something that makes you feel good instead.“When you do not immediately react to the outside world, you feel more peaceful andpresent during your morning routine,” Rajendran said.

“You can now fill this time with something that fills your mind, your soul or both: focused breathing, meditation, reading, etc.”Exercise is a known endorphine booster.“The fastest and most effective way of shifting your emotional state is to change your physiological one,” she said.Rajendran notes this movement “can be done with a limited amount of time and space and, therefore, can be done almost anywhere.”While doing a full workout would be most beneficial, some “faster joy-enhancing options” she recommends include walking the dog, holding a plank or doing a few jumping jacks, taking the stairs...