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You may be familiar with the Danish trend hygge — you can learn more in the related video above — but a new European trend is becoming popular in the lifestyle world."Coorie" is a Scottish word traditionally meaning "to snuggle" or "cuddle," but it's taken on a different meaning over the years. What is coorie?Gabriella Bennett, author of "The Art of Coorie," says the word is "used to describe a feeling of cool, contemporary Caledonia. One that looks forward while also paying respect to our oldest traditions."The aim is "to try to lead a quieter existence where the endless pursuit of work is balanced by small pleasures," she wrote in The Times. In other words, swapping the anxiety and stresses of the modern world for something simpler is the crux.Unlike hygge, which is more of a cozy contentment, and còsagach, which focuses on the feeling of being snug, sheltered or cozy, coorie is about embracing the outdoors. According to coorie, happiness is found in wild loch swimming, bracing walks in the Highlands or spending a Sunday smoking your own food, then wrapping yourself up in a tartan blanket in front of a roaring fire in a country pub to "blether" or chitchat until the stars come out.Fellow advocate and journalist Anna Pursglove discovered coorie when she moved her family of four from London to the Scottish Highlands for a better quality of life."Coorie is about embracing all things Scottish in order to find a sense of deep happiness," she wrote in the Daily Mail.For her, it's a humbling feeling of being "part of something much, much bigger than yourself" because the countryside in Scotland "is huge ... It is a world of extremes."Pursglove says she no longer frets the small stuff like working more or always being connected because she's much more present and aware of the small space she takes up in the world.But it's not for everyone. "The main difference is that 24-hour living hasn’t taken hold up here," Pursglove writes. "The idea of having what you want, exactly when you want it, is alien."