![]() Listen, learn, and enjoy! Please Scroll Down for Featured Resources and Transcript! In this episode we’ll talk about why learning to rely on ourselves rather than others (or the world at large) is ultimately empowering, why our brains are often teflon for our good experiences and velcro for our bad experiences and what we can do to mitigate this negativity bias, and how to ensure we’re focused on the right metrics for emotional health and happiness. Rick Hanson knows a few things about giving our brains a much-needed update for life in the modern world. But Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness co-author Dr. The human brain evolved to be pretty good at surviving in a kill-or-be-killed world, but it turns out that being on constant alert for potential danger doesn’t always make us feel good, treat others well, or serve us when we’re trying to get an anxiety-free night of good sleep. Like this show? Please leave us a review here - even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! How to stay informed about current events without letting the news hijack your emotions. ![]() How you can build resilience by focusing on experiences rather than conditions.The two stages by which you develop mental resources: experience and conversion to lasting change.Why your brain is like velcro for the bad and teflon for the good and what you can do to mitigate your own negativity bias.While you can’t count on others or the world, you can count on your own strengths (and why this is a good thing).Rick Hanson ( is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, co-host of The Being Well Podcast, author of Hardwiring Happiness, and co-author of Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness.
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