Positivity 
Do Positive Experiences “Stick to Your Ribs?” Take in the Good. by Rick Hanson, PhD (0)
Rick Hanson, PhD takes a look at how the brain’s negativity bias sets many of us up to struggle with allowing positive experiences to stick. He offers three steps to learn to “take in the good.” Scientists believe that your brain has a built-in “negativity bias.” In other words, as we evolved over millions of [...]
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Tools for Resilience: Cultivating Self Compassion by Linda Graham, MFT
There are tools and techniques of “self-directed neuroplasticity” that will help you harness the capacities of your brain to rewire itself for greater resilience, lifelong – and cultivating self compassion is one of them. It will be useful to engage in this exercise with curiosity and openness, as “experiments” rather than following fixed rules [...]
How Positive Emotions Can Benefit You Starting Now by Linda Graham, MFT
Our response to any emotion can become a gateway to resilient action. Anger fuels our fight against injustice and oppression, sadness can lead us to reach out to others for comfort and support, guilt can lead to making amends, even as joy sparks the urge to play and be creative, interest sparks the urge to [...]
