Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson Ep. 1: Introducing Resilience
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Jan 9, 2018 Discover the importance of resilience and how to grow key strengths for reliable happiness. Explore challenges, vulnerabilities, and changing the brain for the better. Learn about the negativity bias, hopefulness of growing strengths, and the difference from just positive thinking.
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Resilience Is Core To Daily Life
- Resilience means bending under stress without breaking, like a willow in a storm.
- Resilience is essential not only for crises but for daily coping and long-term happiness.
Three Steps To Grow Inner Strengths
- Know what you want to grow, experience it, and then internalize it so it lasts.
- Stay with beneficial experiences, feel them in your body, and note what feels rewarding about them.
Make Positive Moments Stick
- Prolong positive experiences for a breath or two, embody them, and recognize their reward value.
- These duration, embodiment, and reward steps convert temporary states into lasting traits.