Watch the YouTube version of this post! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnKVML7fuO4 The Mind-Food Connection Many of our emotional memories involve food. Family … [Read more...] about Feeding the Emotional Brain
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The One Cause of Depression and Anxiety We Hardly Ever Think About
Watch the YouTube version of this post: In case you didn't know, I've recently started posting video versions of my blog posts. Here's the one for this post: Please stay tuned for … [Read more...] about The One Cause of Depression and Anxiety We Hardly Ever Think About
How to Get Happier
Some folks got a light around them that shine for other peoples. I think that maybe some of them was in tunnels, and in that tunnel, maybe the only light they had was inside of them. And then, even … [Read more...] about How to Get Happier
A Message to the Suffering World
I am interrupting my regularly scheduled programming (on my year-long theme of resilience and my monthly theme on optimism) to share some exciting news. I was invited to speak on an international … [Read more...] about A Message to the Suffering World
How We Explain Stuff to Ourselves
We’ve all been exposed to enough pop psychology that we know optimism when we see it. Optimism makes us feel warm and happy inside, whereas its nemesis – pessimism – can feel a real drag. Last … [Read more...] about How We Explain Stuff to Ourselves
Ridiculous Optimism
“Light existed all along. Of course it did. Who says it didn't because I couldn't see it?” Gillian Marchenko 1 Let’s do a thought experiment. Imagine you are the photojournalist that … [Read more...] about Ridiculous Optimism