Rick Hanson: Hardwiring Happiness

(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) In his newest book, Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, Dr. Rick Hanson explains how the mind shapes the brain: neurons that fire together, wire together. Positi

An episode of the True North Insight: Rick Hanson's most recent Dharma talks podcast, hosted by Rick Hanson, titled "Rick Hanson: Hardwiring Happiness" was published on January 14, 2014 and runs 76 minutes.

January 14, 2014 ·76m · True North Insight: Rick Hanson's most recent Dharma talks

Summary

(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) In his newest book, Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, Dr. Rick Hanson explains how the mind shapes the brain: neurons that fire together, wire together. Positive experiences are the main source of the neural structures underlying motivation, self-worth, the executive functions, good mood, kindness, resilience, and other inner strengths. Unfortunately, most positive experiences are wasted on the brain because it evolved a negativity bias to help our ancestors survive. It’s like Velcro for bad experiences but Teflon for good ones. To solve this problem, this talk will present the four simple HEAL steps of taking in the good, which turn passing experiences into lasting neural resources. We’ll explore how to use these methods to build confidence, focus attention, lower anxiety, and fundamentally, hardwire happiness into the brain.

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