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The brain. It’s a troublemaker. Velcro for negative experiences and Teflon for positive ones. Wouldn’t it be nice if the happy things in life, even the plain ordinary, had as significant impact as the unhappy things? But it’s not like that. ☹️ The difficult always outweighs the good. Our stone age ancestry wires the brain to scan for, register, store, recall and react to unpleasant experiences. At the expense of the good. Wet blanket, eh. Party pooper. It's called the negativity bias. |
HERE’S THE THING
As humans, we can’t help but:
We feel the sting of a rebuke more powerfully than the uplift of praise.
Respond more strongly to negative events than to equally positive ones.
It's not your fault!
As humans, we can’t help but:
- Get caught in fears and worries ... while ignoring good facts.
- Over-focus on slights and stuff-ups.
- Dwell on unpleasant things long past their expiry-date.
We feel the sting of a rebuke more powerfully than the uplift of praise.
Respond more strongly to negative events than to equally positive ones.
It's not your fault!
> TURN THE TABLES
> LEVEL UP THE PLAYING FIELD
> SETTLE THE SCORE!
Imagine. You're having a great day out with friends, when an offhand comment has you reeling. You stew over it for the next 48 hours. Forgetting the many pleasurable things about the day.
It’s a shame. A waste. A waste of life.
We can do better, but we need a leg-up.
The brain isn’t going to right itself, by itself.
You need to get in there with your mindfulness spanner and jiggle the hardwiring.
The savouring practice that counteracts the negativity bias is just the thing. It's not as easy as it sounds, and benefits from structure, format and loads of practice.
So good to do in a group.
Let’s do this!
> TURN THE TABLES
> LEVEL UP THE PLAYING FIELD
> SETTLE THE SCORE!
Imagine. You're having a great day out with friends, when an offhand comment has you reeling. You stew over it for the next 48 hours. Forgetting the many pleasurable things about the day.
It’s a shame. A waste. A waste of life.
We can do better, but we need a leg-up.
The brain isn’t going to right itself, by itself.
You need to get in there with your mindfulness spanner and jiggle the hardwiring.
The savouring practice that counteracts the negativity bias is just the thing. It's not as easy as it sounds, and benefits from structure, format and loads of practice.
So good to do in a group.
Let’s do this!
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WHAT YOU GET:
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DETAILS & COST:
Course size: 12 people only.
Join the waitlist HERE Booking Window opens 12th July to 26th July 2023. Early bird before 19th July $159 Full fee after 19th July $198 |
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“Taking in the good is not about putting a happy shiny face on everything, nor is it about turning away from the hard things in life. It's about nourishing well-being, contentment, and peace inside that are refuges you can always come from and return to.” ― Rick Hanson, Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom |