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Natural Contentment – Taking in the Good Meditation

August 18, 2011
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Your brain evolved a negativity bias that makes it like Velcro for negative experiences but Teflon for positive ones. Therefore, a foundation for happiness is to deliberately weave positive experiences into the fabric of your brain and your self. Listen to Part II of the Natural Contentment Podcast – http://www.rickhanson.net/podcasts/natural-contentment2-taking-in-the-good-meditation Visit the podcast on iTunes [...]

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Give No One Cause to Fear You

August 11, 2011
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What puts people at ease? The Practice: Give no one cause to fear you. Why? We evolved to be afraid. The ancient ancestors that were casual and blithely hopeful, underestimating the risks around them – predators, loss of food, aggression from others of their kind – did not pass on their genes. But the ones [...]

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Pet the Lizard

July 11, 2011
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Down deep, do you feel at ease? The Practice: Pet the lizard. Why? I’ve always liked lizards. Growing up in the outskirts of Los Angeles, I played in the foothills near our home. Sometimes I’d catch a lizard and stroke its belly, so it would relax in my hands, seeming to feel at ease. In [...]

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Relax, You’ve Arrived

May 26, 2011
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Are we there yet? The Practice: Relax, you’ve arrived. Why? We spend so much of our time trying to get somewhere. Part of this comes from our biological nature. To survive, animals – including us – have to be goal-directed, leaning into the future. It’s certainly healthy to pursue wholesome aims, like paying the rent [...]

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