In a world where emotions aren’t really taught in school, full of consumerism and competition, we’re constantly made to feel we are lacking and that we need to strive for more in order to achieve “true” happiness. But gratitude actually affects the brain at a neurological level. Being grateful increases the feel-good hormones dopamine and serotonin. In fact, just searching for things to be grateful for has this effect.
Anne’s got a great interview on Thrive Global! An excerpt is below but to read the whole article head on over to ThriveGlobal.com All you can do is all you can do. I was a single mother raising a child that literally abused me. At the same time, I owned my own business, and I…
I’ve written about allowing yourself to sit in negative emotions. I have shared with you the importance of self-care. I speak for a living about proactively building resilience. But today…I want to talk about HOPE. There is a long-established, measurable science around hope. According to the research, high hope individuals do not react in the same way to barriers as low hope individuals, instead they view barriers as challenges to overcome.
3 Habits That Are Sabotaging Your Resilience (and what to do about them) 3 Habits That Are Sabotaging Your Resilience (and what to do about them) 3 Habits That Are Sabotaging Your Resilience When someone asks you how you are doing, what is your typical response? You probably say something like “fine,” or “okay, how…
Emotional Resilience Starts with Vulnerability In my TEDxTalk, I tell a story about a video I saw by Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski explaining how lobsters grow. When a lobster grows, its shell becomes constricting and uncomfortable. The shell doesn’t grow with the lobster, so in order to grow the lobster has to shed its shell to…