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This is very well done! Thank you for creating this, and I hope more people will view it. I'm on the older side of things, and I've seen all sorts of gossip results throughout the years that poison a workplace. Thankfully, I work for a place now that is much better at addressing gossiping than many of my previous workplaces, especially a previous career as an elementary school teacher.
How True!! Mindfulness teaches us to slow down, pay attention, focus, and sense beyond, seeing, smelling, touching, hearing & tasking. Then B4 long, we develop E.S.P., too!!🙏
None of us can really know what is in someone else's mind, but I would guess that these people are just unaware, or perhaps closed off to their inner dialogue. In my opinion, of course. :)
Great interview! I have read his Self-Reg book and am using his approach with my grandson, my daughter and myself. Light bulb moments throughout. So much information that wasn’t there for us growing up and also raising children in the 60-90’s. Thank goodness it is here now.
Agree wholeheartedly! If we only knew then what we know now...how different could things be?! If you like interviews, we have a podcast called A Mindful Moment where we have all kinds of wonderful guests and you can watch them on RU-vid. Just visit youtube.com/@amindfulmomentpodcast
I love JBT 👍👍 It’s a pity to now (Nov 22) realise that most of the pandemic fear was media and false information created. We lived in fear because of what we were told, not from the real risk.
Wow. Never have I heard such a thorough explanation and the associated links. Eye opener. You should have a million plus subscribers. Today you gained another as soon as the video started. Will share with friends. Much appreciated.
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The Affective Neuroscience of Positive Thinking Positive thinking ‘works’, but works best ‘affectively’ when performed persistently while in a relaxed state. Below is the neuroscience behind this simple idea, which can be simply tested if one gives this slight modification of positive thinking a try. And it all has to do with the neuroscience of pleasure. Unlike other functions in the brain, from perception to thinking, the neural source of our pleasures are localized in the brain as specialized groups of nerve cells or ‘nuclei’, or ‘hot spots’, located in the mid-brain. These nuclei receive inputs from different sources in the nervous system, from proprioceptive stimuli (neuro-muscular activity) to interoceptive stimuli (satiation and deprivation) to cognitive stimuli (novel positive or negative means-end expectancies), and all modulate the activity of these nuclei which release or inhibit endogenous opioids, and elicit the rainbow of pleasures which mark our day. For example, relaxation induces opioid activity and is pleasurable, but tension inhibits it and it is painful. Similarly, satiation inhibits our pleasure when we eat, and deprivation or hunger increases it. Finally, positive novel means-ends expectancies enhance our pleasures, and negative expectancies inhibit them. For our sensory pleasures (eating, drinking), watching an exciting movie makes popcorn taste better than when watching a dull or depressing movie. This also applies to when we are relaxed, as thinking or performing meaningful activity (Meaning would be defined as anticipated or current behavior that has branching novel positive implications, such as creating art, doing good deeds or productive work), and is reflected in ‘flow’ or ‘peak’ experiences when we are engaging in highly meaningful behavior while relaxed. But again, don’t mind this verbiage, just prove it to yourself Just get relaxed using a relaxation protocol such as progressive muscle relaxation, eyes closed rest, or mindfulness, and then follow it by exclusively attending to or performing meaningful activity, or in other words, positive thinking, and avoiding all meaningless activity or ‘distraction’. Keep it up and you will not only stay relaxed, but continue so with a greater sense of wellbeing or pleasure. The attribution of affective value to meaningful behavior makes the latter seem ‘autotelic’, or reinforcing in itself, and the resultant persistent attention to meaning crowds out the occasions we might have spent dwelling on other unmeaningful worries and concerns. References: Rauwolf, P., et al. (2021) Reward uncertainty - as a 'psychological salt'- can alter the sensory experience and consumption of high-value rewards in young healthy adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (prepub) doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0001029 A more formal explanation from a neurologically based learning theory of this technique is provided on pp. 44-51 in a little open-source book on the psychology of rest linked below. (The flow experience is discussed on pp. 81-86.) www.scribd.com/doc/284056765/The-Book-of-Rest-The-Odd-Psychology-of-Doing-Nothing More on the Neuroscience of Pleasure Berridge Lab, University of Michigan lsa.umich.edu/psych/research&labs/berridge/research/affectiveneuroscience.html
Hi Jill. Just read your "My stroke of insight" book, wow, fascinating! I have a few questions: 1) Does everyone who suffers a stroke similar to you, experience their left brain shutting down and having a right brain / nirvana experience? 2) Does our perception reality exist in our brains? In other words, is there no external / objective reality as we perceive it? Thanks. 🙂
I love the Teresa McKee meditation videos! She is my favourite person to do guided meditations with! Sending love from the UK! Glad I found your channel!
QUICK ANSWER: INTRODUCTION, DEMORALIZATION, NORMALIZATION, AND CRISIS, IT'S CALLED "ACTIVE MEASURES" AND IT IS ALL ABOUT A GLOBAL TAKE-OVER OF AMERICA, FROM THE PEOPLE FOR THE VERY WEALTHY AND ALREADY I POWER TO HAVE EVEN MORE POWER, JUST AS THEY ALWAYS TAKE OVER IN EVEN SMALLER NUMBERS IN marxist NATIONS!!..
Thank you Teresa for bringing Marc Miller onto your podcast! Marc's work helping teens learn to cultivate happ(i)ness is truly critical work. Marc is a busy man running a company yet dedicates his life to The Gunnar Project to help teens cope with the stresses they face. Hats off to you both!
