via the Huffington Post by Elisha Goldstein
It’s no secret, life is full of 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows and the brain is wired in a way where the sorrows are stickier than the joys. This wiring has been reinforced so that we can pay quicker and more focused attention to the potential threats that have come our way in the past and survive. After all, we’re wired to survive, not be happy, but that doesn’t mean a more enduring core sense of well-being isn’t possible.
In Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion, I explore the science and practice behind a host of natural anti-depressants (resiliency factors) that we can release in order to gain a sense of inner confidence and a core deep happiness. We can begin to experience that no matter what comes our way, we can be grateful for the good moments and more graceful during the inevitable difficult moments.
One key to overcoming this negativity bias and uncovering happiness is learning to recognize and get space from the self-critical mind and also encourage the positive beliefs about ourselves that the critical mind has buried.
Four simple questions can open us up to and encourage our positive beliefs in ourselves and also install them in the brain creating positive neuroplasticity. In doing this we can become more confident in ourselves and ultimately more resilient (and definitely happier)…
…keep reading the full & original article HERE
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