When they analysed patterns of brain activity in the MPFC, the researchers found that optimistic people seemed to have ...

Understanding Negative Thought Patterns. Negative thought patterns are automatic, often unconscious beliefs that repeatedly run through our minds, shaping how we perceive ourselves and the world ...

"Our life is like a silent film on which we each write our own commentary." —Unknown Zen Buddhist Master "T'is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so." —Shakespeare We spend most of our ...

When you notice attention being pulled into negative thought patterns, gently redirect focus to immediate sensory experience—the feeling of your feet on the floor, your breath moving, or sounds ...

Digital ethicist Tristan Harris once noted the following: We check our phones more than 150 times per day. Knowledge workers spend a third of their day in email. Teenagers (aged 14–17) send ...

Optimists' brains show similar activity patterns when imagining future scenarios, while pessimists display varied responses.

A groundbreaking study has confirmed what many people experience but rarely discuss: our mental well-being follows a predictable daily pattern. Analyzing data from over 49,000 adults, researchers ...

You’ll have to do the work to process and prevail over scarring memories, complicated relationships, and negative thought patterns. I tell my patients that the brain is a stubborn organ.