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Often the energy it takes to aim high, work hard, and push towards our goals can have negative side-effects, such as feeling edgy, irritable, or even apathetic.<\/p>\n
We can learn to realize our dreams and aspirations<\/strong> without getting uptight or attached to the results. 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How do we change genetics? ” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”on”]<\/p>\n You are asking a deep important question, one at the heart of the \u201cnature vs. nurture\u201d debates over the centuries.<\/p>\n It\u2019s really hard to tease apart two kinds of influences in our life: those we inherit, baked into DNA, and everything else. The exact balance depends on the individual person, but on average about a third, not half, of the variation in the population of psychological characteristics such as happiness is due to heritable factors\u2026while everything else is up for grabs, a combination of external factors such as other people, social class, and good healthcare, and internal factors such as determination, mindfulness, and love.<\/p>\n In a nutshell, about two-thirds of what shapes a person\u2019s experience of living is up to us, collectively and individually. Which for me is really good news\u2026and calls us to responsibility, both in terms of how we make our society together and in how we chart our own individual lives. It\u2019s hopeful! And this truth of things focuses us on doing all that we can with what is under our own influence, no matter what plusses or minuses we inherited from our grandparents.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Why is it important to know about the Responsive and Reactive settings of the brain?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Taking in the good<\/a> is a foundational practice that compensates for the brain\u2019s preferential encoding of negative experiences and builds inner resources. More fundamentally, I am interested in naturalizing Buddhist psychology in a frame of evolutionary neuropsychology and operationalizing states and factors of non-craving (broadly defined in the Buddhist sense) in neuropsychological terms.<\/p>\n I\u2019m using a conceptual framework that draws on polyvagal theory, Higgins work on promotion\/prevention, and other work to posit three core motivational systems in the brain \u2013 Avoiding harms<\/a>, Approaching rewards<\/a>, and Attaching to others<\/a> \u2013 which have two primary \u201csettings.\u201d<\/p>\n When a person experiences that his or her core needs are met for safety, satisfaction, and connection (tracking the three motivational systems), the related system tends to default to its Responsive setting, in which there is little or no basis for craving in that system; in this state, the body refuels and repairs itself and the mind rests in a basic sense of peace, contentment, and love (again, tracking the systems).<\/p>\n On the other hand, when the person experiences that one or more core needs are not being met, the related system shifts into its Reactive setting, there\u2019s a fight-flight-freeze stress response cascade, the body burns resources, and the mind shifts into a basic sense of \u201chatred,\u201d \u201cgreed,\u201d and heartache (using two of the traditional Buddhist mental \u201cpoisons\u201d in broad terms and tracking the three motivational systems).<\/p>\n While Reactive bursts can be adaptive, especially under the conditions in which our ancestors evolved, chronic Reactive states create significant allostatic load as well as a lot of unnecessary anxiety, irritation, frustration, drivenness, envy, interpersonal disturbances, and shame. Consequently, repeatedly taking in the good both down-regulates Reactivity and increases Responsivity in the moment plus gradually internalizes a felt sense of needs met as well as inner resources that together help stabilize a person in the Responsive mode even during challenging conditions, thus over time undoing many of the underlying neuropsychological causes of craving and thus suffering (broadly defined).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Can you help shed more light on how we live %22our Aspirations%22 whilst not being selfish?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Check out the Aspiration chapter in Resilient<\/a>.<\/p>\n In brief, healthy aspirations take into account our duties to others . . . and to ourselves. To simplify, duties are \u201chave to\u201d while aspirations are \u201cwant to.\u201d Also check out Mother Nurture<\/a> and my writings about sharing the load<\/a> fairly when kids come along.<\/p>\n This said, in many people\u2019s lives (though sadly and often unjustly, there are many exceptions), after handling duties there is still attention and time and often other resources available for personal aspirations \u2013 especially when we consider the power of many little moments of practice, and the power of relatively small amounts of time each day \u2013 15 minutes? an hour? \u2013 that really add up over months and years.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”How could you measure clinical interventions that encourage new cell growth and happiness?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n This question gets at the remarkable fact under our noses all day long: our ineffable thoughts and feelings are making concrete, physical, lasting changes in the structure and function of our brains. Neurons that fire together, wire together. This is learning, including the emotional, motivational, attitudinal and skills learning that is our focus in therapy. In other words, the making of memory \u2013 especially implicit memory, the storehouse of emotional residues of lived experience, knowing \u201chow to,\u201d expectations, assumptions, models of relationship, etc. distinct from explicit memory, the much smaller storehouse of specific recollections and knowing \u201cabout\u201d \u2013 the gradual change of the structure and function of the brain.<\/p>\n In this context, any kind of mental change is evidence of neural change. Since neuroscience is a baby science, our current, noninvasive, imaging technologies have limited capacities to measure neural change in human beings \u2013 especially given how physically fine, fast, and complex these changes are. You could put five of the cell bodies of a typical neuron side by side in the width of just one of your hairs, and five thousand of the synapses, the connections, between neurons in the width of just one hair.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, even though the ethics of animal research trouble and even alarm many, including me, it is the case that more invasive research on animal learning \u2013 including emotional, motivational learning, that has some parallels to therapy \u2013 has established many fine-grained details of the ways in which experiences of stress, frustration, and trauma, as well as experiences of caring, success, and safety change the nervous system.<\/p>\n So we presume that neural change must be occurring if there is mental change. In this light, there are now many studies with human beings that show structural and functional changes after interventions such as training in mindfulness, compassion, body awareness, and psychotherapy. The cortex \u2013 the outer shell or \u201cskin\u201d of the brain \u2013 gets measurably thicker due to new synapses and greater infusion by capillaries for blood flow; key regions are more readily activated; there is also greater connectivity between regions, so they are more integrated and work better together; there are even changes in the expression of genes \u2013 tiny strips of atoms in the twisted up molecules of DNA in the nuclei of neurons.<\/p>\n And as your mind changes your brain for the better, these changes in your brain feed back to change your mind for the better as well. As these positive structural and functional changes in the brain occur, people become more capable and happy. For instance, training in mindfulness increases activation in the left prefrontal cortex, which supports a more positive mood.<\/p>\n As to new cell growth, I assume this is a reference to neurogenesis, the birth of new baby neurons, primarily in the hippocampus. We can encourage the birth of these neurons through exercise, and encourage their survival and wiring into memory networks through engaging in complexity and stimulation.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the takeaway: we can be confident in our own lives, and in our work with clients, that our efforts are bearing fruit in actual, physical changes in the nervous system. And since motivation is one of the primary factors shaping outcome in psychotherapy \u2013 and in life as a whole \u2013 this is heartening, wonderful news.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Your idea about achieving happiness is to fill your implicit memory with good experiences rather than negative ones. Have I got that right?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Filling implicit memory with good experiences is one way to achieve greater happiness \u2013 and to help heal old pain and increase resources for coping. Other ways to accomplish these ends include increasing mindfulness, releasing negative beliefs and feelings, learning to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, and taking constructive action. That said, taking in the good<\/a> is really important, both on general grounds and to compensate for the brain\u2019s innate negativity bias.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Does having an implicit memory full of positive experiences make you less dependent on day-to-day or moment-to-moment events for your happiness?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Exactly right!<\/p>\n People who have not internalized positive experiences and other resources are dependent upon the outside world for the provision of them \u2013 or they get stoic or defended and deny their need for such experiences. This is a mistake since they are a universal, human need, as well as the basis for coping and for the strength of mind and heart it takes to stick up for those we love and make this world a better place.<\/p>\n But if you do take in positive experiences \u2013 particularly the ones that are key resources for a history of lacks or wounds (e.g., current experiences of feeling cared about are critically important for healing old experiences of abandonment, rejection, dismissal, loneliness) \u2013 then you fill up your own cup and become less dependent on external conditions; in effect, your happiness becomes increasingly unconditional.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Why pursue happiness practices like the ones you suggest rather than pouring 100% of one\u2019s energy into work that saves\/elongates lives?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n My small answer to your big question is in three parts. First, it is of course not either-or, one can both pursue mental interventions that increase mental health while also pursuing physical interventions that increase physical health. Second, happiness practices and other mental interventions are very effective in increasing physical health, in terms of addressing the stress and lifestyle factors that are a major source of disease burden, especially in the developed world. Third, mental interventions are good for physicians and other healthcare providers themselves, in terms of improving decision-making and reducing burnout.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”How do I reconcile awareness of suffering with a feeling of well-being?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n First, I try to develop my capacity to sit in both compassion and equanimity, opening the heart to pain while also being undisturbed in my core about it. A long-term project in my case, to be sure!<\/p>\n Second, I try to see the whole mosaic of reality, which includes both beings that will be harmed and beings that will be loved. Recognizing the good (using that word loosely) does not mean not recognizing and feeling moved by the bad; and seeing the good can help us bear and sometimes improve the bad.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Is there a basic first step to break the patterns we have in life?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n The first step is always self-awareness; without it, we\u2019re flying blind. Try to step back in your mind and observe your reactions without being swept away by them.<\/p>\n Then bring compassion \u2013 the simple wish that a being not suffer \u2013 to yourself. Researchers have found that self-compassion<\/a> builds resilience and well-being, plus it helps us treat others better; many studies have shown that people are more able and willing to be patient, reasonable, and kind when their own cup runneth over.<\/p>\n I also like to try to help myself feel the rewards that will come to me from breaking my patterns and acting more skillfully in the future. This helps incline my brain in that direction \u2013 sort of like the proverbial rider dangling a carrot in front of a donkey.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”What role does gratitude play in developing a \u201cBuddha brain\u201d and why?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n A \u201cBuddha brain\u201d is one that knows how to be deeply happy, loving, and wise. We develop ourselves in this way by cultivating wholesome qualities and uprooting unwholesome ones. In a sense, we plant flowers and pull weeds in the garden of the mind \u2013 which means that we are gradually changing the brain for the better.<\/p>\n Gratitude is a powerful tool in this \u201cgarden\u201d since what you rest your attention upon is what will shape your brain the most. That\u2019s because \u201cneurons that fire together, wire together.\u201d Gratitude shifts your attention away from resentment, regret, and guilt \u2013 and therefore stops you from building up the neural substrates of these known factors of mental and physical health problems. Gratitude also focuses your awareness on positive things, simple good facts such as having enough water to drink, the laughter of children, the kindness of others, or the smell of an orange.<\/p>\n To reap the rewards of gratitude, rest your attention on a good fact, noticing details about it, staying with it for at least a few seconds in a row. Then allow a natural emotional response of gratitude to arise. Continue to pay attention to this feeling of gratitude for another few seconds \u2013 or even longer: it\u2019s delicious! Taking these few extra seconds will help you weave gratitude into the fabric of your brain and your Self. And you can practice gratitude both on the fly, as you move through your day, and at specific occasions, such as at meals or just before bed.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”What are the health benefits to thankfulness?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n The mental and physical health benefits of gratitude are hot topics these days. Researchers have found that gratitude helps calm down the stress response \u2013 and this strengthens your immune system so you can better fight off colds this season. Gratitude<\/a> also supports the neurochemistry of well-being, and protects against depression. It builds resilience, so we get less rattled by events and bounce back faster. And gratitude turns us toward others as we appreciate the people we care about, and this sense of connection and what\u2019s called \u201csocial support\u201d provides additional health benefits itself.<\/p>\n So every day this season, take your Vitamin G: gratitude!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Do you have any thoughts on the new technology coming out that uses self-administered neurofeedback to promote well-being? ” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Here are my general thoughts:<\/p>\n The bottom-line is whether they work for a person, and you don\u2019t know if it\u2019ll work until you try it. Maybe check out one of these devices that a friend may have, if possible, before buying one.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Is the experience of peace and happiness synonymous with activating the parasympathetic wing of the nervous system? If so, what are the three most successful techniques for activating the PNS?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n It\u2019s a great question, since there is sometimes a misunderstanding of the nervous system that equates parasympathetic activation with positive states of being and sympathetic activation with negative states.<\/p>\n Yes, activating the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) can foster the calming and easing that underlie many positive states of being. On the other hand, excessive PNS activation leads to the \u201cfreeze response\u201d \u2013 in humans this is the equivalent of animals playing dead \u2013 which can feel like sleepiness, dissociation, inertness, numbing, tuning out, or shutting down, often accompanied by negative emotions such as dread or shame.<\/p>\n And yes, activating the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) can foster fight or flight states of being, often with associated negative emotions such as anger or fear. On the other hand, SNS activation combined with positive emotions such as eagerness, confidence, success, pleasure, affection, and gratification can foster wholesome actions such as cheering on your child in a race, making love, asserting yourself, dancing with your whole heart, or pursuing an ambition.<\/p>\n Overall, a balance of PNS and SNS activation is best. In a culture that prizes SNS activation (and which often stimulates negative emotions such as drivenness or envy), it is particularly important to be strong and skillful in PNS activation. And throughout, keep planting and nourishing seeds of positive emotions, thoughts, somatic states, and desires.<\/p>\n In terms of what activates the PNS, anything that helps you relax will do this. If you want three \u201cgo-tos\u201d that I like myself, here they are:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Will you offer a few other suggestions for implementing your practices through the holidays and the New Year?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n The old-fashioned saying that \u201cpractice makes perfect\u201d is as true for one\u2019s well-being or relationships, so pick just one thing to think about or do in your mind each day. Keep it simple. But stick with it. For example, drawing on a few practices in my book, Just One Thing<\/a>:<\/p>\n Whatever your practice is, take a moment to recognize its value for you. Keep bringing it to mind, at least once or twice a day. If you take care of your practice, it will take care of you.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”What are some simple tips for practicing gratitude on Thanksgiving?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Keep bringing your attention back to simple good facts, such as having enough water to drink, the laughter of children, the kindness of others, or the smell of an orange. Rest your attention on this good fact, noticing details about it, staying with it for at least a few seconds in a row. Then allow a natural emotional response of thankfulness to arise. Continue to pay attention to this feeling of gratitude<\/a> for another few seconds \u2013 or even longer: it\u2019s delicious.<\/p>\n Taking these few extra seconds will help you weave gratitude into the fabric of your brain and your self. And you can practice thankfulness both on the fly, as you move through your day, and at specific occasions, such as at meals or just before bed.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”How to you balance equanimity and cultivation?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n To use the language of Buddhism there is a place for Right Mindfulness<\/a>, but also a place for Right Effort. Mindfulness<\/a> is the doorway to equanimity, which is gradually developed as virtue, concentration and wisdom deepen. Along this path, we also need to pull weeds and plant flowers in the garden of the mind: Right Effort, in other words. Cultivating wholesome states and factors of mind \u2013 by activating them, installing them through taking in the good, and then reactivating and reinstalling them again and again on life\u2019s path, in a wonderful positive cycle \u2013 is a kindness to oneself and others.<\/p>\n With time, the fruits of this process of cultivation become increasingly second nature, woven into the fabric of the brain, the body, and them mind. Then conscious cultivation \u2013 Right Effort \u2013 gradually falls away and we abide without effort in spacious balanced peaceful beautiful equanimity.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”What are the limitations of visualization and \u201charnessing the power of the mind\u201d for health?” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n As a psychologist, I am not giving medical advice. In that context, as a general statement, it is clear that mental factors such as stress on the one hand and gratitude or feeling cared about on the other can play a significant role in a person\u2019s health journey . . . much as purely physical factors such as infection or cancer or effective medications can play a significant role as well.<\/p>\n Speaking personally, I try to approach my own health issues on both levels, mental and physical, based on sensible and individualized methods that have reasonable evidence, including the evidence of whether they are actually producing results for me.<\/p>\n Additionally, as an individual choice, I also include what could be called the spiritual level, distinct from the natural processes within our big bang universe, which include our thoughts and feelings, hopes and dreams . . . as well as our organs and DNA. Others may not want to do this, and I respect that choice.<\/p>\n I have no problem with people who include the possibility of spiritual factors in their healing of a medical condition. I do think it is foolish to do this in a way that excludes or minimizes the role of the physical level in our healing. We have real bodies, they are full of real cells and molecules and microbes, and this physical stuff really matters, and modern medicine has many effective ways to deal with it. Sure, doctors can make mistakes, and we need to be aware of the financial incentives such as from pharmaceutical companies that tilt medical treatments toward certain approaches and away from others. I turn to doctors who listen carefully, don\u2019t patronize, individualize their approach to me rather than \u201cone size fits all,\u201d and recognize the potential usefulness of complementary and holistic methods. But I would not want to use the spiritual level to crowd out sensible, standard medical interventions.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Can we change implicit memory with positive experiences, or is explicit memory the only type of memory that is changeable?” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n Broadly, memory is the totality of information acquired by an individual over their lifetime that is represented by their nervous system (and supported by other changes in the musculoskeletal system [somatic markers], cardiovascular system, GI system, etc.)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n That information can be loosely categorized into two groups:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>Explicit memory – personal recollections, knowledge about (this is sometimes called semantic memory)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>Implicit memory – emotional residues of lived experience, background assumptions and expectations, knowledge how to (also called procedural memory), habits, inclinations, models of relationships, behavioral \u201cscripts\u201d with other people, global sense of self, underlying inclinations of mood, etc., etc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Most of the contents of both kinds of memory are outside of awareness until we access them. Implicit memory is accessible with mindful investigation; it is not inherently unconscious.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n My focus is on implicit memory since that is the vaster warehouse of all that we are.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There is a negativity bias in learning that affects both explicit and implicit memory.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There are two reasons to value beneficial experiences and their internalization: this is the primary way to grow the inner strengths we need in life, and this corrects and compensates for the negativity bias of the brain. These two reasons apply to both explicit and implicit memory.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ prev_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#f2f0ed 0%|#ffffff 99%” custom_padding=”9px||||false|false” top_divider_style=”mountains2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_id=”simple-practices” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_5_font=”|300|||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Back to Basics<\/a><\/p>\n Drop the Shoulds<\/a><\/p>\n Give Over to Good<\/a><\/p>\n Grow a Key Inner Strength<\/a><\/p>\n Love the World<\/a><\/p>\n Lower the Pressure<\/a><\/p>\n Water Your Fruit Tree<\/a><\/p>\n Happiness 2.0: Rethinking Mindfulness and the Science of Psychological Well-Being<\/a><\/p>\n How to Grow Resilient Well-Being In Your Brain and Your Life<\/a><\/p>\n Positive Neuroplasticity: The Mindful Cultivation Of Resilient Well-Being<\/a><\/p>\n Positive Neuroplasticity and Human Potential<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_5_font=”|300|||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Expressing Your Intentions<\/a><\/p>\n Feeling Successful<\/a><\/p>\n Good Intentions: Neurological, Contemplative, and Practical Perspectives<\/a><\/p>\n How Firmly Should You Pursue Your Intentions?<\/a><\/p>\n Is the Intention a Goal or Already Realized?<\/a><\/p>\n The Neurology of Intention<\/a><\/p>\n Right Intention<\/a><\/p>\n Right Intention \u2013 Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n Supporting Positive Motivation in Teenagers<\/a><\/p>\n The Two Wings of Growth and Practice<\/a><\/p>\n Ways to Deepen Householder Practice<\/a><\/p>\n Wholesome Intentions<\/a><\/p>\n Wholesome Intentions \u2013 The Neurology of Intention<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” pac_dcm_carousel_specific_module_num=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_5_font=”|300|||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Cultivating Wholesome Motivation<\/a><\/p>\n Interview with Paul Gilbert on Confidence<\/a><\/p>\n Motivating Yourself<\/a><\/p>\n Pursuing Your Goals<\/a><\/p>\n Being Who You Want to Become<\/a><\/p>\n The Benefits of Exercise: Rick Hanson Interview with John Ratey<\/a><\/p>\n Enjoying Life<\/a><\/p>\n From Many to Many: Forming the Compassionate Groups That Can Save the World<\/a><\/p>\n Gratitude is Important When You Have a Tough Life<\/a><\/p>\n Honoring the Deepest Wants in Yourself and Others<\/a><\/p>\n Making Efforts: The Third Factor of Awakening<\/a><\/p>\n Practicing Gratitude<\/a><\/p>\nFREE VIDEOS<\/h5>\n
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