“we have a plastic brain that changes in response to our experience. It bears repeating: The brain doesn’t tell us what to do; it is part of a system in which our life experience teaches our brain what to do.… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Each day’s practice does some good, and if you slip and fall off your diet or exercise program or mindfulness practice, all that you… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“People often attempt to compensate for this loss of hope by comforting themselves with “consolation prizes”: easy but self-destructive habits like too much TV,… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“It seems like the value you attribute to something, more than its inherent value, influences your expectations, and your expectations, to a great extent,… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“People believe they lack will power, but will power is not something you either have or don’t, like blue eyes. Instead, it’s a skill,… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“One of the major reasons why it’s hard for us to get over dysfunctional paradigms is our habit of selective attention. We’re more likely… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“There is a lot of research to suggest that we feel better overall as we are progressing toward our goals; we have a sense… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Here’s a simple intervention to show what a little change in your negative narrative can do. First-year college students who receive worse grades than… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Avoid enablers. These are people who make it easy for you to perform your self-destructive behavior. People you go on a smoking break with.… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Basics of Good Self-Care Exercise moderately but regularly Eat healthy but delicious meals Regularize your sleep cycle Practice good personal hygiene Don’t drink to… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“I realize now that no simple, single-factor theory of depression will ever work. Depression is partly in our genes, partly in our childhood experience,… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Avoid triggers. If you’re an alcoholic, stay out of bars. If you’re a depressed or impulsive shopper, don’t go shopping. When you have to,… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Across thirty-two cities worldwide, people in 2006 were walking an average 10 percent faster than they were in 1994.” — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
