Quote by Rick Hanson Download Open image ““Your brain is like Velcro for negative experiences but Teflon for positive ones.”” — Rick Hanson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The brain is like Velcro for negative experiences but Teflon for positive ones.” So” — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
“Everything seams to fall apart when your state of mind is negative.... Instantly switch and filter out the positive so you reconstruct ! !” — Manos Abou Chabke Copy Share Image
“once told me this thing about brain chemistry, the nub of it being that when you’re feeling good, you can’t ever imagine feeling bad… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“We spend all our time trying to insulate ourselves from negative sensations and emotions, and we end up stunted on both ends.” — Johnny B. Truant Copy Share Image
“staying with a negative experience past the point that’s useful is like running laps in Hell: You dig the track a little deeper in… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“staying with a negative experience past the point that’s useful is like running laps in Hell: You dig the track a little deeper in… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“And that’s all fine and dandy until you realize that we’re hard-wired to experience all of those so-called “negative” things.” — Johnny B. Truant Copy Share Image
“When you make a deliberate effort to keep your thoughts positive, and authentically feel that way, more positive outcomes are inevitable.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Positive thoughts and actions when persistent can turn around any negativity.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
“Now, it’s always easier to do something negative than it is to do something positive. That’s because negativity is driven by instinct. It is… — Eric Pepin Copy Share Image
“[I]f you can be with the pleasant without chasing after it, with the unpleasant without resisting it, and with the neutral without ignoring it… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“inescapable physical or mental discomfort is the “first dart” of existence.” — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“The autobiographical self (D’Amasio 2000) incorporates the reflective self and some of the emotional self, and it provides the sense of “I” having a… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“I once heard a Native American teaching story in which an elder, a grandmother, was asked what she had done to become so happy,… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“Therefore, you can use your mind to change your brain to benefit your mind—and everyone else” — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“Whatever positive facts you find, bring a mindful awareness to them—open up to them and let them affect you. It’s like sitting down to… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“that suffering is the result of craving expressed through the Three Poisons: greed, hatred, and delusion.” — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“Strength is often quiet, receptive determination rather than chest-thumping pushiness.” — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“A person is a human body-mind as a whole, an autonomous and dynamic system that arises in dependence upon human culture and the natural… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“First darts are unpleasant to be sure. But then we add our reactions to them. These reactions are “second darts”—the ones we throw ourselves.… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“Letting go of ill will does not mean passivity, silence, or allowing yourself or others to be harmed. [...] There is plenty of room… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“Stress reduces serotonin, probably the most important neurotransmitter for maintaining a good mood.” — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
