The Negativity Bias - do you practise what you preach?

So Rick Hanson, who has done a lot of research into the science of happiness, explores the brain and how the human brain hangs onto lessons learned from negative experiences. As a neuropsychologist , he is particularly interested in the intersection of psychology, neurology, and Buddhism and has some interesting ways to help us understand how we are wired to notice the negative and ignore the positive…after all, it’s the negative that potentially threatens us!

Working with couples I explain this to them because without them knowing this they don’t stay connected with all that is still working in their relationship. I try to practise what I preach and this one is a real challenge for my own life! But if I can’t hold the hope for my own life how am I going to hold it for couples in the face of their own pain and negative bias!