When You Don't Recognize Yourself

About following your body's direction even when you can't explain it yet. 

Your phone is always on. Always buzzing. Always pulling your attention somewhere else. The TV is background noise. The music is constant. There's always something. Always noise. Always input. And you wonder why you can't think straight. You're overstimulated. And your brain is ex ...  Show more

Today on the podcast we are talking about toxic positivity and the problem with always being positive and putting a fluffy, warm, positive spin on things. Often our unrealistic optimism comes from a good place and our desire to be happy all the time but any person knows that isn' ...  Show more

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Breathe in positivity, exhale negativity. 

Ever caught yourself looking in the mirror and just feeling, well, not great about what you see? We all have those moments, and they can lead to us being super hard on ourselves.

When we see a distorted image of ourselve ...

Why do we tend to be so much more focused on the negative aspects of life than the positive? What happens in our brain when our minds are predisposed to negativity. In this episode of the podcast, the Amens discuss negativity bias, and why we should be active in transforming our ...  Show more