As you become a happier person, the left frontal region of your brain becomes more active (Davidson 2004). What flows through your mind sculpts your … - Rick Hanson

Therefore, you can use your mind to change your brain to benefit your mind — and everyone else

You can accept them for what they are while at the same time not being identified with them.

The Reactive mode tears us down, while the Responsive mode builds us up. Adversity is certainly an opportunity to develop resilience, stress-hardiness, and even post-traumatic growth. But for a person to grow through adversity, there must also be Responsive resources present such as determination and sense of purpose.

If you’re having a stressful or upsetting experience, simple pleasures such as listening to music can move the needle of your internal stress-o-meter out of the red zone and back toward green.