Description
Featuring Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Neuropsychologist & author of the best-selling book Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom
Rick Hanson – Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom
4 steps to internalize positive experiences and heal pain and dysfunction
Learn from the “Olympic athletes†of brain training (lessons from 2,500 years of contemplative practice)
Understand the brain’s negativity bias, the greatest challenge in psychotherapy
Work with the brain’s 3 motivational systems (Approach, Attach, Avoid)
Strengthen the neural circuits of contentment, belonging and peace
Teach clients self-directed neuroplasticity
Today’s unprecedented meeting of modern brain science and ancient contemplative wisdom offers you powerful new tools for changing the neural wiring and neurochemistry of the brain.
In this seminar, learn how to use contemplative neuroscience in down-to-earth ways to…
Weave positive experiences into the fabric of the brain and self
Stimulate and strengthen the neural circuits of empathy
Help clients become more mindful
Handouts
Manual (2.2 MB) 36 Pages Available after Purchase
Outline
The Promise of Self-Directed Neuroplasticity
How the mind changes the brain
Lessons from 2,500 years of meditative practice
Neural circuits of self-compassion
Getting on your own side
Virtue, mindfulness and wisdom—resting on the neural functions of regulating, learning and selecting
The Challenge of Evolution
Chasing carrots and dodging sticks
The negativity bias of the brain
How that bias undermines psychotherapy
The Power of Implicit Memory
Memory systems, explicit and implicit
The importance of inner resources
Factors of neuroplasticity
Taking in the Good
Turning good facts into good experiences
Savoring positive emotions and perspectives
Priming implicit memory systems
Working with children
Why it’s good to feel good
Living gratefully
Clearing Old Pain
Exploiting the “weak link†in memory consolidation
Pairing positive experiences with old pain
Special considerations for trauma
Natural Happiness
The resting state of the brain: Calm, contented, caring
The brain’s three motivational systems: Approach, Attach, Avoid
The reactive mode of greed, heartache and hatred (broadly defined)
How to build up the neural circuits of the responsive mode of gladness, love and peace
