The Importance of Taking In Positive Experiences

Today we don’t gather our own food, fight off wild animals, or live in caves. And yet we’re equipped with stone-aged brains. With practice, however, we can change our brains, and our lives, for the better. Here’s why it’s important to take in positive experiences:

Negative experience is registered immediately: helps survival.


Positive experiences generally have to be held in awareness for 5 – 10 – 20 seconds for them to register in emotional memory.


Negative experiences trump positive ones: A si...