How Do You Break Negative Thought Patterns and Retrain Your Brain? Have you ever noticed how easily your mind returns to the same negative thoughts? You may tell yourself you're going to stop worrying, stop replaying the conversation, stop thinking negatively, or stop assuming the worst. And yet your brain seems to go right back there. There's a reason for that. Repeated thoughts create and strengthen patterns in the brain. The more frequently we think a certain way, the more

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3/23/22 I was talking to someone the other day about last week’s episode, Post-traumatic growth - the idea that after a traumatic event,...

What Is Post-Traumatic Growth—and Can You Grow After Trauma? [If you're navigating the early realities of losing someone you love, Episode 43 explores what grief can feel like after the death of a loved one.] We often hear about post-traumatic stress—the emotional and psychological struggles that can follow trauma. But trauma can sometimes produce something else too: post-traumatic growth. Post-traumatic growth doesn't mean the traumatic experience was good. It doesn't mean