Dr. Ethan Kross

And I think we all have those personal experiences or experiences in our family or our culture that you can anchor on to put what we're going through in perspective.

And I think we all have those personal experiences or experiences in our family or our culture that you can anchor on to put what we're going through in perspective.

And I think we all have those personal experiences or experiences in our family or our culture that you can anchor on to put what we're going through in perspective.

You want to keep the spotlight on the challenge that they endured compared to what you're dealing with right now. Right. And really use it as a source of motivation. Got it. Okay. Exactly. You don't want to slip back into, well, anything sets you off. That would defeat the purpose of that exercise. And if you find that doing that leads you into that territory, don't use that tool.

You want to keep the spotlight on the challenge that they endured compared to what you're dealing with right now. Right. And really use it as a source of motivation. Got it. Okay. Exactly. You don't want to slip back into, well, anything sets you off. That would defeat the purpose of that exercise. And if you find that doing that leads you into that territory, don't use that tool.

You want to keep the spotlight on the challenge that they endured compared to what you're dealing with right now. Right. And really use it as a source of motivation. Got it. Okay. Exactly. You don't want to slip back into, well, anything sets you off. That would defeat the purpose of that exercise. And if you find that doing that leads you into that territory, don't use that tool.

Use a different one.

Use a different one.

Use a different one.

And that's a really important take home for these tools. Different tools work for different people in different situations.

And that's a really important take home for these tools. Different tools work for different people in different situations.

And that's a really important take home for these tools. Different tools work for different people in different situations.

It can play a big role in a few different ways. So we already talked about your local environment, how the way you structure your environment, how organized it is, can affect what's happening between your ears.

It can play a big role in a few different ways. So we already talked about your local environment, how the way you structure your environment, how organized it is, can affect what's happening between your ears.

It can play a big role in a few different ways. So we already talked about your local environment, how the way you structure your environment, how organized it is, can affect what's happening between your ears.

There's also ways of putting things in your environment to trigger positive experiences like pictures of loved ones, which sounds so silly on the one hand, but we did this research years ago where we had people... Think about really painful experiences.

There's also ways of putting things in your environment to trigger positive experiences like pictures of loved ones, which sounds so silly on the one hand, but we did this research years ago where we had people... Think about really painful experiences.

There's also ways of putting things in your environment to trigger positive experiences like pictures of loved ones, which sounds so silly on the one hand, but we did this research years ago where we had people... Think about really painful experiences.

And we had them then look at a picture of a loved one or a picture of someone else's loved one to see what are the implications of looking at your, what we call attachment figure, someone you're really connected to.

And we had them then look at a picture of a loved one or a picture of someone else's loved one to see what are the implications of looking at your, what we call attachment figure, someone you're really connected to.