Dr. Ethan Kross

Well, I will say that the best predictor of success in academia for me is the curiosity, is the ability to have your eyes open to questions. and then be able to kind of formulate a prediction about what you might see. So you've got the raw, raw skills there.

Well, I will say that the best predictor of success in academia for me is the curiosity, is the ability to have your eyes open to questions. and then be able to kind of formulate a prediction about what you might see. So you've got the raw, raw skills there.

Well, I will say that the best predictor of success in academia for me is the curiosity, is the ability to have your eyes open to questions. and then be able to kind of formulate a prediction about what you might see. So you've got the raw, raw skills there.

So that's, so smell, a smell, you know, all right, if I'm going to admit it all, the hell, I take baths and, and I love bath salts. Yeah. you know, just this wonderful soothing experience. Of course, there is this, um, sensory element there too, like the heat, the warmth. Also, I find that to be an amazing emotion regulator. I know people talk a lot about cold plunges and things of that sort.

So that's, so smell, a smell, you know, all right, if I'm going to admit it all, the hell, I take baths and, and I love bath salts. Yeah. you know, just this wonderful soothing experience. Of course, there is this, um, sensory element there too, like the heat, the warmth. Also, I find that to be an amazing emotion regulator. I know people talk a lot about cold plunges and things of that sort.

So that's, so smell, a smell, you know, all right, if I'm going to admit it all, the hell, I take baths and, and I love bath salts. Yeah. you know, just this wonderful soothing experience. Of course, there is this, um, sensory element there too, like the heat, the warmth. Also, I find that to be an amazing emotion regulator. I know people talk a lot about cold plunges and things of that sort.

For me, um, It's a bath every night.

For me, um, It's a bath every night.

For me, um, It's a bath every night.

Yeah. Kind of love it. Taste dark, mini dark chocolate peanut butter cup. Works like a charm, you know, calorifically negligible, but taste wise, pretty intense. Pretty intense. You know, you just have to be careful of the slippery slope there because they are so wonderful. You need to, you need to make sure. That's right. But, but think about these are all emotional experiences, right?

Yeah. Kind of love it. Taste dark, mini dark chocolate peanut butter cup. Works like a charm, you know, calorifically negligible, but taste wise, pretty intense. Pretty intense. You know, you just have to be careful of the slippery slope there because they are so wonderful. You need to, you need to make sure. That's right. But, but think about these are all emotional experiences, right?

Yeah. Kind of love it. Taste dark, mini dark chocolate peanut butter cup. Works like a charm, you know, calorifically negligible, but taste wise, pretty intense. Pretty intense. You know, you just have to be careful of the slippery slope there because they are so wonderful. You need to, you need to make sure. That's right. But, but think about these are all emotional experiences, right?

And sometimes we need to, they can be so powerful. We actually have to use regulation to prevent ourselves from succumbing to that lover.

And sometimes we need to, they can be so powerful. We actually have to use regulation to prevent ourselves from succumbing to that lover.

And sometimes we need to, they can be so powerful. We actually have to use regulation to prevent ourselves from succumbing to that lover.

I was thinking more about eating pizza at 10 p.m. But if but, you know, in the bath for three and a half hours, there is there's some feedback mechanisms that prevent that from happening in the bath. It's called pruning. You may be aware. It's called the kids needing to be put to bed.

I was thinking more about eating pizza at 10 p.m. But if but, you know, in the bath for three and a half hours, there is there's some feedback mechanisms that prevent that from happening in the bath. It's called pruning. You may be aware. It's called the kids needing to be put to bed.

I was thinking more about eating pizza at 10 p.m. But if but, you know, in the bath for three and a half hours, there is there's some feedback mechanisms that prevent that from happening in the bath. It's called pruning. You may be aware. It's called the kids needing to be put to bed.

OK, so here's here's the deal with the attention. Here's the here's the high level, I think, critically important take home. Many of us, myself included, are often taught when you have a problem, you dive in, you deal with it immediately. You don't run away, you approach. We also hear that chronically avoiding problems, not good, gets you into all sorts of trouble.

OK, so here's here's the deal with the attention. Here's the here's the high level, I think, critically important take home. Many of us, myself included, are often taught when you have a problem, you dive in, you deal with it immediately. You don't run away, you approach. We also hear that chronically avoiding problems, not good, gets you into all sorts of trouble.