Dr. Laurie Santos

Yeah, and I think another thing that we can do, again, kind of channeling your parents, because I think they were on top of this stuff, is what your dad said, right? Find something to be a little bit grateful for. That can feel big in the situation that James is in, right? When it feels like everything is collapsing around you.

Yeah, and I think another thing that we can do, again, kind of channeling your parents, because I think they were on top of this stuff, is what your dad said, right? Find something to be a little bit grateful for. That can feel big in the situation that James is in, right? When it feels like everything is collapsing around you.

It's hard to be living in LA in the midst of these fires and be like, well, I'm grateful for... If that feels hard, choose a lighter version of that strategy. Look for just something that's a little bit of a delight in the world. Like just a delight, something great. This is a practice I heard from the writer Ross Gay.

It's hard to be living in LA in the midst of these fires and be like, well, I'm grateful for... If that feels hard, choose a lighter version of that strategy. Look for just something that's a little bit of a delight in the world. Like just a delight, something great. This is a practice I heard from the writer Ross Gay.

It's hard to be living in LA in the midst of these fires and be like, well, I'm grateful for... If that feels hard, choose a lighter version of that strategy. Look for just something that's a little bit of a delight in the world. Like just a delight, something great. This is a practice I heard from the writer Ross Gay.

He has this lovely book called A Book of Delights where he decided every day he was just going to go out and find some small wonder in the world that delighted him. And they're tiny things. Like you see somebody on the train give each other a fist bump. You walk into a cafe and it's playing El Debarge, like Rhythm of the Night, which is like a great song. Ross Gay was like, that's a delight, right?

He has this lovely book called A Book of Delights where he decided every day he was just going to go out and find some small wonder in the world that delighted him. And they're tiny things. Like you see somebody on the train give each other a fist bump. You walk into a cafe and it's playing El Debarge, like Rhythm of the Night, which is like a great song. Ross Gay was like, that's a delight, right?

He has this lovely book called A Book of Delights where he decided every day he was just going to go out and find some small wonder in the world that delighted him. And they're tiny things. Like you see somebody on the train give each other a fist bump. You walk into a cafe and it's playing El Debarge, like Rhythm of the Night, which is like a great song. Ross Gay was like, that's a delight, right?

And what it does is it allows him to train his brain away from something that our brains do naturally, which is what researchers call a negativity bias. We instantly notice all the bad stuff. You scroll through your feed and your brain is locked on to the bad information. But to find the good stuff, to find the delights, you've got to put a little energy into it.

And what it does is it allows him to train his brain away from something that our brains do naturally, which is what researchers call a negativity bias. We instantly notice all the bad stuff. You scroll through your feed and your brain is locked on to the bad information. But to find the good stuff, to find the delights, you've got to put a little energy into it.

And what it does is it allows him to train his brain away from something that our brains do naturally, which is what researchers call a negativity bias. We instantly notice all the bad stuff. You scroll through your feed and your brain is locked on to the bad information. But to find the good stuff, to find the delights, you've got to put a little energy into it.

And when it becomes a game, when you know you're sharing them with someone else or writing them down, Now, all of a sudden, you find them a little bit more quickly. And one of the reasons I love Ross's book is that he actually shows that this power of delight can help you fight all kinds of stuff. In lots of ways, it's a book that deals with a lot of the bad stuff that's going on.

And when it becomes a game, when you know you're sharing them with someone else or writing them down, Now, all of a sudden, you find them a little bit more quickly. And one of the reasons I love Ross's book is that he actually shows that this power of delight can help you fight all kinds of stuff. In lots of ways, it's a book that deals with a lot of the bad stuff that's going on.

And when it becomes a game, when you know you're sharing them with someone else or writing them down, Now, all of a sudden, you find them a little bit more quickly. And one of the reasons I love Ross's book is that he actually shows that this power of delight can help you fight all kinds of stuff. In lots of ways, it's a book that deals with a lot of the bad stuff that's going on.

It talks really explicitly about racism. It talks really explicitly about cultures of violence and things like that. But when you find the delights, you're able to kind of get through it. It's like you're kind of padding yourself with some positive emotion to deal with the negative stuff.

It talks really explicitly about racism. It talks really explicitly about cultures of violence and things like that. But when you find the delights, you're able to kind of get through it. It's like you're kind of padding yourself with some positive emotion to deal with the negative stuff.

It talks really explicitly about racism. It talks really explicitly about cultures of violence and things like that. But when you find the delights, you're able to kind of get through it. It's like you're kind of padding yourself with some positive emotion to deal with the negative stuff.

And this is one of the reasons I think we need to find our light a little bit more, is the other thing that research shows is that if we wanna make changes, we kinda need the emotional bandwidth to do that. And one of the ways you do that is finding your light, right? Focusing on positive emotions.

And this is one of the reasons I think we need to find our light a little bit more, is the other thing that research shows is that if we wanna make changes, we kinda need the emotional bandwidth to do that. And one of the ways you do that is finding your light, right? Focusing on positive emotions.

And this is one of the reasons I think we need to find our light a little bit more, is the other thing that research shows is that if we wanna make changes, we kinda need the emotional bandwidth to do that. And one of the ways you do that is finding your light, right? Focusing on positive emotions.