Dr. Rick Hanson

So as you tune into yourself, the insula gets more active, which immediately quiets, like a circuit breaker, the so-called default mode network of your brain I call it the ruminator, which is where we go when we're starting to spin out with our monkey mind resentments, regrets, self-criticism, woulda, coulda, shoulda, fantasies of vengeance, and all the rest of that.

So as you tune into yourself, the insula gets more active, which immediately quiets, like a circuit breaker, the so-called default mode network of your brain I call it the ruminator, which is where we go when we're starting to spin out with our monkey mind resentments, regrets, self-criticism, woulda, coulda, shoulda, fantasies of vengeance, and all the rest of that.

So as you tune into yourself, the insula gets more active, which immediately quiets, like a circuit breaker, the so-called default mode network of your brain I call it the ruminator, which is where we go when we're starting to spin out with our monkey mind resentments, regrets, self-criticism, woulda, coulda, shoulda, fantasies of vengeance, and all the rest of that.

So as you tune into yourself, the insula gets more active, which immediately quiets, like a circuit breaker, the so-called default mode network of your brain I call it the ruminator, which is where we go when we're starting to spin out with our monkey mind resentments, regrets, self-criticism, woulda, coulda, shoulda, fantasies of vengeance, and all the rest of that.

So as you tune into yourself, the insula gets more active, which immediately quiets, like a circuit breaker, the so-called default mode network of your brain I call it the ruminator, which is where we go when we're starting to spin out with our monkey mind resentments, regrets, self-criticism, woulda, coulda, shoulda, fantasies of vengeance, and all the rest of that.

So as you tune into yourself, the insula gets more active, which immediately quiets, like a circuit breaker, the so-called default mode network of your brain I call it the ruminator, which is where we go when we're starting to spin out with our monkey mind resentments, regrets, self-criticism, woulda, coulda, shoulda, fantasies of vengeance, and all the rest of that.

So as you tune into yourself, the insula gets more active, which immediately quiets, like a circuit breaker, the so-called default mode network of your brain I call it the ruminator, which is where we go when we're starting to spin out with our monkey mind resentments, regrets, self-criticism, woulda, coulda, shoulda, fantasies of vengeance, and all the rest of that.

So as you tune into yourself, the insula gets more active, which immediately quiets, like a circuit breaker, the so-called default mode network of your brain I call it the ruminator, which is where we go when we're starting to spin out with our monkey mind resentments, regrets, self-criticism, woulda, coulda, shoulda, fantasies of vengeance, and all the rest of that.

So as you tune into yourself, the insula gets more active, which immediately quiets, like a circuit breaker, the so-called default mode network of your brain I call it the ruminator, which is where we go when we're starting to spin out with our monkey mind resentments, regrets, self-criticism, woulda, coulda, shoulda, fantasies of vengeance, and all the rest of that.

So as you tune into yourself, the insula gets more active, which immediately quiets, like a circuit breaker, the so-called default mode network of your brain I call it the ruminator, which is where we go when we're starting to spin out with our monkey mind resentments, regrets, self-criticism, woulda, coulda, shoulda, fantasies of vengeance, and all the rest of that.

just tuning in to your internal sensations, and you can just kind of play with it, immediately quiets the internal monkey mind and relaxes the sense of being a beleaguered self. Just that. That's a quick hack. You know, half, five seconds, a few seconds, one breath, boom, you're starting to feel the benefit. Second quick hack, lift your gaze to the horizon.

just tuning in to your internal sensations, and you can just kind of play with it, immediately quiets the internal monkey mind and relaxes the sense of being a beleaguered self. Just that. That's a quick hack. You know, half, five seconds, a few seconds, one breath, boom, you're starting to feel the benefit. Second quick hack, lift your gaze to the horizon.

just tuning in to your internal sensations, and you can just kind of play with it, immediately quiets the internal monkey mind and relaxes the sense of being a beleaguered self. Just that. That's a quick hack. You know, half, five seconds, a few seconds, one breath, boom, you're starting to feel the benefit. Second quick hack, lift your gaze to the horizon.

just tuning in to your internal sensations, and you can just kind of play with it, immediately quiets the internal monkey mind and relaxes the sense of being a beleaguered self. Just that. That's a quick hack. You know, half, five seconds, a few seconds, one breath, boom, you're starting to feel the benefit. Second quick hack, lift your gaze to the horizon.

just tuning in to your internal sensations, and you can just kind of play with it, immediately quiets the internal monkey mind and relaxes the sense of being a beleaguered self. Just that. That's a quick hack. You know, half, five seconds, a few seconds, one breath, boom, you're starting to feel the benefit. Second quick hack, lift your gaze to the horizon.

just tuning in to your internal sensations, and you can just kind of play with it, immediately quiets the internal monkey mind and relaxes the sense of being a beleaguered self. Just that. That's a quick hack. You know, half, five seconds, a few seconds, one breath, boom, you're starting to feel the benefit. Second quick hack, lift your gaze to the horizon.

just tuning in to your internal sensations, and you can just kind of play with it, immediately quiets the internal monkey mind and relaxes the sense of being a beleaguered self. Just that. That's a quick hack. You know, half, five seconds, a few seconds, one breath, boom, you're starting to feel the benefit. Second quick hack, lift your gaze to the horizon.

just tuning in to your internal sensations, and you can just kind of play with it, immediately quiets the internal monkey mind and relaxes the sense of being a beleaguered self. Just that. That's a quick hack. You know, half, five seconds, a few seconds, one breath, boom, you're starting to feel the benefit. Second quick hack, lift your gaze to the horizon.

just tuning in to your internal sensations, and you can just kind of play with it, immediately quiets the internal monkey mind and relaxes the sense of being a beleaguered self. Just that. That's a quick hack. You know, half, five seconds, a few seconds, one breath, boom, you're starting to feel the benefit. Second quick hack, lift your gaze to the horizon.

just tuning in to your internal sensations, and you can just kind of play with it, immediately quiets the internal monkey mind and relaxes the sense of being a beleaguered self. Just that. That's a quick hack. You know, half, five seconds, a few seconds, one breath, boom, you're starting to feel the benefit. Second quick hack, lift your gaze to the horizon.