Dr. Rick Hanson

But much of the time, what we really want to internalize is more felt in the body. It's more somatic. So we want to just feel. What's it like to feel a sense of accomplishment and relief that I handled that tricky email? Or what do I feel in my body when I have a sense of fellowship, friendship, community with another person I like and respect, like I'm experiencing here? What's that feel like?

But much of the time, what we really want to internalize is more felt in the body. It's more somatic. So we want to just feel. What's it like to feel a sense of accomplishment and relief that I handled that tricky email? Or what do I feel in my body when I have a sense of fellowship, friendship, community with another person I like and respect, like I'm experiencing here? What's that feel like?

So the more you feel it in your body, the deeper the learning. We're going after emotional learning, emotional learning, somatic learning, motivational learning. even spiritual learning if we get to that. Third thing you can do is be aware of what is meaningful or enjoyable about it for you.

So the more you feel it in your body, the deeper the learning. We're going after emotional learning, emotional learning, somatic learning, motivational learning. even spiritual learning if we get to that. Third thing you can do is be aware of what is meaningful or enjoyable about it for you.

So the more you feel it in your body, the deeper the learning. We're going after emotional learning, emotional learning, somatic learning, motivational learning. even spiritual learning if we get to that. Third thing you can do is be aware of what is meaningful or enjoyable about it for you.

Because as soon as you track the reward, as soon as you highlight the reward value of an experience, technically, it increases activity of dopamine and norepinephrine, two neurochemical systems in your hippocampus, which is the front end of the process of emotional learning in your brain.

Because as soon as you track the reward, as soon as you highlight the reward value of an experience, technically, it increases activity of dopamine and norepinephrine, two neurochemical systems in your hippocampus, which is the front end of the process of emotional learning in your brain.

Because as soon as you track the reward, as soon as you highlight the reward value of an experience, technically, it increases activity of dopamine and norepinephrine, two neurochemical systems in your hippocampus, which is the front end of the process of emotional learning in your brain.

And as dopamine and norepinephrine activity increase in the hippocampus, that flags the experience at the time as a keeper. in long-term storage as it sinks into you gradually. We will not remember the event, but the emotional residues will sink into us.

And as dopamine and norepinephrine activity increase in the hippocampus, that flags the experience at the time as a keeper. in long-term storage as it sinks into you gradually. We will not remember the event, but the emotional residues will sink into us.

And as dopamine and norepinephrine activity increase in the hippocampus, that flags the experience at the time as a keeper. in long-term storage as it sinks into you gradually. We will not remember the event, but the emotional residues will sink into us.

So those would be three things that people can do in the flow of life that are evidence-based that increase emotional learning from experiences, increase impact. lasting value. I could name other people. I published a paper called Learning to Learn from Positive Experiences that summarizes all the evidence for this and how to do it.

So those would be three things that people can do in the flow of life that are evidence-based that increase emotional learning from experiences, increase impact. lasting value. I could name other people. I published a paper called Learning to Learn from Positive Experiences that summarizes all the evidence for this and how to do it.

So those would be three things that people can do in the flow of life that are evidence-based that increase emotional learning from experiences, increase impact. lasting value. I could name other people. I published a paper called Learning to Learn from Positive Experiences that summarizes all the evidence for this and how to do it.

And I've written about it and talked about it in other kinds of ways. People can check that out. But just those three, stay with it for a breath or longer, feel it in your body, highlight for you what's enjoyable about it, what's meaningful about it, Bingo. You are increasing the trace. You're heightening the trace in physical structures and functions that's left behind by the experience.

And I've written about it and talked about it in other kinds of ways. People can check that out. But just those three, stay with it for a breath or longer, feel it in your body, highlight for you what's enjoyable about it, what's meaningful about it, Bingo. You are increasing the trace. You're heightening the trace in physical structures and functions that's left behind by the experience.

And I've written about it and talked about it in other kinds of ways. People can check that out. But just those three, stay with it for a breath or longer, feel it in your body, highlight for you what's enjoyable about it, what's meaningful about it, Bingo. You are increasing the trace. You're heightening the trace in physical structures and functions that's left behind by the experience.

Thanks for being a really good student in my stuff.

Thanks for being a really good student in my stuff.

Thanks for being a really good student in my stuff.