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How To Train Your Brain To Be Happy · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: I gotta sit down one of six point seven mm.
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  Speaker 1: It's Jackie, Christine. Thanks for but it's on first thing
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  Speaker 1: in the morning. Uh, it's good day, Christine. Time to
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  Speaker 1: enjoy very next fun.
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  Speaker 2: What do you think focus on the positive?
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  Speaker 1: I think that's a great ide.
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  Speaker 2: You love it, jack I think Monday's the perfect day
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  Speaker 2: for this. It's the toughest day it is.
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  Speaker 3: Psychologists say, Look, we are naturally wired to focus on
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  Speaker 3: what's wrong. It's just it's in our wiring, So don't
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  Speaker 3: beat yourself up over it. Savoring the good is a
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  Speaker 3: way of training our brains to notice more happiness in
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  Speaker 3: everyday life. So some small things we can do. Smile
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  Speaker 3: and act happy, even if you're not feeling it. You're
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  Speaker 3: fooling your brain. Your brain's like, oh.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, my brain's not that easily fooled.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, give it a couple more. Then be present by
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  Speaker 3: consciously focusing on a positive moment. So you want to
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  Speaker 3: notice something great is happening, and really tell yourself, I'm
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  Speaker 3: enjoying this right now. Bring the experience into your awareness
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  Speaker 3: and make it more meaningful and memorable. You can share
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  Speaker 3: your good experiences with others. You talk about positive things
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  Speaker 3: that happened. That reinforces the positive, the good feelings, and
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  Speaker 3: practice mental time travel by revisiting happy memories or looking
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  Speaker 3: forward to something to joy.
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  Speaker 1: I love doing that because it makes you feel like,
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  Speaker 1: you know what, I had, that opportunity. I was there,
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  Speaker 1: not like, oh it's you know, we have to go
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  Speaker 1: home after vacation.
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  Speaker 2: Right, do you think we're wired for it?
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  Speaker 1: You do you think that's passed down? We've become complainers
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  Speaker 1: because our parents complained about stuff, and we hear other
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  Speaker 1: people complain. Are we wired for that?
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  Speaker 3: Right? Everything I've read and all this show prep and
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  Speaker 3: all the years, they were hard wired to focus on
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  Speaker 3: the negative. It's a it's a way of protecting ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: But okay, that makes a lot like if you go.
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  Speaker 3: Back to Caveman times, it's like, you know, suss out
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  Speaker 3: the danger and the negativity.
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  Speaker 2: But here we are and we want to focus more on.
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  Speaker 1: Animals stole my dinner?
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  Speaker 2: Well exactly, it's terrible. Hold a gross.
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  Speaker 1: I try to be wired to be happy.
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  Speaker 2: I know, I mean, I think it's yeah, it's it's
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  Speaker 2: a it's a nice start.
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  Speaker 1: Basics. Both arms work, both legs work, my eye see,
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  Speaker 1: you know you got to start gratitude yes,