58. Calming the Mind & Building Resilience

As you may know, we're still adventuring through The Roots of Resilience (laid out in one of Dr. Emmons book, The Chemistry of Calm). In this episode, we're working on our fourth root, "Calming the Mind." We'll hit on some key insights and strategies that include: Realizing we're thinking and that many of our thoughts are false, embracing the skill of learned optimism, stepping into the role of our observing self, and how we can get more comfortable venturing into our inner-world. And bonus: Head over to our NMH community for a Calm Mind Meditation to put this conversation into practice: https://www.naturalmentalhealth.com/community-sign-up   

Watch this episode on YouTube.

Links and Sources Mentioned:

• Resilient Community  (access the Calm Mind Meditation)
• Joy Lab Program (step-by-step practices to help you build and maintain the elements of joy in your life)
• NMH Resilience Quiz and Mini Course
• Joy Lab Podcast #13 (The Roots of Resilience) This episode is a broad overview of what we'll be talking about over the next 9 episodes. It's a really helpful summary!
• Joy Lab Podcast #2 (The Handle of Hope). This is a great summary for our element of Hope.
• Learned Optimism (Seligman book)
• Resilience definitions, theory, and challenges: interdisciplinary perspectives
• Annual Research Review: Positive adjustment to adversity -Trajectories of minimal-impact resilience and emergent resilience
• The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Hope and Stress
• The role of Hope in subsequent health and well-being for older adults: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach
• On the promotion of human flourishing (VanderWeele article)
• Hopelessness and Risk of Mortality and Incidence of Myocardial Infarction and Cancer
• Just think: The challenges of the disengaged mind (this is the study of people shocking themselves out of boredom)
• Emotion Suppression and Mortality Risk Over a 12-Year Follow-up
• Cumulative Stress and Health