Emotions – Mindfulness & Pain Explained

How Emotions Trick the Brain: Prediction, hedonic tone and body budgeting

Posted in Emotions February 14, 2023

I was teaching week 2 of MBSR today to my wonderful new group. We were discussing perception, the way our brains make predictions and hedonic tone. It reminded me of this wonderful article by Lisa Feldman Barrett in Science Focus “How Emotions Trick the Brain”. My take homes: Your brain’s most important job is keeping your body alive. To accomplish…

Unpleasant Emotions

Posted in Emotions May 27, 2022

Negative situations and emotions are a part of life. If we learn to tolerate uncomfortable experiences then we may find it easier to take action to make necessary change – otherwise we may find ourselves stuck in situations and relationships.