Better You, Backed by Science
Name It to Tame It
That process of identifying and naming a specific emotion appears to change how the brain responds to it. It’s known as ‘affect labelling’ and it reduces activity in the brain’s threat detection system.
Why Expectations Change Experience… and How to Change Yours
Expectation shapes perception across many domains – from taste and pain to performance and wellbeing. Here’s the science and some ways to work with your own expectation.
Why Your Brain Loves Stories
Rather than engaging just one system (which happens when you hear a fact), stories recruit several at once. They can trigger emotion, create mental images, activate memory, generate curiosity, and help us predict what happens next. This is why we remember stories better than facts.
One year. Fifty-two emails. One important lesson.
Your body doesn’t stay neutral when you’re kind. Research has shown that kindness impacts circulating immune cells in ways that reduce inflammation and bolster natural antiviral activity.