Welcome into the Friday refresh brought to you by St Jude marathon weekend fundraiser. Thanks to all you who helped and donated and played in the Stayin Alice disco dodgeball tournament last weekend. I have less than $1000 to raise for my race so go to https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=5816464&fr_id=164588&pg=personal to donate.
Have you ever wondered why we tend to focus more on the negative things in life?
Why is it that sadness and worry and anger seem to weigh so heavily while memories that are much more joyful and happy and peaceful seem a little harder to recall and seem to weigh much less?
It is what psychologists call Negativity Bias.
Negativity Bias is an innate psychological tendency to emphasize negative experiences over positive ones.
It influences our perception of events, often making us dwell more on bad experiences, like criticism or failure.
Links mentioned in this episode:
http://www.benandtravis.com
http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790
Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B., Kim C.
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