mind maximisation
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“Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” Aristotle
Outcomes • Highlight the brains flaws and the impact on our
Happiness • Examine how neuroscience can help increase our
Well-being and Resilience • Adopt techniques designed to help you lead a
happier life Contents • The Operations of the Brain • What Can Be Done? • Positive Psychology • Putting it into Practice
Outcomes and Content
Resilience, Happiness & Well-being
Flourishing: “enthusiasm for life.... actively and productively engaged with others and social institutions”
Schematic Mental Health spectrum based on global results - Huppert et al, 2005
Languishing: “a life of quiet despair” l
a. How did your body feel at the end of the relaxation exercise before the disturbance?
b. What was the object that disrupted that feeling?
c. Which sense organ detected the object?
d. How did your brain perceive the object?
e. How did your body react to this perception?
f. How did your brain reinterpret the information and how did your body react again?
Question 1
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Object
Sense Door
Awareness
Percep3on
Physical Sensa3on
Reac3on
Explosive Sound
Aural Sense
Conscious Awareness
Interprets past sound data: Good/Bad?
“Bad” Sound Ø Body Tenses Ø ALERT
Fear Signals Ø AVOID
The Operations of the Mind
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Parasympathetic (PNS) Sympathetic (SNS)
“Fight or Flight”
Hormone - Adrenaline
Stress/ Anxiety
AVOID
Neuro-transmitters: Serotonin; Norepinephrine
“Rest & Digest”
Feeling Good
REWARD
The Autonomic Nervous System
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• Inappropriate Threat Response
• Response Automation and Reinforcement
• Physically Addictive
• Double Trouble: Present AND Historic Memory
Reaction Bias
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1. Analyse the situation honestly and ask “what is the worse thing that can happen?”
2. Accept this worse case scenario
3. Devote time and energy to improving on the worse case scenario
“Be willing to have it so”
Technique 2: What’s the Worst Thing That Could Happen?
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“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by
doing, and by falling over”
Richard Branson
Putting it into Practice
4 PROBLEMS
1. Competing Methods
2. Information Overload
3. Practical Application
4. Personal Motivation
• Meditation
• What’s the worst thing that could happen?
• Count your blessings
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Skills ü Tools & Techniques
ü Evidence Based
ü Measurable Outcomes
ü Proven Results
• Choose a negative event that happened in the past
• How could it have been worse?
• How did you deal with it?
• What was the outcome?
• Was there a silver lining?
Ø Do you have a history of successfully working through tough events?
Technique 3: Count Your Blessings
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Transformational Reality ..........from ...........to
L information overload, lack of knowledge and suffocation by choice
ü to clarity, vision, focus and prioritisation
L lacking structure, support and a suitable guide
ü to being effective, efficient empowered and enthused
L feeling tired, low-energy, anxious, worn-out or stressed out
ü to being energetic and purposeful with a zest for life
L too much volatility, instability and not enough tranquillity
ü to calmness, discernment and greater resilience
L discord, dis-ease and dislocation from self
ü to a congruent, re-connected and coherent you
L too little community, connectedness and average relationships
ü to positive and productive engagement with all those around you
L feeling frustrated, imbalanced, or burned out at work
ü to redefining and redesigning a fruitful professional life
L losing touch with leisure and recreation
ü to being creative, open-minded and developing a sense of play
L an average existence of quiet despair ü to a maximised existence full of meaning and purpose
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“The knowledge, application and
changes you make will be with you
forever”
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Sustenance for Life
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