10/03/22 (Monday):
Tapping communicates with the body and primitive brain to balance our negativity bias.
A. Day 2 Challenge: Redirecting Your Brain
So how do we actually bring positivity practice into our lives?
On a day-to-day, week-to-week basis, how can we reprogram our brains to recognize and accept positivity without becoming so detached from our surroundings that, like Thor, we’re prematurely devoured?
Start by simply Noticing when you default to the negative.
Start with the little things, like that email or text that feels unclear. Your brain’s natural bias will lead you to assume the worse. Your brain’s innate negativity bias will Support you in feeling judged, accused, and so on.
Starting today, make a point of simply noticing when your brain’s “negativity bias” is being activated.
Remember, it’s a hardwired response that we all experience, so there’s no need to blame or shame yourself for it. Don’t stress or worry about it. Just notice it.
And once you see your brain’s negativity bias at work, pause and ask yourself:
Could this be my brain’s negativity bias talking?
That’s it – just notice it, for now, say hello, maybe introduce yourself, and we’ll use that awareness to build from in the coming days.
Make sure to take time to use the Day 2 Tapping Meditation: Turning Toward the Positive to being reorienting your primitive brain to notice and value the positive. You’ll find it on page 248 of the Appendix.
You’re beginning to create an important foundation for choosing peace!
B. Day 2: Negativity, Hardwired: A Look at the Primitive Brain
C. Day 2: Negativity, Hardwired: A Look at the Primitive Brain Tapping Meditation
This is a great meditation to use when you’re struggling to feel and see the positive. With repeated use, it can help your brain be more balanced, and less prone to always resorting to the negativity bias.