The Art of Healing

4 SIMPLE STEPS To Overcome Our Negativity Bias

If you tend to find fault and criticise yourself, know that you have plenty of company among your fellow humans. In fact, our tendency to focus attention on negative issues instead of positive ones is a shared characteristic we carry from our earliest evolutionary survival needs. This ‘negativity bias,’ as science has labelled it, is our typical default orientation.

Moving toward a more loving, appreciative, and grateful way of being - both towards ourselves and towards others - is something we are all capable of doing. But it does require awareness and repetition. If we are ready to be kind to ourselves and

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