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Ep. 040 Is Negativity Bias Affecting Your Knitting? What You Can Do About It.
Ep. 040 Is Negativity Bias Affecting Your Knitting? What You Can Do About It.
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43 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2016
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Brainy Thing: 20:35 Behind the Redwood Curtain 32:40 What We’re Learning from Our Knitting Margaret was inspired by Catherine to try Sasha Ball Rives wonderful pattern Among the Wildflowers http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/among-the-wildflowers with her own “learning opportunities”, of course. For a Ravelry swap, Catherine completed the Crochet Flower Potholders pattern by Jennifer Martin Blue J http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flower-potholders using scraps of cotton. Brainy Thing: Negativity Bias: Studies have shown that are brains are hardwired toward the negative which is a great advantage on the Savannah but probably not now. Check out: https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200306/our-brains-negative-bias and http://www.rickhanson.net/how-your-brain-makes-you-easily-intimidated/ ) For ways to counter that bias, try Marelisa Fabrega http://daringtolivefully.com/overcoming-negativity-bias. Behind the Redwood Curtain: Catherine tells us about the historical Phillips house in Arcata built in 1853/4 in the Greek Revival style which is open Sundays 2 to 4 http://www.arcatahistory.org/phillips_house_museum_arcata . Knitting Tip One of our Ravelry Members, puffygriffinclaw, offers some tips on Felting. A Little Podcast Business Listen for the winners of the membership incentive and the tips contest next episode. In the meanwhile, become a member of our Ravelry Group http://www.ravelry.com/groups/teaching-your-brain-to-knit, and check out our website https://teachingyourbraintoknit.com/ for show notes, photos of our knitting and crochet projects, Behind the Redwood Curtain places and things and anything else we decide to post. Also, join our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/Teachingyourbraintoknitpodcast/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
Released:
Jun 17, 2016
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