TAM+ Episode 44: Unlocking Your Inner Optimist: How Your Attention Shapes Your Reality
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.8 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Ever wonder why two people can experience the exact same event but walk away with completely different emotions?
In this fascinating episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast Plus, hosts Duane and Eric Osterlind dive into the science of optimism and reveal how our attention shapes our reality. They explain that optimism isn't about ignoring negative experiences or forcing positivity – it's about training our brain to process both positive and negative information in a balanced way.
Through practical examples and evidence-based strategies, they show listeners how to break free from negative thought spirals and develop genuine optimistic thinking. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, depression, or just want to build more resilience, this episode offers simple yet powerful tools to help you unlock your inner optimist and transform how you experience life's challenges.
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Key Topics- The difference between toxic positivity and genuine optimism
- How attention bias affects our experience of events
- The science behind optimistic versus pessimistic thinking
- Three evidence-based strategies for developing optimism
- The role of physical movement in changing perspective
- How optimism builds resilience and creativity
- Practical daily exercises for training your brain
[00:01:27] The power of perspective: Same event, different experiences
[00:03:42] The science behind attention and optimism
[00:05:19] Why this isn't toxic positivity
[00:09:30] Introduction to practical strategies
[00:09:54] The two-chair technique explained
[00:11:28] The daily spotlight exercise
[00:13:02] The reframe challenge technique
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Addicted Mind Plus, the podcast where recovery, mental health, and wellness take the front seat. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Dwayne Austerland, and joining me is my co-host, Eric Osterland, known for his insightful work on the Stuck Brain podcast. |
| 0:14.3 | In each episode, we'll dive into actionable, small steps to help those in recovery journey further along the path to wellness. |
| 0:22.3 | Our conversations are designed to be concise, typically around 15 minutes, though we may |
| 0:27.0 | occasionally delve deeper when the topic demands it. Our goal to provide you with practical |
| 0:32.0 | advice grounded in real experiences and expert insights to empower your recovery journey. |
| 0:38.7 | So whether you're on a break, on a walk, or just taking a moment for yourself, |
| 0:42.3 | join us as we explore the many facets of recovery and mental health, one small step at a time. |
| 0:48.4 | This is The Addicted Mind Plus, where your journey to wellness gets an extra boost. |
| 0:53.2 | So let's get started. |
| 0:54.6 | Hello everyone. Welcome to wellness gets an extra boost. So let's get started. Hello, everyone. |
| 0:55.8 | Welcome to the Addicted Mind Podcast Plus. |
| 0:59.4 | We're on to another episode today. |
| 1:01.9 | And I'm really excited about this episode because this is about unlocking your inner optimist. |
| 1:09.4 | Yeah, I'm excited about this episode too, because we've talked about |
| 1:13.3 | this for a while now, and I love this topic that we're going to talk about optimism and being an |
| 1:20.1 | optimist. And we're not just going to talk about optimism, but we're also going to talk about |
| 1:25.7 | a specific part of that. |
| 1:27.7 | And this is something that can really change how you experience almost every single moment in your life. |
| 1:36.3 | And imagine this. |
| 1:37.5 | Imagine two people experiencing the exact same event. |
| 1:42.3 | Let's say something like a job interview. |
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