TEDx Talk: Hardwiring Happiness

Tasneem Abrahams
Jan 27th, 2017

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Rick Hanson is a neuropsychologist and the author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, best selling author of Buddha's Brain, founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and an Affiliate of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, he's been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide.
 

Hardwiring Happiness : The Hidden Power of Everyday Experiences on the Modern Brain


In this talk, Rick addressed the idea of 'Negativity Bias' and talks about how we can overcome it. People with skin picking disorder often find that negative self talk or negative thought patterns about themselves or their abilities are major triggers for picking. By addressing these negative biases and learning to be objective about our thoughts we are better able to manage these to prevent picking urges. changing one's thought patterns is also the basis of cognitive behavioral therapy, the most effective form or treatment for skin picking and other BFRBs.

Tasneem Abrahams

Tasneem is an Occupational Therapist, and a graduate of the TLC foundation for BFRBs professional training institute. Her experience in mental health includes working at Lentegeur Psychiatric hospital forensic unit (South Africa), Kingston Community Adult Learning Disability team (UK), Clinical Specialist for the Oasis Project Spelthorne Community Mental Health team (UK). Tasneem is a member of both the editorial team and the clinical staff on Skinpick, providing online therapy for people who suffer from excoriation (skin picking) disorder.

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