This one runs as a masterclass: Bruce Hood takes your colleagues through the research and the thinking behind it, with live questions throughout.
In a world of uncertainty, we cannot always control all the bad things that happen to us, but we can control the way that we respond to them by regulating our emotions. In this session, award-winning psychologist Bruce Hood explains why our minds seem unable to be reasonable in the face of threat and danger but reveals three simple techniques to control our emotions that are based on hard scientific evidence. Join Bruce and learn how to better deal with adversity, followed by a Q&A.
During the expert session, Bruce engages the audience through interactive exercises using the Mentimeter app, such as thinking about a white bear for a minute to demonstrate the power of ironic thought suppression. He also shares his research on the science of happiness, including the benefits of engaging in positive psychology courses and techniques like psychological distancing, learned optimism, mind control, and meditation.
Bruce discusses the importance of understanding our mind's processing, emphasizes the differences between pessimistic and optimistic thinking, and offers practical tips for dealing with adversity effectively.
Adopting a third-person perspective or using temporal and psychological distancing can help individuals manage emotions and cope with adversity more effectively.
Distinguishing between pessimistic and optimistic thinking dimensions, such as permanence, pervasiveness, and personal responsibility, can enable individuals to challenge negative thoughts and adopt a more balanced perspective.
Engaging in mindfulness meditation and other techniques, like the "ABCDE" exercise, can lead to improved mental well-being by rewiring the brain and enhancing resilience against adversity.
In this expert session, neuroscientist and happiness expert Bruce Hood shares insights into dealing with life's setbacks using evidence-based advice. With a background in neuroscience, attention research, and happiness studies, Bruce created a course at the University of Bristol that teaches students how to cope with life's challenges using evidence-based techniques.
He emphasizes the importance of taking action rather than just knowing theories for experiencing the benefits of improved well-being.
The session then introduces three powerful exercises: psychological distancing, learned optimism, and mind control. Psychological distancing involves creating a mental separation from negative emotions, while learned optimism is about focusing on positive aspects and expecting favorable outcomes.
Mind control refers to practicing techniques that help individuals gain better control over their thoughts and emotions.
Bruce also discusses the significance of ancient Greek philosophy, particularly stoicism, in dealing with adversity. He delves into the differences between pessimistic and optimistic thinking, explaining how our mind processes information based on permanence, pervasiveness, and personal responsibility.
Permanence refers to whether negative events are seen as temporary or permanent; pervasiveness involves the extent to which individuals generalize from one situation to their entire lives; and personal responsibility relates to the degree of blame individuals take for setbacks.
Bruce suggests a balanced approach by taking responsibility while considering extenuating circumstances. He then introduces an exercise called "ABCDE," which involves identifying adversity, beliefs, consequences, disputing these thoughts, and creating a more optimistic perspective.
The session concludes with Bruce leading a brief meditation exercise to help participants relax and clear their minds.
Throughout the session, Bruce emphasizes the role of language in managing emotions and dealing with adversity, discussing the differences between pessimistic and optimistic thinking and the impact of using third-person language for emotional distancing. The session also highlights the relevance of mental health to physical health, stressing the importance of making positive changes gradually over time and forming healthy habits for sustained happiness.
From the survey every participant gets when the session ends, in their own words.
Absolutely fantastic session: research results and daily practice!
Very interesting. The speaker was excellent. Thank you very much.
I really enjoyed the talk! I hope to learn more about Psychology and useful tips like the ones shared in this session.
Nice session. Great topic! Referred to other educators of whom I took courses. I hope this is taped and will be repeated as it's a very important to share. Thank you Kind regards Patricia van der Velden
I really enjoyed the session and feel like i learned a bunch of very valuable things that can help me in the future.
It was great. Enjoyed it. Thanks Bobby and Bruce!!
Great and helpful session, thank you very much!
It was very informative and helpful. Thank you!
It is interactive, and the block above says exactly how for this session. Nobody has to speak up who does not want to: the chat and the polls carry most of it, and the questions can come in anonymously.
In a world of uncertainty, we cannot always control all the bad things that happen to us, but we can control the way that we respond to them by regulating our emotions. In this session, award-winning psychologist Bruce Hood explains why our minds seem unable to be reasonable in the face of threat and danger but... It is built for a general working audience: no prior knowledge is assumed, and people who already know the subject get the research and the practical side rather than an introduction.
A masterclass. Bruce Hood takes your colleagues through the subject and the reasoning behind it, and answers live questions. It is practical in what people take away, without the hour turning into an exercise class.
Bruce Hood is one of the experts we auditioned ourselves, and we produce every session so we see how each one lands. Participants rate this session 4.2 out of 5, across 561 responses, and rate Bruce personally 4.4 out of 5.
It runs 45 min / 15 min: the talk, then live questions. All you do is pick a date. We brief Bruce, produce the session, host and moderate it, run the Q&A, and send you the report within an hour of the end.
A team, a department, an employee network or every single employee at once, with no cap and no per-seat price. It runs inside your own Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, or on a branded page we build. No integration, no login, no company device or e-mail.
The session is delivered in English, German. You can add high accuracy live subtitles in 8, 16 or 24 languages, so everyone follows in their own. That is a paid option, priced by the number of languages you need.
No, and that is by design. There is nothing to install, nothing to integrate and no connection to your systems, so there is nothing for IT to validate: we join your own Teams, Zoom or Meet as a guest speaker, or we host a page and your people open a link. No software, no accounts, and no data of yours that we can reach. It is why hundreds of companies, among them some of the largest technology and financial firms in the world, were able to start within a day.
We never receive or hold personal data about your employees. Because the session runs in your own environment, attendance and identity stay with you, and what we report back is aggregated: numbers, ratings and survey answers, not people. That is also why IT approval usually takes minutes rather than weeks.
You keep the recording and can share it internally. You also get attendance over time, participant ratings for the content and the speaker, the survey answers, and the topics your people asked for next.
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