Hardwiring Happiness - Rick Hanson

With New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day.

Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated?Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this.

Life
isn't easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the
good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident,
secure, and happy. But each day is filled with opportunities to build
inner strengths and Dr. Rick Hanson, an acclaimed clinical psychologist,
shows what you can do to override the brain's default pessimism.

Hardwiring Happinesslays
out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences
to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and
peace. You'll learn to see through the lies your brain tells you. Dr.
Hanson's four steps build strengths into your brain to make contentment and a powerful sense of
resilience the new normal. In just minutes a day, you can transform
your brain into a refuge and power center of calm and happiness.