Are painful memories keeping you from enjoying your life today? Maybe you avoid a particular place or person because of an experience you can’t seem to let go of.
In this episode of Office Hours, I explore how memory works, why our recollections are less reliable than we think, and how the past shapes the future we imagine. As always, I share practical steps to help you find more happiness, meaning, and gratitude as you move forward.
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Referenced:
• The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness
• The Pursuit of Happiness with Arthur Brooks
• Remembering the past to imagine the future: the prospective brain
• Phantom flashbulbs: False recollections of hearing the news about Challenger
• You Won’t Remember the Pandemic the Way You Think You Will
• Emotion and memory research: A grumpy overview
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