Psychological Body Armor
PBA Watching and Reading
Including TED talks and articles
Count watching just one as a small step toward improving your resilience.
Making Changes and Achieving Your Goals
Christine Carter: The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit.
Judson Brewer: A simple way to break a bad habit.
Stress Explanations
Madhumita Murgia: How stress affects your brain.
Emotions are controlled by your brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett: You are not at the mercy of your emotions.
Combatting the negativity bias:
Improving Positive Thinking – Alison Ledgerwood
How our Brains Work – full video segment.
Part of this video was watched in class.
Something to Try
10 days of positive thinking – a TED Talk series.
A fun, uplifting challenge: For the next 10 days, watch one TED Talk from this list to shift yourself into a life of positive thinking.
https://www.ted.com/playlists/673/10_days_of_positive_thinking
The value of gratitude
Andrea Driessen: The Profound Power of Gratitude and Living Eulogies
Christina Costa: How gratitude rewires your brain
Sleep
Shai Marcu: The benefits of a good night’s sleep.
Jen Gunter: Do you really need 8 hours of sleep every night?
Matt Walker: Sleep is your superpower
Making repairs in relationships – especially with children
Becky Kennedy: The single Most Important Parenting Strategy
Listening Skills
Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better:
Fun
Catherine Price: Why fun is the secret to a healthier life
Three Secrets of Resilient People
Lucy Hone: 3 secrets of resilient people
Food and Nutrition
How the food you eat affects your brain.
How Sugar Affects Your Brain
Related Reading Material
Forgiveness: Your Health Depends on It
What Does it Really Take to Build a New Habit?
Chart of PBA Course Author’s Suggested Supplementary Reading Materials
The following table contains the links to readings suggested by the course author. Unfortunately we can’t control when the websites might change the URL to access them. A search of the title may yield a new link if the one below happens to be outdated.
