How Thinking Bad Can Be Good for Your Mental Health + Why We Tend to Remember the Negative More Than Positive (with Science Writer John Tierney & Research Psychologist Roy F. Baumeister)

Bad is bad, right? Well…not always. In this podcast I speak with acclaimed science writer John Tierney and pioneering research psychologist Roy F. Baumeister about their new book, The Power of Bad, how we can harness our negativity bias for good, why bad is the best teacher, how to avoid anticipating the worst and how to handle negativity on social media and in our relationships.

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@RoyFBaumeister

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Highlights

5:05 Why the mind reacts more strongly to bad things

8:17 What is the power of bad?

11:10, 18:00 How can we use the bad for good?

15:42 How is “bad” parenting good?

20:30 How to handle negativity on social media

21:46 What the bad can teach us

22:35, 45:00 Dealing with the bad in a relationship

24:40 How to give constructive criticism

29:15 What is catastrophizing?

37:46 The low bad diet

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