So someone's going through cancer, and we try to communicate to them things are going to be better on the other side, you're going to be a stronger, better person on the other side. And I think we offer this up to people really as a way to encourage them, you know. I think we often, you know, approach setbacks with the view of that both we and other people should go through setbacks and come out the other end, being stronger and wiser and better and happier in some ways. And this is such a common trope that we have. ![]() So that's another idea we wanted to explore. But I thought what doesn't kill you makes you stronger? I don't know if Kelly Clarkson is going to get mad about this. And the research seems to suggest that if we put the chapter breaks so that we're telling more redemptive stories, rather than contamination stories, we're going to be better off, we're going to feel better, our well being and mental health is going to be better. And we can decide where we put the chapter breaks in our story. But if your chapters start on a low note, and end on a high note, this is what psychologists call a redemption sequence. If your chapters start on a very positive note and end on a very negative note, psychologists call this a contamination sequence. So the opening story in our Healing 2.0 series, which is going to run from November through early December, is titled "Change Your Story, Change Your Life." And it's based on a very interesting idea that if you think of your own life as a novel, imagine that the novel has different chapters in it, where you start and stop, each chapter turns out to have profound significance to your well being. You obviously have some new thinking on how we handle this. And we decided at "Hidden Brain" to put all of the research that we could find on the psychology of healing together in one package, and offer it to people at this time of the year. And so I think it's also a bittersweet time in the lives of many people. Family members and loved ones who are no longer with us. But it's also, I think, a time of year when many people look back with some wistfulness at celebrations and years gone. SHANKAR: I think it is a very happy time of the year for many people, Craig. ![]() WUSF's Craig Kopp talked with Vedantam about why he's bringing us this series now, as we head into the holidays, supposedly the happiest time of the year. The series talks about all the latest thinking about healing the pain in our lives. You can also follow us on Twitter and listen for Hidden Brain stories each week on your local public radio station.Shankar Vedantam, host of NPR's "Hidden Brain," has launched a new series lasting through November. ![]() ![]() Hidden Brain is hosted by Shankar Vedantam and produced by Rhaina Cohen, Jennifer Schmidt, Parth Shah, Thomas Lu, Laura Kwerel, and Camila Vargas Restreppo. Plus, we'll look at how society is pushing us beyond the traditional boundaries of those debates as we talk with Jamie Shupe, the first person in the United States to be officially recognized as neither male nor female, but gender-neutral. This week, we delve into debates over gender and the role of nature and nurture. Lise's research gets at some fundamental questions: How much are our identities determined by culture? How much are they shaped by chromosomes and hormones? So I am always acutely aware that these little babies are absorbing things from the moment of birth." "My own research area has always been in the area of neuro-plasticity, or how our brains change as the result of experience.
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