Your Brain Is Built For Negativity, So Train It For Hope

About this episode

Mark Walker discusses the challenges of negativity and self-worth while sharing personal experiences and insights on fostering hope.

Send us Fan Mail Your mind can be brilliant at spotting problems and brutal at spotting your own worth. I’m Mark Walker, and today I speak candidly from a tender stretch of life: navigating my own ups and downs while being present for friends going through life-and-death changes. With no outline and nothing polished, I walk straight into the real question underneath so much stress and self-doubt: why does the critical voice feel so automatic, and how do we turn it down without turning off our...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Walker

Topics covered

• negativity
• hope
• self-doubt
• mental health
• personal growth

Keywords

• negativity
• self-worth
• mental health
• hope
• personal growth

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