What if you gave yourself a big hug right now? It can seem silly, but new research shows that hugging yourself and other “self-soothing behaviors” can help reduce both physical and mental pain.
What you attend to shapes what you experience — and what you experience, repeated over time, reshapes your brain.
We like to believe we know what we want, but our present choices – even when made blindly – can have a big influence over our future preferences. Here’s how to use this fact to facilitate self-change.