Lifes challenges can become lasting burdens if we don’t have the psychological resources to meet them.  So how can we build up a psychological toolbox containing powerful inner strengths that are readily accessible when we need them?  Dr Rick Hanson, of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center US, and colleagues have developed new model of emotional and mental growth, which actively engages people's experiences with neurologically informed methods that heighten the conversion of passing states of mind, such as resilience,  self-worth, and positive emotions, into lasting beneficial traits embedded in the brain. Read more in Research OutreachRead some of their latest work here: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2021.2006759