Creating an Abundance Mindset
There are so many different forces in our brains, our bodies, and our culture as a whole that move us toward the experience of scarcity–that something is missing, that we don’t have enough, and that we never will have enough. The feeling of scarcity both feels bad in itself, and is also the creator and amplifier of so many other challenges we face.
On today’s episode of Being Well, Dr. Rick Hanson and I talk about what a scarcity and an abundance mindset is, what some sources of scarcity are, and how we can move to an authentic experience of abundance.
Key Topics:
0:00 Introduction
2:35 Defining scarcity and abundance
6:45 Why are we biologically predisposed towards scarcity?
17:05 When to relax and expand
20:45 Scarcity at the cultural level
25:55 Critique of promoting an “abundance mindset” and a practical definition
30:25 Orienting to a sense of abundance
38:00 Motivating with punishment vs reward
39:55 Abundance in objectively difficult times
47:25 Specific ways to shift from scarcity to abundance
59:00 A sense of wonder and groundedness
1:02:00 Recap
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