Fun fact: Humans and sea snails respond similarly to memories — reacting to threats and safety in parallel ways. This strange learning is how Eric Kandel, a world-renowned neuroscientist & psychiatrist, first discovered that practice makes perfect. Humans, like sea snails, can control our reactions to situations — either stressfully or calmly.
There’s a training effect as we develop our responses to stressful situations. The more we react in a stressed-out fashion, the better we get at it. Not exactly something we want at the top of our resume. The more we respond with empathy, compassion, gratitude, self-love, calm — the more we’re able to react positively in the future. These are all inside of you; you just need to wake them up. How do you wake them up? Practice.
