Book
Hanson R. Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence. New York: Harmony Books; 2013. 304 p.
Why we cite it
Provides the neuroscience framework for deliberately building positive neural pathways to counter the brain’s negativity bias. The HEAL process (Have, Enrich, Absorb, Link) offers a concrete, evidence-based technique for converting fleeting positive experiences into lasting neural structure. Relevant to stress-proof eating because it explains why negative food experiences (guilt, shame, failure) stick more readily than positive ones, and provides a method for rebalancing.
About the author
Rick Hanson, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and senior fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. He holds a PhD from the Wright Institute and graduated summa cum laude from UCLA, where he trained as an epileptologist and neurobehaviorist. He has been on the teaching faculty of UCLA, Oregon Health Sciences University, and Stanford. He is a New York Times best-selling author with seven books published in 33 languages, and has lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard.
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