Negativity Bias
How does negativity bias shape the way we think and feel?
4.7 (16)
38 mins
Discover how the brain’s natural focus on threats and losses once helped humans survive, and how it still influences attention, memory, and emotional responses today. Uncover how understanding negativity bias can help us make more balanced decisions, build healthier relationships, and respond to challenges with greater awareness.
Ep 1:
Your Brain, The Liar
Claire Matthews unpacks the invisible force wired into your brain two million years ago—one that still hijacks your relationships, decisions, and sense of safety today.
Ep 2:
Cockroaches, Headlines, and Fear
From ruined bowls of cherries to fear-mongering news cycles, discover how your mind clings to threats and why paper tigers feel so terrifyingly real.
Ep 3:
Velcro Minds and Fragile Bonds
Explore how negativity sticks like Velcro to your memory, wrecks decisions, poisons relationships, and fuels a brutal cycle of crumbling self-esteem.
Ep 4:
Flipping the Fear Script
It's time to fight back—learn practical tools to rewire attention, calm your body, and finally stop fear from running your life.
Discussions (13)
Maya
Level 7 · 7 mo agoThe cockroach in the cherries example is basically every family gathering. One Mak Cik makes a comment about your weight and the whole feast is ruined.
Thad
Level 3 · 7 mo agoLol saying the chill ancestors got eaten is facts. You don't survive by hoping for the best. You survive by spotting the flaws everyone else ignores. Optimism is for casuals who don't get it.
Doris
Level 3 · 7 mo agoThat 5 to 1 ratio tho 😩
