Unit 3: Outlook & Purpose

Inner Critic to Inner Mentor

Your brain doesn’t actually care about your happiness. It’s focused only on your survival. And it carries a built-in negativity bias with a “better safe than sorry” threat detection system. So the inner critic (we all have one) tends to get noisy when we really just need some support.

Replenish Inner Energy

Running on autopilot drains your brain’s “battery,” leaving you more impatient, more impulsive, and more fatigued. Mindfulness practice renews your personal resources.

Connect With Your Purpose

What motivates you? Why do you do your job, volunteer for a particular organization, or pursue a certain hobby? Mindfulness can help you remember or uncover that purpose, a reflection that improves resilience during challenging times such as a global pandemic.