Dr. Ethan Cross

Based on my understanding of how the senses impact the way people feel, the opportunity here for everyone is to think about how can you trigger your senses in a healthy way to bring about the emotional outcomes that you desire.

Based on my understanding of how the senses impact the way people feel, the opportunity here for everyone is to think about how can you trigger your senses in a healthy way to bring about the emotional outcomes that you desire.

Based on my understanding of how the senses impact the way people feel, the opportunity here for everyone is to think about how can you trigger your senses in a healthy way to bring about the emotional outcomes that you desire.

So the scene is one that you've likely encountered countless times. You're on a plane and you see a mob sitting with their little child. And they're at 30,000 feet, and the kid takes a bite of a granola bar and then begins to cough. And immediately, the mom, named Louisa, reaches over to look at the granola bar wrapper, and there it is. She missed it. She sees on the ingredient list, peanuts.

So the scene is one that you've likely encountered countless times. You're on a plane and you see a mob sitting with their little child. And they're at 30,000 feet, and the kid takes a bite of a granola bar and then begins to cough. And immediately, the mom, named Louisa, reaches over to look at the granola bar wrapper, and there it is. She missed it. She sees on the ingredient list, peanuts.

So the scene is one that you've likely encountered countless times. You're on a plane and you see a mob sitting with their little child. And they're at 30,000 feet, and the kid takes a bite of a granola bar and then begins to cough. And immediately, the mom, named Louisa, reaches over to look at the granola bar wrapper, and there it is. She missed it. She sees on the ingredient list, peanuts.

And the kid has a pretty severe peanut allergy. The first thing she does is she whips out some Benadryl from her bag and gives her kid a dose of Benadryl, but it doesn't have the intended effect. And so the daughter starts to writhe in pain, her stomach hurts, she begins to vomit. So she has to take the more extreme measure of reaching in her bag for the EpiPen

And the kid has a pretty severe peanut allergy. The first thing she does is she whips out some Benadryl from her bag and gives her kid a dose of Benadryl, but it doesn't have the intended effect. And so the daughter starts to writhe in pain, her stomach hurts, she begins to vomit. So she has to take the more extreme measure of reaching in her bag for the EpiPen

And the kid has a pretty severe peanut allergy. The first thing she does is she whips out some Benadryl from her bag and gives her kid a dose of Benadryl, but it doesn't have the intended effect. And so the daughter starts to writhe in pain, her stomach hurts, she begins to vomit. So she has to take the more extreme measure of reaching in her bag for the EpiPen

pulls down her daughter's pajamas and jams the pen into her thigh. Fortunately, the intervention does this time have the intended effect and the allergic reaction subsides. The emotional reaction that Louisa struggled with after this flight persisted for months. She couldn't stop thinking about what if. On the one hand, going back in time, what if she hadn't had the EpiPen?

pulls down her daughter's pajamas and jams the pen into her thigh. Fortunately, the intervention does this time have the intended effect and the allergic reaction subsides. The emotional reaction that Louisa struggled with after this flight persisted for months. She couldn't stop thinking about what if. On the one hand, going back in time, what if she hadn't had the EpiPen?

pulls down her daughter's pajamas and jams the pen into her thigh. Fortunately, the intervention does this time have the intended effect and the allergic reaction subsides. The emotional reaction that Louisa struggled with after this flight persisted for months. She couldn't stop thinking about what if. On the one hand, going back in time, what if she hadn't had the EpiPen?

What if the EpiPen didn't work? Then she'd go into the future and she would do the same thing. What if another kid at school gives her daughter a taste of his or her snack and it has peanuts? What if her daughter goes to a birthday party and another parent unwittingly serves her a piece of cake that was prepared in a kitchen with peanuts?

What if the EpiPen didn't work? Then she'd go into the future and she would do the same thing. What if another kid at school gives her daughter a taste of his or her snack and it has peanuts? What if her daughter goes to a birthday party and another parent unwittingly serves her a piece of cake that was prepared in a kitchen with peanuts?

What if the EpiPen didn't work? Then she'd go into the future and she would do the same thing. What if another kid at school gives her daughter a taste of his or her snack and it has peanuts? What if her daughter goes to a birthday party and another parent unwittingly serves her a piece of cake that was prepared in a kitchen with peanuts?

And these thoughts, these intrusive thoughts, begin to metastasize in her mind and are becoming unbelievably disruptive.

And these thoughts, these intrusive thoughts, begin to metastasize in her mind and are becoming unbelievably disruptive.

And these thoughts, these intrusive thoughts, begin to metastasize in her mind and are becoming unbelievably disruptive.

She did. So several months later, she had begun to spin into one of these thought spirals. And her daughter actually came in, distracted her, and she realized that she began to feel better. She then had the insight that, wait a second, if I divert my attention away and I don't do what I want to do, what I desperately want to do, which is engage in these what-if scenarios.

She did. So several months later, she had begun to spin into one of these thought spirals. And her daughter actually came in, distracted her, and she realized that she began to feel better. She then had the insight that, wait a second, if I divert my attention away and I don't do what I want to do, what I desperately want to do, which is engage in these what-if scenarios.