This was one of the “Mindfultainment” programs, which were a failed blend of entertainment and mindfulness during the earlier days of the Eureka Room. Background The Cognitive Distortions program was probably the most psychologically based program, borrowing heavily from the field of cognitive behav...

Note: This post is part of my “Museums Project“, a collection of 200+ high-concept ideas for museums. The idea is that one museum is next to another museum. In the first, there’s a bunch of interactive exhibits. What you don’t know is that there’s two-way mirrors throughout the room and on the other...

"Face It 'Til You Make It" was part of the original set of Eureka Room programs that attempted to use brain science and the results of psychological studies to make people more mindful/happy/relaxed.  Though the Mindfultainment series has been shelved, parts of this program have been salvaged a...

Warning: Spoilers. If you are planning on visiting The Eureka Room, I suggest you not read this post until after your visit. Background I had about two weeks before the premiere of the Eureka Room at EAST. I had never used the thing before and had promised EAST that I would have two experiences on t...

Note: This post is part of my “Museums Project“, a collection of 200+ high-concept ideas for museums. There are cameras that are watching you as you arrive at the museum, as you buy tickets, and as you walk around. The first exhibit is a touch screen. You touch it. You are suprised to see a video of...

Emotional Conjuring was one of the Mindfultainment programs from the early days of The Eureka Room. The Concept I had read that by just thinking about an emotion you can generate that emotion in your body. You don’t even need to think about a situation or reason. You can just think up the emotion an...

Note: This post was part of an ideation series I called "The Museums Project", which re-imagined the "how" of the museum experience. What if we played with where the visitor is in time.  A museum for you in 2050. It shows the history that you know up until now. But then goes on and shows future...

This program was developed during the “Mindfultainment” phase of The Eureka Room. Program Concept I believe the unconscious mind knows things that, if made conscious, would make us uneasy, uncomfortable or upset. Sometimes the unconscious thoughts pop their heads up into the conscious space and say...

Dear Me: Don't try to be the best in the world. You've read those self-improvement books urging you to hunker down and be the best in the world at something. So you start. But it's intimidating. You start to compare yourself to everyone. And since you're just beginning, it looks like you are, possib...

This program was part of the Mindfultainment experiment. You can read more about it here. Program Background Probably of all the practices studied in the science of positive psychology, gratitude is the one that has been shown to be the most consistently effective. In fact, it’s been called as close...