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Positive thinking - Your Biggest Ally

Positive thinking is defined as the practice of being optimistic in attitude. It’s the opposite of negativity, which is the tendency to see the “glass half empty” with a mental attitude focused on challenges, obstacles, and failures.

Being positive isn’t about pretending that everything is okay and that suffering doesn’t exist in the world; instead, it’s about having the mindset that negative emotions are not inherently bad, that they won’t last 

forever, and that they can be controlled and even benefited from.

Positive thinking has nothing to do with being happy all day long. The way you think, positively or negatively, defines how you approach and experience your life. It determines how you feel and usually influences the results of your actions.

Your thoughts determine the world around you and how you move forward ( or backward) in it.

In todays world, the overwhelming demand for perfection and constant happiness jeopardizes positive mindsets, making us feel overwhelm, comparison and inadequacy.  These thoughts make positive thinking even more difficult

Fortunately, science has shown that practicing positive thinking has outstanding results for your health and wellbeing.

What Are The Beneficial Effects Of Positive thinking

A positive attitude tends to create a feedback loop which sparks even more positivity and happiness.

When you make an effort to draw your attention to things that are going well and sources of joy in your life, you’re likely to expect these things to continue into the future.

 

This means that positivity can make you feel more content, hopeful, open-minded, and confident

— while also less insecure, anxious, and envious of others.

Better Physical and Mental Health

According to John Hopkins, there is a strong link between positive thinking and health.

Research shows that a daily positive attitude helps protect the body from inflammatory processes, improves heart conditions, and enhances life satisfaction.

Positivity Protects Your Heart

If you have a family history of heart disease and practice positive thinking, research shows that you may have a significantly lower risk of having a cardiovascular event.

A Natural Sedative For Anxiety

A positive attitude allows you to see something good in every situation. When done constantly, your brain learns to focus on the positive aspects of life and expect good things to happen, reducing anxiety and catastrophic thoughts.

Stress Management

A positive mindset helps you, not to make a mountain out of a molehill. Stress has a negative impact on your cognitive functions, such as attention, memory, decision-making, and motivation. Being able to overcome stressful situations and approach life challenges with positivity will make you more successful.

Positive Thinking Increases Your Productivity

When you complete a task, deliver before a deadline, or overcome difficulties at work, you can feel a sense of fulfillment and happiness. Taking the time to celebrate and enjoy achievements is key. Your brain floods itself with dopamine, enhancing the feeling of pleasure, and therefore, wants to do it again. Taking the time to enjoy your success will make you feel happier and provide you with more energy and enthusiasm for the next task.

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Positive Thinking vs Negative Thinking

Do you celebrate your achievements? Or do you concentrate on what’s next? The way you treat and talk to yourself is the key to your daily confidence and mood.

How can you identify if you have a positive attitude about yourself?

Ask yourself these questions:

  • After archiving a difficult task, do you give yourself time to celebrate it and cheer yourself? or do you focus on the difficulties that came across while doing it?
  • Do you blame yourself for others’ mistreatment? Taking others’ behavior personally can make you feel diminished and out of place. Remember that everyone is fighting a battle.
  • How demanding are you with yourself? Do you usually overbook your day. with tasks and chores that are impossible to get done in 24 hours? Your unrealistic demands will make you feel guilty and unproductive.
  • When your experience a minor difficulty, does it ruin the rest of your day?
  • When your experience a minor difficulty, does it ruin the rest of your day?

How To Foster A Positive Thinking Mindset?

Smile even if you have to fake it: Science has discovered that smiling enhances your mood. Smile every day. The brain does not know if the smile is real or not. it just decodes from your facial muscles that you are happy. So, when you are in a bad mood just smile for a few seconds.

 

Meditate: Meditation will help you focus on the present and appreciate what’s good in your life.

Be selective about who you share yourself with: Avoiding social toxicity is selí-care.

Surround yourself with people that make you feel good about yourself and respect your individuality.

Be your best friend: Be aware of how you talk to yourself. Use compassionate words of encouragement and appreciation. Find what you like about yourself and say it in front of the mirror. Be kind to yourself, always.

Celebrate small wins: no matter how slight an achievement may seem. Find a moment to celebrate it.

 

Positive thinking is not being unaware of difficulties or ignoring unpleasant experiences. It’s s all about how you embrace situations, thoughts, and emotions that come your way. If you practice living with a positive attitude, you will find something to be grateful for in every situation.



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​​You Get More Of What You Think About

Some call this the “law of attraction,” meaning you tend to attract whatever you believe. If you believe that the world is a good place and that you’re worthy of happiness, you’re more likely to experience this and make it real.

Another way to describe this concept: “energy flows where attention goes,” so what you focus on and expect to happen is likely to become true.

Studies show that a positive mindset can buffer against depression and anxiety and is associated with benefits including:

  • Stronger relationships and less loneliness (since people tend to enjoy the company of others who are positive in nature)
  • Better regulation of emotions, which leads to better decision making and seeing more possibilities in your life
  • Longer lifespan and better health, since positivity protects against negative effects of stress
  • Higher self-esteem and greater likelihood of taking chances that can improve your life

3 Ways to Practice Positive Thining

Practice Gratitude

Gratitude is all about appreciating what you already have — including your health, success, knowledge, job, friends, family, and so on. This takes the focus off of what you lack or what you’re jealous of others for.

 

Making an effort to be more grateful every day increases how much joy you feel and can almost instantly make you feel happier. It also encourages you to be present because it puts you in the habit of looking for positive things as they’re unfolding.

 

There are lots of ways to practice gratitude, including:

  • Keeping a gratitude list that you write every day, even for 1-2 minutes, as you list anything that went well or made you, smile.
  • Journaling for longer about events and people in your life that make you happy, or even writing notes of appreciation to others.
  • Taking pictures often of things that make you happy or finding other ways to document meaningful experiences and relationships, such as via art, videos, etc.

 

My Mindfulness journal is a the perfect way to take some self reflection time to help you practice positivity

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Create 3 to 5 affirmations that you can repeat to yourself often when you’re feeling down.

These are used to encourage and motivate you at times you’re feeling defeated or insecure. Here are some affirmation examples, which you can recite 5+ times daily to yourself:

  • I am strong and always overcome hardships.
  • I’m a great friend and always show up for people I love.
  • I can learn from mistakes and come back even stronger.
  • I take responsibility for my actions and choose to grow from these lessons.
  • I can’t control everything, but I can control my reaction.

 

Positive Self-Talk And Affirmations

 

The thoughts you have about yourself, your worth, and your capabilities will affect your actions in life. For example, if you believe that you’re a worthy candidate for a job, that you listen well, and that you have a lot of value to offer an employer, you’re more likely to nail an interview and get a job that you want.

You can boost your self-esteem by learning to speak kindly to yourself, just like you would to a friend. You do this by replacing negative self-talk with positive, reassuring words.

Try first writing down 10 to 20 character traits that you love about yourself. These could include how responsible, compassionate, funny, reliable, hard-working you are, etc.

Keep adding to this list regularly when you recognize parts of your personality that are improving. Read this list often and make an effort for your actions to consistently line up with the traits that you already value.

Try Humor

​​Having a lighthearted outlook on life can go a long way in improving your relationships and self-esteem. If you can learn to look on the bright side of things and see the humor even in negative experiences, you’ll be buffered from many of the negative effects of stress.

 

You can use humor to your advantage by laughing at yourself when you make mistakes instead of taking yourself too seriously. 

 

You can also practice recognizing that no one is perfect and that people are always doing unwise things, often in ways that are actually pretty funny.

 

Laughing often, frequently smiling, standing upright, and staying warm and friendly towards those around you all keep you open to positive experiences.

 

Being more mindful can help you set more meaningful goals, and help fuel you toward reaching them. It will also help reduce anxiety

Studies show that people that practiced both awareness and acceptance reported more positive feelings and happiness

This is powerful because it suggests that happiness comes from accepting whatever experiences arise – and not judging or trying to control them.

Try Positvity now!

Adopting an optimistic outlook can have a big impact on your life by improving resilience, mental health, and promoting both career and personal success. 

Having a positive outlook will help you overcome obstacles, strengthen your bonds with others, and accomplish your objectives. 

See the life-changing potential of optimism when you begin implementing these techniques for positive thinking into your everyday routine. Remain upbeat and observe how your world improves!

The Mindfulness Workbook

You’ll learn

🤔Background, guidance and education about mindfulness

😮‍💨 Breathing and relaxation techniques

⌛How to create mindful moments

This book includes daily prompts:

  • Plenty of space for freewriting
  • 2 pages daily for writing a “dear me” letter to yourself
  • Mindful art area – doodling or mapping our goals
  • Gratitude and kindness lists
  • Self love and acceptance prompts – Compliments to you