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Positive Thinking: Stop negative self-talk to reduce stressPositive thinking helps with stress management and can even improve your health. Practice overcoming negative self-talk with examples provided. Is your glass half-empty or half-full? How you answer this age-old question about positive thinking may reflect your outlook on life, your attitude toward yourself, and whether you're optimistic or pessimistic — and it may even affect your health. Indeed, some studies show that personality traits like optimism and pessimism can affect many areas of your health and well-being. The positive thinking that typically comes with optimism is a key part of effective stress management. And effective stress management is associated with many health benefits. If you tend to be pessimistic, don't despair — you can learn positive thinking skills. Understanding positive thinking and self-talk Positive thinking doesn't mean that you keep your head in the sand and ignore life's less pleasant situations. Positive thinking just means that you approach unpleasantness in a more positive and productive way. You think the best is going to happen, not the worst. Positive thinking often starts with self-talk. Self-talk is the endless stream of unspoken thoughts that run through your head. These automatic thoughts can be positive or negative. Some of your self-talk comes from logic and reason. Other self-talk may arise from misconceptions that you create because of lack of information. If the thoughts that run through your head are mostly negative, your outlook on life is more likely pessimistic. If your thoughts are mostly positive, you're likely an optimist — someone who practices positive thinking. The health benefits of positive thinking Researchers continue to explore the effects of positive thinking and optimism on health. Health benefits that positive thinking may provide include:
Identifying negative thinking Not sure if your self-talk is positive or negative? Here are some common forms of negative self-talk:
Focusing on positive thinking You can learn to turn negative thinking into positive thinking. The process is simple, but it does take time and practice — you're creating a new habit, after all. Here are some ways to think and behave in a more positive and optimistic way:
Here are some examples of negative self-talk and how you can apply a positive thinking twist to them: Putting positive thinking into practice
Practicing positive thinking every day
If you tend to have a negative outlook, don't expect to become an optimist overnight. But with practice, eventually your self-talk will contain less self-criticism and more self-acceptance. You may also become less critical of the world around you. When your state of mind is generally optimistic, you're better able to handle everyday stress in a more constructive way. That ability may contribute to the widely observed health benefits of positive thinking. The 'Law of Attraction' is at the very corner stone of positive thinking. It is one of the reasons why positive thinking works so well. In a nutshell it can be explained as:
"You are what you think. You attract what you think; your life is a product of your thought and belief; nothing in the world can change this fact. To alter your life the only course open to you is to alter your thinking." As described by U.S Anderson author of 'Three Magic Words'. What he is saying is that whatever thoughts you hold in your mind persistently, will eventually appear in your physical world. Why is that then? Well that is a good question and there are a few theories, but it is THE law and always works! So, you might as well use it whether you understand why it works or not. Think about your own life now. What thoughts do you consistently hold in your mind and think about regularly. Do any of these ring a bell? 'I hate my job. It’s too stressful and it tires me out’ 'I think I'm coming down with a cold.' 'I never have any spare money to me treat my friends and family with'. I hope it is obvious to see that thoughts like those will inevitably attract the same negative situations into your life. For surely, if you hate your job then you will never be able to see the positive opportunities that it may offer you. If you are so firm in the belief that nothing good could ever come of your job then you are blinded to the potentially positive opportunities it may be offering you and only open to the negative possibilities. These negative thoughts hold so many people locked in to certain situations and lifestyles. People think they can never escape them… so they never do. How can we turn this around? Well, take a few moments just to sit and observe your thoughts. Do you create them? No, I don't think so, but you certainly do have them. Do you decide what thoughts come in to your mind? Again I don't think so, they are more like a constant stream that continuously flows through your mind. We seem to simply latch on to and dwell on the thoughts that we choose. So what thoughts do you think we should dwell on. The good thoughts or the bad/negative ones. Obviously the good/positive ones. If a negative thought comes in to your mind consciously let it go and replace it with a positive one, if another comes do the same. You will be amazed at how this one simple technique can improve your life as you will no longer be allowing negative thoughts to influence you. Consciously decide here and now that you are in charge of your thoughts, that you decide what thoughts you dwell on.,, not any other influence...not your friends, colleagues at work or any one else....you are now in charge of your thoughts and your life! And guess what...thoughts attract similar thoughts. So if you are thinking positively about something then another positive thought will usually follow. Once you start consciously deciding to think positively then it will become a habit and a pattern. You will constantly and automatically start choosing the positive thoughts. It will become a natural thing for you to do. This is how some people always seem optimistic. Once you have gotten into this positive thinking cycle then those thoughts inevitably attract the positive reality into your physical world. Here are a few pointers to bear in mind: You have to constantly think certain thoughts for them to manifest in your life, they don't always happen straight-away. Some do, some don't it depends what they are. You must also think the positive thought as though you are certain that it has already happened with complete faith. Through holding these positive thoughts in your mind sooner or later they will become real in your life. Finally remember: YOU are in charge of your thoughts nobody else! So use positive thinking and the 'Law of Attraction' starting from today. One of the reasons why positive thinking is so important is that positive thinking raises your vibration and allows you to sync with your desires. Positive beliefs and thoughts are one of the most powerful keys to the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction states that we attract not what we want, but who we are. Think about it for a moment, everyone in the world wants something, but only a handful of people know how to manifest what they desire. These people understand the power of positive thinking. They are aware that positive thoughts help them to manifest more money, abundance, love, a better relationship, better health and more.
Remember, the key to the Law of Attraction is to maintain high positive vibrations and a passionate, emotional state about your desires and intentions. This all begins with your beliefs and your thoughts. |
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