This week, we discuss how cultivating positive thoughts can significantly enhance our lives.
- Food for Thought Where you place your attention determines where you focus your energy and actions. So, if you want more positive experiences and outcomes in life, start intentionally practicing more positive thoughts. One of the simplest ways to do this? Keep a daily gratitude journal. Spend five minutes before bed each night writing down three things you're grateful for.?Regularly engaging with positive thoughts in this way will make you more attuned to the good things in your life, which works wonders for your well-being. And re-reading your entries when you need a boost can be a marvelous tonic.
- Inspiring Quote "Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better." — Harvey Mackay
- Free Science-based Tool The Sushi Train: Mindful Creation of Positive Thoughts. This empowering metaphor-based mindfulness exercise helps people distance themselves from their thoughts by observing rather than identifying with them. In doing so, they can detach from their negative thoughts and focus on—or even intentionally create—more helpful beliefs instead. [Link]
- Book Recommendation The Courage To Be Happy — Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga. Structured as a Socratic dialogue between a pessimistic youth and his mentor, this is a practical guide for achieving contentment by cultivating a positive attitude towards our interactions with others—in line with the core tenets of Adlerian psychology. (If you're unfamiliar with this branch of psychology, you may prefer to start with this book's predecessor, The Courage To Be Disliked.) [Link]
- A Question For Your Clients “Can you think of an example or situation where that might not be true?”. When we negatively interpret an experience, it's often because of an underlying core belief we hold. When you recognize this in a client, encouraging them to find a relevant example that doesn't conform to their belief allows you to stretch and ultimately break it before helping them replace it with a more favorable notion.
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