Comments on: Can Positive Thinking Really Improve Your Life? http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-positive-thinking-really-improve-your-life/ Strategies for Positive Change Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:29:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How Changing your Attitude Changes your Reality http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-positive-thinking-really-improve-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-38922 How Changing your Attitude Changes your Reality Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:58:36 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-38922 [...] this concept that changing your attitude changes your reality can seem a bit abstract. At least until we understand that our dominant mental [...] [...] this concept that changing your attitude changes your reality can seem a bit abstract. At least until we understand that our dominant mental [...]

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-positive-thinking-really-improve-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-28967 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:23:16 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-28967 Hi Christina, when we find ourselves in an uncomfortable situation it is easy to notice the things that we don't like and then compare them with what we did like about our past situation. Making comparisons won't help you feel better so that is a good habit to let go of. If you challenge yourself to find one new positive thing per day (about your now situation) and you make a list, it will change your focus. Each day your mind will be motivated to focus on the positive so it can provide you with something for your list. The bigger your list gets the easier it will be to find new positive things to add to it because your perception will have a new reference point. One of my coaching clients who lacked confidence started a blog about confidence and it wasn't long before her level of confidence skyrocketed. Again, by changing her focus she changed her perception. If anxiety and depression continue to weigh you down you might benefit from reading <a href="http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/how-to-deal-with-anxiety-and-panic-attacks/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">How to Deal With Anxiety</a>. I hope you find these suggestions helpful. If you need further assistance all of these issues can be addressed with a few one-on-one <a href="http://breakthroughstrategycoaching.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">coaching</a> sessions. Hi Christina, when we find ourselves in an uncomfortable situation it is easy to notice the things that we don’t like and then compare them with what we did like about our past situation. Making comparisons won’t help you feel better so that is a good habit to let go of. If you challenge yourself to find one new positive thing per day (about your now situation) and you make a list, it will change your focus. Each day your mind will be motivated to focus on the positive so it can provide you with something for your list. The bigger your list gets the easier it will be to find new positive things to add to it because your perception will have a new reference point.

One of my coaching clients who lacked confidence started a blog about confidence and it wasn’t long before her level of confidence skyrocketed. Again, by changing her focus she changed her perception.

If anxiety and depression continue to weigh you down you might benefit from reading How to Deal With Anxiety. I hope you find these suggestions helpful. If you need further assistance all of these issues can be addressed with a few one-on-one coaching sessions.

]]> By: Think Positive And Improve Your Health | Senior Health Memos http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-positive-thinking-really-improve-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-26498 Think Positive And Improve Your Health | Senior Health Memos Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:18:50 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-26498 [...] evidence certainly seen to confirm that positive thinking can really improve your life.  Researchers have shown that positive thinking benefits [...] [...] evidence certainly seen to confirm that positive thinking can really improve your life.  Researchers have shown that positive thinking benefits [...]

]]> By: Christina http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-positive-thinking-really-improve-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-25636 Christina Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:22:00 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-25636 Hello, so I am wondering when all you see is negativity in the world around you, where do you start in seeing the positives? I am in a very difficult situation which involves my boyfriend (who was in an accident in 2010- which has forever changed our lives) is living across the country (I signed a 10 month contract prior to when we got back together). I am in a rural isolated community, away from all my family and I have made some friends up here (but most are back home). Its 1 week into the 10 months and I am struggling to keep myself from drowning in the sea of negativity and depression. I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder and depression and I am having a hard time seeing the light. I was thinking of making a positive blog? Where I could try to inspire myself to see the light because the darkness of both negativity and depression will drown me this year if I am not careful. What can I do to help myself find the light so I am not so negative to both myself and in front of others? Hello, so I am wondering when all you see is negativity in the world around you, where do you start in seeing the positives?
I am in a very difficult situation which involves my boyfriend (who was in an accident in 2010- which has forever changed our lives) is living across the country (I signed a 10 month contract prior to when we got back together). I am in a rural isolated community, away from all my family and I have made some friends up here (but most are back home). Its 1 week into the 10 months and I am struggling to keep myself from drowning in the sea of negativity and depression. I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder and depression and I am having a hard time seeing the light.

I was thinking of making a positive blog? Where I could try to inspire myself to see the light because the darkness of both negativity and depression will drown me this year if I am not careful. What can I do to help myself find the light so I am not so negative to both myself and in front of others?

]]> By: Positive Thinking in 3D http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-positive-thinking-really-improve-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-17349 Positive Thinking in 3D Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:31:23 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-17349 [...] you employ the power of positive thinking, how do you apply it? Are you working to overcome a limiting mindset or to adopt a positive one? Do [...] [...] you employ the power of positive thinking, how do you apply it? Are you working to overcome a limiting mindset or to adopt a positive one? Do [...]

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-positive-thinking-really-improve-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-17084 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:36:33 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-17084 Nicely said Sonam, I guess we could call it a trick. But maybe it's just that the view of reality looks better through the window of positive thinking. Nicely said Sonam, I guess we could call it a trick. But maybe it’s just that the view of reality looks better through the window of positive thinking.

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-positive-thinking-really-improve-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-17083 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:32:26 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-17083 Great question Sandra, yes, I think we can cross the line. Here's an example: If I jump off a 50 story building and think that positive thinking is going to save me, then I am in denial and about to get slapped hard by reality. Thanks for bring up the need for realistic anchors here. Great question Sandra, yes, I think we can cross the line. Here’s an example: If I jump off a 50 story building and think that positive thinking is going to save me, then I am in denial and about to get slapped hard by reality. Thanks for bring up the need for realistic anchors here.

]]> By: Negative Talk a Verbal Scorpion http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/can-positive-thinking-really-improve-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-15795 Negative Talk a Verbal Scorpion Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:54:59 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3317#comment-15795 [...] corrupting influence that it is. Doing so will make it much easier to focus on things that are positive and emotionally healthy. You will find it much easier to maintain a positive frame of mind and a positive, optimistic tone [...] [...] corrupting influence that it is. Doing so will make it much easier to focus on things that are positive and emotionally healthy. You will find it much easier to maintain a positive frame of mind and a positive, optimistic tone [...]

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