🌿Forcing yourself to always look on the bright side can become draining, and optimism can lead us to ignore the thoughts and feelings that are happening at a deeper level.
🌿It doesn’t always come naturally & sometimes it can feel like a lot of hard work!.
🌿However, I know that choosing to be positive has helped me the most in terms of becoming the person who I am today. Even when things get difficult, I know that being positive and striving to make the best of whatever situation I’m in has really helped me even when I feel at my lowest point, positive thoughts and a focus or goal as helped me to come out the other side as I always find myself veering toward a positive attitude. I firmly believe that this is because I’ve trained myself to be positive in any situation.
🌿In every person, in every situation, there is something good. Most of the time it’s not obvious. We have to look. And sometimes we have to look hard.
🌿Be honest with yourself, but do your best to look for the good. And, whatever you do, don’t focus on the negative. It’s okay to not like everything about yourself, but don’t focus on what you don’t like. We all have positive attributes, and it’s up to you to remind yourself of them every day.
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Ask yourself are you a glass half-empty or half-full sort of person?
🌿Practice gratitude
Practicing gratitude has been shown to reduce stress, improve self-esteem, and foster resilience even in very difficult times. Think of people, moments, or things that bring you some kind of comfort or happiness and try to express your gratitude at least once a day. This can be thanking a work colleague for all that they do to help support you at work or for helping with a project, a loved one for making the dinner or a cup of tea or your dog for the unconditional love they give you so you thank them with a treat lol 😂
🌿Create Laughter
Studies have found that laughter lowers stress, anxiety, and depression. It also improves coping skills, mood, and self-esteem. Be open to humor in all situations, especially the difficult ones, and give yourself permission to laugh. It instantly lightens the mood and makes things seem a little less difficult. Even if you’re not feeling it pretending or forcing yourself to laugh can improve your mood and lower stress.
Your Complementary Therapist Cat x
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