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The power of gratitude and positive thinking
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Simple daily habits for a happier life
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Changing brain structure
This is likely because our thoughts change our brain structure – the more positive thoughts we have, the more positive neural pathways we build in the brain, making it easier to think positively in the future.
So build a practice whereby every time you have a good experience – no matter how small (i.e. sending the email you’ve been putting off) – you take 12 to 15 seconds to stop and appreciate the good feelings it prompts. This is how long it takes for the experience to be stored in our long-term memory. Even without saying anything, this allows us to build more positive neural pathways in the
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Negative bias
As a species we have an in-built ‘negativity bias': a propensity to remember, cling to, and learn from negative experiences more readily than positive ones, according to neurology research.
It made sense that our earliest ancestors should be risk averse, but nowadays t...
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Five affirmations to try for a happy mood
- I can only go forwards, I can never go back
- I can learn from this and it’ll be easier next time
- I recognize that I feel down, and know that this will pass
- Today is the first day of the rest of my life and I will take notice of the many p...
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Positive affirmations
Affirmations challenge our negative self-talk and negative self-image. Positive thoughts have also been shown to help us respond better to stressful situations by regulating the stress hormone cortisol. Basically, the more positive our outlook, the less likely our brains are to go into fight-or-f...
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Emotion and repetition
To make sense of the world, our brain makes neural pathways from its past experience. These pathways allow us to become efficient and not doubt every move we make.
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Limitless brain energy
- Good brain diet. Include atleast some in your daily diet (avocado, walnuts, salmon, blueberry, dark chocolate, greeny leafy vegs, turmeric, eggs, broccoli).
- Kill your ANTs(Automatic Negative Thoughts). Manage your negative self-talk.
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