Feel Good 5: Talk Yourself into Feeling Good!
Your words have power! This segment shares some easy tips for using your words to shift your mood.
Your words have power! This segment shares some easy tips for using your words to shift your mood.
One thing that can keep you from feeling good is a chronic sense of powerlessness. Let’s face it; there is so much that you don’t have control over. But what really matters is what you THINK about these things that you can’t control.
What are your biggest challenges in feeling good? Today I’m going to share some common challenges, and offer a few tips for dealing with them.
One of the most common complaints I hear from people who are trying to think more positively is that they can’t seem to shut off the constant stream of negative thoughts that take over their minds. Does this happen to you too? Today’s segment shares a simple way to turn that around!
When you think about feeling good, you probably think about the stronger positive emotions like joy, love, bliss, excitement, things like that. Which are great feelings, but you don’t need to feel like that all the time. Aim for some softer good feelings!
Do you sometimes struggle with low energy? That might be feeling tired physically, but also just feeling BLAH mentally and emotionally. You might be bored, disinterested in everything, life just feels flat to you. Here are my favorite strategies for boosting your energy.
Try this simple self-talk technique to feel much more optimistic and excited about your life, both present and future. This technique is really helpful when you feel stuck and life just isn’t working out the way you want it to, but you don’t really know what to do to change that.
The way you treat yourself matters! Here are some simple ways that you can start being nicer to yourself, which will make you feel good!
Do you compare yourself to other people and feel like you’re lacking? Whether it’s about work or personal achievements, this segment covers a 4-step process to get out of the win-lose mentality.
This two-part process can be extremely helpful when you find yourself in a stressful situation. It helps you to create a bit of space between yourself and whatever is happening, and shifts you out of any “emotional overreaction” so you can stay calm and think more clearly.