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Turn Around Negative Thinking
Turn Around Negative Thinking I’ve written about how to turn around negative thinking before. I think, given the times in which we find ourselves, a re-issue is in order. Negative thoughts are always out there ready to bombard you. They come at you from everywhere; TV, online, your friends, neighbors and co-workers. The news and even your favorite television shows contain negativity. You face it at work, at home, and you see enough of it online as well. It invades your life. What if you could picture your brain as a factory that takes negative thinking as input and processes it to churn out positive thoughts? Perhaps this seems a…
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Setting Up Your Mental and Physical Environment to Develop Good Habits
Setting Up Your Mental and Physical Environment to Develop Good Habits When you’re trying to develop good habits, the environment you have set up for yourself can have a huge effect on whether you succeed. It can really support your efforts in a positive way when your surroundings are conducive to being successful. It’s a good idea to begin by keeping your environment clutter free. Your focus on good habit development will be tougher if you have to fight through a wall of clutter. For instance, if one of your goals is to be more productive, it won’t help if you have to spend a good portion of your day…
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Dump Those Thoughts and Let Your Mind Be Free!
Personal Freedom Begins in Your Mind I thought this was an interesting topic to address given the current state of our country and the world. Our personal freedom is certainly being curtailed for the moment and for our own good. Rather than point a finger or cast blame for the unfettered spread of the virus, I thought it would be more productive to address how we think and how we can adjust our thinking going forward. You might be surprised to learn that the biggest obstacle to your personal freedom is right between your ears. A negative mindset is the biggest block to your freedom. There are so many parts…
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Coping with Holiday Depression
Coping with Holiday Depression There’s something very rare and very real when people who struggle with depression open up and share their struggles around coping with holiday depression. As a recovering depressed person, I can always tell if the discussion is clinical and factual or if it is coming from the heart or the gut… There’s a pain that comes with depression that you can’t pretend. I am always reading about depression; depression and food, depression and exercise, depression and state of mind thinking, etc. Today I read a really good article written by Kasandra Brabaw. In the article she shares the experiences of four women with depression at holiday…
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National Mutt Day…how about sharing your life with a dog?
Today is National Mutt Day! You may not connect the dots on this one and see what in the world National Mutt Day has to do with MajorUpbeatMe, but it has everything to do with it. Did you know that sharing your life with a pet is really good for your health? It lowers your blood pressure and makes you a happier person. Your dog helps you get off the couch, go for a walk and get some exercise. This doesn’t even take into consideration that you’re giving a good home to an innocent animal. I have only ever shared my life with mutts; no purchased pedigrees for me. I…
