I let the warm feeling wash over me.
You’ve got nothing to lose except for your negative bias. Reflect on those good qualities. I try to do one of these meditations at least once a day. Are you disciplined? When you feel the positive emotion start fading, consciously bring it back and linger on it a bit more. If you were to turn 180 degrees away from this antagonistic thinking, where would you find yourself? Your brain naturally wants to do whatever it can to protect you by avoiding a recurrence of the negative experience. You have to focus on having a positive outlook in your present moment.Not tomorrow. However, continually focusing on the negative can hinder our ability to find the positive and live a happy life.Success is based on recognizing and going after opportunities as they present themselves — and that often requires having the inner fortitude to take a chance and navigate difficult waters. I think about what it feels like to have their little arms wrapped around my neck, what they smell like, what my house looks like, what the weather outside is like. Want to start taking action on the content you read on AoM?If you’ve been reading/listening to AoM long enough, you likely know I describe myself as having a melancholic, Eeyore-like temperament. I think of these dedicated sessions as gym time for my mind to strengthen its positive networks. So that’s how you HEAL your way to a more positive mindset. Are you stuck in a loop of cynical thinking? And then I soak the experience into my mind like water soaking into a sponge. Safe? Now you are ready for a positive reboot.Even after years of subconsciously focusing on the negative, it is possible to retrain your brain to perceive and focus on the positive. Take control of your mind and direct it toward the positive. After resolving Lyme, digestive problems, panic attacks, skin issues and much more, using the same neurological techniques that she teaches, she knew that she had to help others get back their life and health too. Fourth way: take time to write and reflect. For example, if my daughter runs up to give me a big hug, I make a point of recognizing what a nice moment it is. The moment you take a conscious decision that you want to truly be happy with all aspects of your life, you should constantly be vigilant with your thoughts. It paid to be a bit paranoid and neurotic when a rustle in the leaves could mean a man-eating tiger. What sorts of memories would that old me want? Every day for the past year I’ve been “rewiring” my brain for happiness with a simple meditative practice I learned from a psychologist named Rick Hanson. It involves connecting the positive emotions/experiences that you’ve enriched and absorbed with a negative emotion or experience and then gradually imagining the positive overtaking the negative.For example, let’s say you recently lost your job and you’re feeling down in the dumps.