The Power of Positive Thinking- you CAN change your brain

By Sports & Performance Psychologist of Summit Performance Psychology, Abra Garfield

Many folk are skeptical about the power of positive thinking – but the truth is, you CAN change the wiring of your brain so you act, think and feel more positive in the face of challenge and adversity!

Regardless of your life situation, embracing positive psychology – acting and thinking more positively – will lead to productivity and success. You will translate problems into challenges, and weaknesses into strengths, through greater flexibility of mind and problem solving.

How Positive Thinking can help you Achieve

It is possible – if you’re willing to put in some work. Incorporating some of the ideas behind positive psychology into your daily life, can have a dramatic effect in terms of increasing your positive behaviour and thinking.

This in turn can significantly improve your:

• emotional wellbeing;
• resilience;
• confidence;
• productivity; and
• motivation in your life goals.

It’s proven that the mind works a lot better when we are optimistic and positive about the future and our present moment. Many believe that sacrificing happiness now for future success is worth it. Unfortunately they are wrong, because it is the other way around – happiness leads to success.

Read the below and decide for yourself.

The first three methods are “behavioural” methods, as they focus on behaviour-based programs or techniques that help re-wire the mind to see the world through a more positive lens.

The final two are considered “mental” methods, as they work at a thinking level to increase our likelihood of responding to events in a positive way.

Both behavioural and mental methods can have beneficial effects on our emotional wellbeing, but you might find you are personally more affected by one or the other. Explore and enjoy with an open mind, and an acknowledgement that many of the ideas below require practice and skill building for you to really access long-term benefits.

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