Practise Yourself Positive!

Do you think that your brain structure is set? Or perhaps that how you think, is how you think and that's that? You'd be wrong!

Our brains continue to adapt and change throughout our lives, literally forging new neural pathways and opening and closing others depending on the weight of traffic. Did you have piano lessons as a child and can now only just about remember "chopsticks"? Just as the path less-travelled becomes overgrown so unused neural pathways close as the brain diverts resources to areas with the greatest demand - things we do regularly and learning new things. This is called "neuroplasticity".

Why is this important to you?

It's important because it means you can actually change your mind in thought and structure. If you're prone to seeing the worst in a situation or putting yourself down you'll build neural pathways like motorways to the negative parts of your brain, making that your default mode of thinking, reinforcing your negative outlook and leaving you much more open to suffering from anxiety disorders, depression and other life impacts. But neuroplasticity means it doesn't have to be that way - you have the power to take the decision to think differently and change your mind - literally.

It takes practise to begin with but if you decide to be more positive, you will be. You'll be more aware of how you're thinking and if you're aware of it, you can choose to change it. Making an effort to think and act more positively gives you an immediate boost and gets that change in brain structure going. You'll reopen and widen neural pathways to the positive areas of the brain while narrowing those to the negative. Keep going and it'll become easier to be positive until it's the norm.

Everyone is different but you can literally practise yourself more positive and see results in 3 weeks to 2 months time!

Imagine how that could make a difference to you and your life. What would that "new you" be doing or feeling?

Think about it, imagine it and you can have it - your brain will make sure of it. Truly mind-blowing!

My positives today so far (please remember, these can be anything and small doesn't mean insignificant!):

A breakthrough moment on the jigsaw puzzle building - we're on a roll now!
Actually having time to do a jigsaw puzzle
The washing is all done and there's no urgency for the ironing (yay!)
Guitar lessons are coming on a treat (online & with an app)
It's been another beautiful day.

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