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Boost your Positive Emotions!

Boost your Positive Emotions!. What are positive emotions?. The Future. The Present. The Past. Optimism Hope Faith Trust vs. worry, hopelessness. Joy Ecstasy Calm Zest Pleasure Interest Love Flow vs. boredom, anxiety. Satisfaction Contentment Fulfilment Pride Serenity

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Boost your Positive Emotions!

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  1. Boost your Positive Emotions!

  2. What are positive emotions? The Future The Present The Past • Optimism • Hope • Faith • Trust • vs. worry, hopelessness • Joy • Ecstasy • Calm • Zest • Pleasure • Interest • Love • Flow • vs. boredom, anxiety • Satisfaction • Contentment • Fulfilment • Pride • Serenity • Gratitude • vs. regret, bitterness, anger

  3. Positive emotions build our resources Positive Emotions

  4. Integrate situation into new views of the world Urge to play, push the limits, be creative Contentment Joy Interest Find out new information; explore the world; expand the self Love Share and explore with others Positive emotions help us think better No specific, narrow focus Broadening of cognitions and actions Positive Emotions

  5. Positive emotions undo negative emotions “You will give a speech” Time for blood pressure to return to normal

  6. Positive emotions enhance resilience http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/

  7. Positive Emotions trigger an upwards spiral Transform People and Produce Upward Spirals Build Enduring Personal Resources Broaden Momentary Thought-Action Repertoires Experiences of Positive Emotions

  8. The Ratio Theory Ration of 3:1 Positive effect Ratio of 5:1 Happy marriage Ratio of 6:1 Successful teams Ratio of 11:1 Negative effect

  9. A-active techniques Exercise Music Dancing

  10. C-calming techniques • Meditation and mindfulness • Writing • Take a deep breath • Slow down and breathe slowly • Find a quiet spot and visualise a beautiful scene

  11. T-thinking techniques • When everything is bad… • Ask yourself one question: What is good about this situation?

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