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Feeling Better by Examining and Changing Your Thoughts

Feeling Better by Examining and Changing Your Thoughts. With Mindfulness Awareness & Kindness. Wisdom Through the Ages. We are upset not by things, but the view we take of them. Epictetus (Pre-Socratic Greek)

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Feeling Better by Examining and Changing Your Thoughts

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  1. Feeling Better by Examining and Changing Your Thoughts With Mindfulness Awareness & Kindness

  2. Wisdom Through the Ages • We are upset not by things, but the view we take of them. Epictetus (Pre-Socratic Greek) • There is nothing either good nor bad but thinking makes it so. Shakespere (Hamlet) • We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. Buddha

  3. Thoughts Shape Emotions & Moods

  4. Thoughts Shape Emotions & Moods • The way we look at things, our perceptions, mental attitudes & beliefs shape how we feel moment to moment • The stories we tell ourselves • The way we talk to ourselves • The way we interpret things • Sets up how we feel in the next moment and beyond

  5. Negative emotions usually come from distorted thoughts

  6. Negative emotions usually come from distorted thoughts • Sometimes our thoughts are irrational, inaccurate, or exaggerated • Primitive, archaic forms of thinking left over from childhood developmental process • Although our thoughts may appear convincing and seem valid, they may not be. • We often believe our thoughts out of habit • Distortions often unconscious and repetitive • Emotional turmoil and moodiness is not based on accurate perceptions of reality but distortions

  7. You can change your mind

  8. You can change your mind • You can change the way you think and look at things • You can change your underlying beliefs and thought patterns • These will change how you see your self, your life, others, the world • This will change how you feel, emotions, moods, outlook, attitude and productivity

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  17. Mindful, Aware, Kind & Rational 3 Steps • Mindful of automatic thoughts. Notice them, don’t hide them. Write them down. • Aware! Ask self, what emotion follows this thought? Is this a helpful or harmful thought? Is it Exaggerated, Irrational? • Replace with a kind and rational response. Here you can also reach for spiritual wisdom.

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