We all want to have a more positive outlook, though often if feels like it is hard to cultivate.  In many ways our brain is already wired up for negativity, which makes it harder to constantly feel positive.  The great thing with our brain is that negativity has kept us alive as humans for many, many generations.  Though this day and age, generally we don’t need to be as negative towards our environment and our world is a lot safer then our cave man days. 
 
Though there are some ways that we can start creating a more positive filter, yet like many new behaviours, it still takes practice.  Start creating positive habits to nurture the mindset you’re after. Remember, neurons that fire together wire together.  Here are some strategies listed below that can help you on the way to a more positive and helpful way of thinking.
 
1.  Being thankful for all that you have and practice gratitude daily.

2.  Cultivate Optimism – there is always a silver lining. 

3. Stop comparing yourself to others. You are unique and as soon as we compare ourselves to others, we often find ourselves inferior in that comparison.  This has negative impacts on your self-esteem.  

4.  Realising that most of your day is great and refocusing and noticing what that is. Imagine that your day is 100%.  80% of the day is usually great, 15% ok and 5% bad, though we often feel like the 5% is our 95%.  Positively filter throughout the day. 

5.  Giving selflessly – practice random acts of kindness of which there is no expectation of something return. 

6.  Forgiveness – be willing to let go of the hurts of the past. 

7.  Savour the joys in life. 

8.  Change your focus by flipping your thinking – if in doubt, turn it inside out. Make your unhelpful thoughts positive.  The event itself is neither inherently good nor bad though it’s our interpretation of it that makes it so. 
9.  White dog/Black dog – the white dog is the things that make you feel good and happy in your life (they give you energy), and the black dog is the negative things in your life (they take energy from you). Make sure you have more White Dogs in your world and keep the black dogs at a distance. 

10. Nurture social relationships and invest in social connections. 

11. Increase your flow experiences 

12. Commit to goals 
13. Take care of your body and soul – exercise, meditate, act happy 
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So often I hear from so many clients, “Why me?”, “What’s wrong with me?”  These are common questions that I hear most days.  So why questions?  Well the brain does love answers, so when we ask yourself these things, it will give us an answer just to please us.  Though what if we could change our perception of our world by asking better quality questions?
 
What we focus on we feel.  Yes you may have heard me say this before, and you’ll probably hear me say it again.  Our brain is like a camera lens and where we point it creates the experiences we have.  Where that camera lens goes is what we focus on. The quality of our questions determines the quality of our lives. 
 
So if we ask a crappy question then we’ll probably get a crappy answer.  Though what if questions help us to change our focus?  To point our mind in a direction that can also help us see something better, more helpful and possibly even assist us in creating a more positive mind set.
 
So if questions are a way to direct our mind in more positive ways, then what questions should you be asking? Well that is a great question. Though before I get to that let me just share why using questions are a great way to change our inner world.  They’re great as they make you search…search for an answer.  We have to find something beyond what we would normally be thinking. So if that’s something negative, a power question can assist us in shifting a negative to a positive and also strengthen those positive mindset neural pathways. 
 
So here are some great questions to start asking yourself:

1. What am I happy about in my life right now? What about that makes me happy?
2. What am I most excited about in my life right now? What about that makes me feel excited?
3. What am I most proud about in my life now? What about that makes me proud?
4. What am I most grateful in my life now? What about that makes me grateful?
5. What am I committed to in my life right now? What about that makes me committed?
6. How do I love? How have I been loving today?
7. What have I given today? How have I been a giver today?
8. What did I learn today?
9. What was good about today?

 
Start practicing asking yourself better quality questions, especially when life isn’t showing up the best.  It’s a great way to start changing your mind set into something greater.
 
If you would like to know more, than either visit us at www.bodymindsoulclinic.com.au.
 
Or you can call us on 5519 3338 or request an appointment with one of our Clinicians today.