Why Positive Thoughts Are So Important

Free Guided Visualization:     Embracing the Positive

Are you plagued with negative thoughts?  Is your Inner Critic constantly yelling negative messages at you?   By thinking negative thoughts we become rooted in insecurity.   On the flip side, positive thoughts boost your self-confidence. What fear is keeping you from being positive?  To be happier and more content you need to think positively.  How do we switch from negative thoughts to positive thoughts?   I’ll let you in on some little known secrets.

Taming the Inner Critic
I have clients whose inner critic puts them down and keeps them down.  It is important to give yourself positive encouragement just like you would give a child or a good friend.  Visualizations have helped many people look at their lives in a positive light.  A visualization does just what it sounds like, allows you to see and experience how positive thoughts can get you to a better place.

Encouragement Motivates
Can you recall praise given by a parent, grandparent or favorite teacher?  Can you feel the warmth generated by that praise as it spread all over you?  Positive praise makes you feel good.  It motivates because it makes you want to work harder to earn more praise.  How do you feel when someone (maybe your own inner critic) puts you down or treats you badly?  That sensation is not so great!  It can be de-motivating because you may think it is just too hard to even bother trying to be positive. 

Positive Attracts Positive
When you tell yourself that you are good, able, great, worthwhile, enriching – you get an endorphin rush, just like you do when you are praised by someone else.  Using positive thoughts, feelings, and sounds will help you re-think how you appear to yourself and those around you.  Others pick up and respond to your thoughts, either positive or negative.  So when you think positive thoughts, you appear friendlier and people will react to you in a kinder more engaging way.

Break the Negativity Cycle
To quiet your inner critic start to “see” yourself in a more contented place, begin to “hear” sounds that are pleasing, and “feel” love spread over you.  Experience the pure joy of moving forward, starting to achieve what you desire.  Once you start to break the cycle of negativity you will be able to envision a better future.

The 17-Second Practice
Now, I never said that this was going to be easy, but with practice and visualizations you will be experiencing many more positive thoughts.  By practicing thinking positive thoughts three to four times a day ‑ for only 17 seconds at a time ‑ and reinforcing these new patterns with visualizations you can quiet your inner critic.  You will think and react more positively with no extra work; it will be natural and automatic.  This practicing will only take 17 seconds!  Though you may find thinking positively is hard at first, with practice it does get easier.   Visualizations will help you imbed these positive thoughts at a deeper level. 

Breaking Through the Fog
I have a client who came to see me who was filled with dread due to all the changes that were taking place in her life.  Though many of these changes were heading her in a positive direction, she could only think of the bad things that were happening.  She was filled with trepidation and became stuck.  When we began the guided visualizations, having her experience where her life was headed, she was able to “break through the fog”.  I am happy to say that she is no longer stuck in the downward spiral and is viewing her future with renewed vitality and zeal.  A visualization helps you to experience the positive aspects at a very deep level.

Free Guided Visualization
If you have an inner critic, or if your mind is distracted by negative thoughts, then please listen to this free guided visualization. 

                                          Embracing the Positive

It is designed to help you relax and stay focused on the positive.  As a complementary offer this guided visualization will be free until September 15, 2010.

I hope you enjoyed this article.  If you are curious about having a guided visualization that is geared to your specific need or desire, please contact Joy Reichard, San Mateo Hypnotherapist, at 1.415.819.8769 for a 30-minute complementary consultation.