{"id":259,"date":"2019-11-22T02:28:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T02:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/?p=259"},"modified":"2019-11-22T13:28:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T13:28:15","slug":"positive-self-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/2019\/11\/22\/positive-self-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Self-Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/files\/2019\/11\/ThinkPositive.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/files\/2019\/11\/ThinkPositive.jpg 608w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/files\/2019\/11\/ThinkPositive-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\" class=\"has-text-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>So what is positive self-talk? &#8220;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/positive-self-talk\"><strong><em>Self-talk<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong> is your internal dialogue. It\u2019s influenced by your subconscious mind, and it reveals your thoughts, beliefs, questions, and ideas.&#8221; This is a problem that everyone struggles with at some point or another, whether you admit it or not. I admit, it&#8217;s hard to be positive all the time, but it is definitely something that we can all strive for. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Self-talk&nbsp;can be both negative and positive. But most of our self-talk depends on our personality. If you\u2019re an optimist, your self-talk may be more hopeful and positive. The opposite is usually true if you tend to be a pessimist. But, if you think your self-talk is too negative, or if you want to focus more on your positive self-talk, you can learn to shift your inner dialogue. Shifting your inner dialogue or self-talk can help you to become a more positive person and maybe even improve your overall health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>The Benefits:<\/strong> (Just to Name a Few!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>increased happiness!<\/li><li>greater life satisfaction<\/li><li>improved immune system<\/li><li>better heart health<\/li><li>better physical well-being<\/li><li>less&nbsp;stress<\/li><li>and TONS more!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How is this done? Well, before you can start to practice more positive self-talk, first you have to identify negative thinking and when\/what situations it tends to happen. Once you can start to recognize your negative thinking, you can work on turning them into positive thinking. This requires a lot of work and practice to change how you think, but it will be worth it when you start to succeed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/positive-self-talk#practice-daily\">Tips To Change Your Self-Talk:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Identify negative self-talk traps.<\/strong>&nbsp;Certain situations can increase your self-doubt and lead to more negative self-talk. Identifying when you experience the most negative self-talk can help you anticipate and prepare.<\/li><li><strong>Check in with your feelings.<\/strong>&nbsp;Stop during situations or bad days and evaluate your self-talk. Is it becoming negative? How can you turn it around?<\/li><li><strong>Laugh it out.<\/strong>&nbsp;Laughing helps a ton in relieving stress and tension. When you need a boost for positive self-talk, find ways to laugh, such as watching funny animal videos or a comedian.<\/li><li><strong>Surround yourself with positive people.<\/strong>&nbsp;Whether or not you notice it, you can absorb the outlook and emotions of people around you. This includes negative and positive, so choose positive people when you can.<\/li><li><strong>Be kind to yourself.<\/strong>&nbsp;Sometimes, seeing positive words can be enough to redirect your thoughts. Post small reminders of positive phrases or pictures in your office, in your home, and anywhere you spend a lot of time to remind yourself to be positive and kind to yourself. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Use these tips to work on improving your self-talk and focus more on positivity in your life. Hopefully they can help you make a positive change in your life and how you view everyday life. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So what is positive self-talk? &#8220;Self-talk is your internal dialogue. It\u2019s influenced by your subconscious mind, and it reveals your thoughts, beliefs, questions, and ideas.&#8221; This is a problem that everyone struggles with at some point or another, whether you admit it or not. I admit, it&#8217;s hard to be positive all the time, but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/2019\/11\/22\/positive-self-talk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Positive Self-Talk&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7975,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146121],"tags":[460,55678,448,77924,1170693],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-wellness","tag-change","tag-happy","tag-outlook","tag-positive","tag-self-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthandwellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}