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Filling Up Your Tank
Filling Up Your Tank
The Importance of Positive Emotions
The Importance of Positive Emotions
We spend a lot of time in CBI talking about negative situations and feelings - the ones that don't feel good and make life difficult. It can be easy to get consumed by the negative when we have a lot of stressors in our lives.
We spend a lot of time in CBI talking about negative situations and feelings - the ones that don't feel good and make life difficult. It can be easy to get consumed by the negative when we have a lot of stressors in our lives.
However, one of the most powerful parts of CBI is POSITIVE EMOTIONS. Think of a gas tank analogy: if you don't have any fuel in your tank, you can't go far. But if your tank is full, you can go a long way. Positive emotions fill our tank up so we can go further and accomplish more, especially during stressful times.
However, one of the most powerful parts of CBI is POSITIVE EMOTIONS. Think of a gas tank analogy: if you don't have any fuel in your tank, you can't go far. But if your tank is full, you can go a long way. Positive emotions fill our tank up so we can go further and accomplish more, especially during stressful times.
There is a LOT of research in recent years showing that positive emotions have a powerful effect on our overall health and wellbeing.
There is a LOT of research in recent years showing that positive emotions have a powerful effect on our overall health and wellbeing.
The good news is that you don't have to wait for good things to happen to experience positive emotions - you can do things today to create them!
The good news is that you don't have to wait for good things to happen to experience positive emotions - you can do things today to create them!
This quote from Victor Frankl, who was imprisoned during the Holocaust, is a powerful reminder that we do have control over what we focus on, even in the worst of circumstances.
This quote from Victor Frankl, who was imprisoned during the Holocaust, is a powerful reminder that we do have control over what we focus on, even in the worst of circumstances.
So what are positive emotions? Here are a few examples:
So what are positive emotions? Here are a few examples:
- Joy: a general feeling of great pleasure and happiness
- Gratitude: the quality of being thankful
- Serenity: a state where an individual is calm and peaceful
- Interest: the desire to learn about something or someone
- Hope: an expectation and desire for something to occur
- Pride: when a person experiences pleasure from his own achievements or from others
- Amusement: a state when someone finds something particularly funny
- Inspiration: a process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something
- Awe: a state of feeling respect or amazement when you are faced with something wonderful
- Love: to have deep affection for someone
- Altruism: to show unselfish concern for other people’s welfare
- Satisfaction: the pleasure when you got something you sought
- Relief: the feeling when something unpleasant has not happened or is not happening anymore
It may seem obvious that having more positive emotions makes our lives better, but here are some specific ways (that you may not have been aware of) that positive emotions improve your life and wellbeing:
It may seem obvious that having more positive emotions makes our lives better, but here are some specific ways (that you may not have been aware of) that positive emotions improve your life and wellbeing:
Here's a quick video of Barbara Fredrickson, one of the leading researchers on positive emotions, talking about REALISTIC tips on how to increase feelings throughout your day.
Here's a quick video of Barbara Fredrickson, one of the leading researchers on positive emotions, talking about REALISTIC tips on how to increase feelings throughout your day.
Gratitude
Gratitude
One of the most powerful tools we have to create positive feelings inside ourselves is to practice gratitude: intentionally looking for and acknowledging the things in our life that we are thankful for or appreciate.
One of the most powerful tools we have to create positive feelings inside ourselves is to practice gratitude: intentionally looking for and acknowledging the things in our life that we are thankful for or appreciate.
What are some things you are grateful for?
What are some things you are grateful for?
Practicing GRATITUDE regularly has a lot of benefits, too.
Practicing GRATITUDE regularly has a lot of benefits, too.
Here are a few:
Here are a few:
Now is your chance to apply this to your life.
Now is your chance to apply this to your life.
After reading the session above, answer the reflection questions below.
After reading the session above, answer the reflection questions below.
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Be sure to complete all sections and click "SUBMIT" at the end. You will get a confirmation message once you have submitted the form.
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