Relaxation in Positive Thinking and Self Talk

We all need to have relaxation in order to function on a daily basis. We need to think positive with self-talk in order to relax.

Sometimes when we are tensed and stress about something if we are thinking negative thoughts the stress and tensed muscles will just stay put. Thinking positive and telling you that it is ok with practice and changes us can learn to relax.

Our subconscious tells us that we had a very long day but there isn’t time to relax and enjoy life. You can change that thought by thinking the day is over now go on to something new and fun. Be positive and learn to practice relaxation.

Taking time out for yourself will help you to relax. Tell yourself that everyday you’re going to walk for relaxation. Write it down on the calendar as one of your daily activities and note the time that you’re going to give yourself.  This is thinking positive and telling your self is self-talk. 

Be positive and learn the relaxation techniques like walking, or taking time out to lie in the grass. While you’re lying in the grass, tell yourself that you are going to relax by imagery thoughts flowing through your head. Picture yourself floating on a cloud and it is quiet, listen for the birds or smell the flowers.

Tell you to slow down your breathing by thinking first. Take slow, long deep breathes to help you learn relaxation. Talk positive to yourself by thinking or out loud. You’re lying in the deep grass listening to the birds telling yourself to breath slow and deep.  It takes practice to learn to relax but it will come by positive thinking and self-talk.

Light some candles in the bathroom and soak in a tub of hot water. Turn the music on low and tell yourself that this is your time only. Be positive and talk yourself into relaxation by watching the candles burn down. Turning off the light and watching the flames burn while soaking and listening to soft music is a good way to learn to relax and think positive.

Some people have a hard time at night sleeping or getting a full night of restful sleep.  They may sleep but it is in such a deep sleep that they wake up after a couple of hours or in the morning, feeling like that never went to bed. When you do to bed by thinking positive about how your day went or about the next day, you’ll feel better.  Tell yourself not to be thinking about the rough day you have coming up tomorrow but that it will all work out and be ok. Thinking positive and talking to yourself will help you go to sleep with sweet dreams not nightmares.

Thinking positive will get you a long way to achieving your goals and relaxation. Start today by making changes so you can relieve stress so relaxation will be easier and it will bring you comfort.

You’ll be healthier, happier, and everyone will enjoy being around you when you become a new person by thinking positive.

You have the inner strengths, yet it takes you to extract them to use in your favor. Self-talk is a guaranteed self-therapy that will guide you to positive thinking. Don’t let you down; rather continue discussing with the one person you can truly trust, i.e. you, in how to improve your life.

When you feel as though the world let you down, use your self-talk again to boost your courage and start thinking negative again. Practice makes your challenge easier, so practice each day.

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Your 5 minutes daily program to Stress management

We all have this favorite expression when it comes to being stressed out, and I wouldn't bother naming all of them since it may also vary in different languages. But when it comes down to it, I think that it is how we work or even relax, for that matter that triggers stress. Ever been stressed even when you're well relaxed and bored? I know I have.

Stress is unavoidable in life, it is important to find ways to decrease and prevent stressful incidents and decrease negative reactions to stress. Here are some of the things that can be done by just remembering it, since life is basically a routine to follow like brushing your teeth or eating breakfast. You can do a few of them in a longer span of time, but as they say-- every minute counts.

Managing time

Time management skills can allow you more time with your family and friends and possibly increase your performance and productivity. This will help reduce your stress.

To improve your time management:

· Save time by focusing and concentrating, delegating, and scheduling time for yourself.

· Keep a record of how you spend your time, including work, family, and leisure time.

· Prioritize your time by rating tasks by importance and urgency. Redirect your time to those activities that are important and meaningful to you.

· Manage your commitments by not over- or under committing. Don't commit to what is not important to you.

· Deal with procrastination by using a day planner, breaking large projects into smaller ones, and setting short-term deadlines.

· Examine your beliefs to reduce conflict between what you believe and what your life is like.

Build healthy coping strategies

It is important that you identify your coping strategies. One way to do this is by recording the stressful event, your reaction, and how you cope in a stress journal. With this information, you can work to change unhealthy coping strategies into healthy ones-those that help you focus on the positive and what you can change or control in your life.

Lifestyle

Some behaviors and lifestyle choices affect your stress level. They may not cause stress directly, but they can interfere with the ways your body seeks relief from stress. Try to:

· Balance personal, work, and family needs and obligations.

· Have a sense of purpose in life.

· Get enough sleep, since your body recovers from the stresses of the day while you are sleeping.

· Eat a balanced diet for a nutritional defense against stress.

· Get moderate exercise throughout the week.

· Limit your consumption of alcohol.

· Don't smoke.

Social support

Social support is a major factor in how we experience stress. Social support is the positive support you receive from family, friends, and the community. It is the knowledge that you are cared for, loved, esteemed, and valued. More and more research indicates a strong relationship between social support and better mental and physical health.

Changing thinking

When an event triggers negative thoughts, you may experience fear, insecurity, anxiety, depression, rage, guilt, and a sense of worthlessness or powerlessness. These emotions trigger the body's stress, just as an actual threat does. Dealing with your negative thoughts and how you see things can help reduce stress.

· Thought-stopping helps you stop a negative thought to help eliminate stress.

· Disproving irrational thoughts helps you to avoid exaggerating the negative thought, anticipating the worst, and interpreting an event incorrectly.

· Problem solving helps you identify all aspects of a stressful event and find ways to deal with it.

· Changing your communication style helps you communicate in a way that makes your views known without making others feel put down, hostile, or intimidated. This reduces the stress that comes from poor communication. Use the assertiveness ladder to improve your communication style.

Develop a positive mental attitude starting today!

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