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#1 Your Thoughts Are Powerful#1 Your Thoughts Are Powerful Every time you have a thought your brain
releases chemicals that change your brain
and body
Thoughts have power to immediately change
how we feel
#2 Thoughts Influence How We Feel#2 Thoughts Influence How We Feel
Each thought brings changes in:
brain wave patterns
hand temperature
sweat gland activity
heart rate
breathing rate
muscle tension
#3 Fight or Flight Response#3 Fight or Flight Response
What happens when we are scared?
hand temperature gets cold
sweat gland activity increases
heart rate speeds up and flattens
breathing rate faster but shallower
muscle tension increases
#4 Bad Thoughts Make Us Feel Bad#4 Bad Thoughts Make Us Feel Bad Every bad, mad, sad, angry, hopeless or
helpless thought releases chemicals that make us feel bad: brain wave patterns speed up
hand temperature gets cold
sweat gland activity increases
heart rate speeds up and flattens
breathing rate faster but shallower
muscle tension increases
#4 Human Brain Wired Toward Negative Thinking
#4 Human Brain Wired Toward Negative Thinking
As a species, humans developed having to face famines, disease, natural disasters, and big predators
Negative thoughts used to be an advantage
Every happy, positive, hopeful, loving thought releases chemicals that make us feel good: brain wave patterns slow down
hand temperature warms
sweat gland activity decreases
heart rate slows down, becomes more variable
breathing rate slower and deeper
muscle tension relaxes
#5 Good Thoughts Make Us Feel Good#5 Good Thoughts Make Us Feel Good
Brain imaging
Biofeedback Instruments that measure brain
waves, hand temperature, sweat gland activity,
heart rate, breathing rate, muscle tension
Similar to lie detectors
#6 How Do We Know?#6 How Do We Know?
#7 Thoughts Are Automatic#7 Thoughts Are Automatic
They just happen
They are based on complex chemical reactions
and memories from the past
#8 Thoughts Lie#8 Thoughts Lie Thoughts lie a lot
Thoughts can fool you, scare you,
tease you, be mean to you
Just because you have a thought does
not mean it is true
Thoughts are just thoughts, they are
not facts
#9 You Do Not Have to Believe Every Thought You Have
#9 You Do Not Have to Believe Every Thought You Have
If you never challenge a thought you believe it
100%, even if it is a lie
If you can think about your own thoughts and
correct the lying ones you take away their
power to hurt or control you
#10 You Can Learn How to Correct Your Thoughts and Feel Good
#10 You Can Learn How to Correct Your Thoughts and Feel Good
Challenge negative thoughts
Correct them when they are not
helping you
You can learn to take control
YouTube - Jessica's "Daily Affirmation"
YouTube - Louise L Hay Loving Yourself
