Positive thinking can transform your life. Practice focusing on the good in any given situation. This isn’t to say you should ignore reality or brush your problems under the carpet. Instead, you should approach both the good and the not so good in life with the expectation that things will go well.
“I’m a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.”
Many studies have looked at how optimism and positive thinking can affect your mental and physical health. Benefits of positive thinking may include:
Better physical health
Greater resistance to illness, such as the common cold
Lower blood pressure
Better stress management
More creativity
Greater problem-solving skills
Clearer thinking
Better mood
Better coping skills
We’ve found some useful resources that could help you, and your students, to think positive and be positive.
Positive Thinking Apps
There are a number of apps available, take a look and see which may work best for you:
‘Live Happy’, ‘Happify’, ‘Think Up’, ‘Feeling Good: positive mindset’.
‘Positive Thinking Websites’
Visiting positive websites is an easy way to improve your mood, so why not set some time aside each day, or once a week, to explore each of these: