Life Changing Positivity

You pick the area of life that brings the most worry or stress and turn it into a picture the size of a postcard. If there are several issues, the picture can be a collage. Seeing it as a small image, from the outside in, creates distance so you can think about it more rationally.

After you picture the postcard, you imagine it inside a house while you look through a window, then you rise higher until you view it from the air. The image shrinks with each step until you can no longer see it. The idea is that you gain calm and perspective each time you move away, leaving the negativity behind.

You bring to mind a friend, family member or associate whose advice you trust and listen to what they would say about the image. Hearing their view helps you detach further and see the situation differently. The session suggests this brings clarity and ideas for moving from a negative state to a positive one.

It is the session's way of handling negative thoughts during the day. You notice the thought, question it, then turn it around by asking what good could come of it, what lesson there is, or how you could make it better. The aim is not to let it linger in your head.

It proposes starting each day by telling yourself it will be a great day, then doing something uplifting. Examples include a morning walk, calling a good friend, cooking a healthy breakfast or listing reasons to be grateful. You also make a mental list of things you are looking forward to.

It is an image for positive energy moving between you and the supportive people around you. You feed off their energy and they feed off yours, flowing around a figure of eight without end. The session then links this to setting goals and an action plan.