Stop Negative Thoughts and Change Your Life

Do you ever feel mentally drained and overwhelmed by the numerous events happening around the world and in your life? Maybe it's time to halt the continuous stream of negative thoughts in your mind. Transforming your mindset can lead to a transformation in your life.

Eliminate negative thoughts, handle stress, and enhance your life by regulating both your self-talk and the environments you frequent.

By reducing stress, you can relax more and enjoy a happier life. I know about reducing stress. I played pro ball and baseball is a failure sport. The best .300 hitters 3/10, fail 70% of the time! I learned early in my life how to handle stress and failure. It helped me survive 7 years in the minors, for a cup of coffee in the big leagues. I would always have a plan and visualize good results regardless of what was happening around me. I would reframe all events to my benefit. I would find a positive reason for what I just experienced. "I made an out, but I hit the ball hard", "I just learned what not to do", "this gives me more time to..." whatever. It sounds 'Pollyanna' but it works.

It's known as Sub-Conscious Visualization SVT. Your subconscious can't distinguish real from imagined, and so you are constantly in a relaxed, positive, confident state of mind. A relaxed, confident mind is a sharp mind. Psycho-soma, mind-body correlation.

You should already be aware of reducing stress by cutting down or eliminating TV time, social media, and cable news channels. This concerns the negative and anxious thoughts that continuously occupy your mind. Stop negative thoughts, replace them with optimism, positive self-talk, and visualization, and reframe everything to your advantage.

It is well-established that your body mirrors your most dominant thoughts. Your identity shapes your behavior. There exists a psychosomatic, mind-body connection. Fears and worries elevate your cortisol levels, the body's internal alarm system, which in turn heightens anxiety and leads to stress. I advise my personal development clients to eliminate all negative thoughts and imagery. You need to counter any negative self-talk by reframing events as benefits or learning experiences. Positive visualizations and affirmations like, "I'll do better next time", "there's nothing to fear", "I can handle this", "I'll be okay", "there's no such thing as failure, it's just a learning experience", are always beneficial. As a mental performance coach, I assist individuals in adopting the right mindset to overcome any performance anxiety before events. Repeat and believe positive affirmations, internalizing them. Learn deep breathing and visualization techniques to maintain a positive state of mind, feeling energized and better prepared to handle anything.

Surround yourself with positive people, in healthy environments, that will encourage you. Fuel your body with healthy meals. The gloom and doom crowd are going nowhere, and they're just looking for company. Successful people stay away from negativism, and pessimism. They don't accept it when it enters their minds. They refuse FOPO - Fear of Other People's Opinions. Positive mindsets, Optimism, intrinsic motivation, and a 'can do' spirit dominates their lives. We all have adversity, and difficult, sometimes scary situations to deal with, but adding to it with negative thoughts, just compounds the distress to the point you can't think straight. Which adds more anxiety and continues an endless negative thought loop. Being stuck in a negative thinking loop takes its toll on your mental and physical health. Eliminate all negative thoughts and replace them with positive affirmations. See a successful accomplishment in your minds' eye. Keep repeating that visual, anytime a negative thought or doubt surfaces. Put yourself in a better position mentally to handle anything by living in acceptance, being self-aware, changing your thoughts, your attitude, your mindset. Your life.

“If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.”

― Lao Tzu

In addition to reframing and positive self-talk, take these simple life Action steps

Visualization: Begin with the end in mind. Clearly see a positive result in your minds' eye

Take very deep breaths 4 seconds in, 7 seconds out and be grateful for what you have right now. Ask yourself "What if it works" What if what you're trying to accomplish works out!

Change your physiology, stand straight, square shoulders, chest open, make eye contact.

Stop worrying about things you can't control or what others' think or say.

Have faith, trust yourself, and your instincts. Be true to your values.

Be of service, help someone. Its' amazing how good you'll feel about yourself.

Don't play the victim card. Its' your life, its' your responsibility.

Surround yourself with stable, healthy, positive people, that encourage you

Don't try to change anyone, they need to be willing to change themselves from within,

Live in Acceptance, and stop trying to prove you're right.

Laugh, sing, and dance often. It just works !

You've got this -Swing for the Stars Danny Garcia