Our thoughts determine our emotions and behaviors. Learning to break negative thoughts and cultivate positive ones can improve mental well-being. Life is very simple. But it is our thoughts that ...

Being a “negative person” or a “positive person” isn’t set in ... she turns to an “installation” habit to nip negative thoughts on TikTok. Brain training specialist Emilie Leyes ...

It’s impossible to completely rid yourself of negative thoughts, but you can stop them from taking over your day. Isn’t it annoying that positive thoughts come and go with ease, and it’s the ...

So where does this narrator come from? Our core beliefs: all of the ingrained positive and negative thoughts that influence how we think and feel about ourselves and the world around us.

This desire to change negative thinking into positive thinking is clearly no easy feat despite the endless self-help books and Instagram quotes that tell us otherwise. But for those looking to ...

Although most people will eventually move off this negative mental channel onto more satisfying thoughts, those who cannot may develop a chronically sad mood. Until recently, rumination was almost ...

The considered wisdom in positive psychology is that to feel better, you just need to think happy thoughts. If this conjures up the song “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” then you’re on the right track.

In the simplest terms, positive thoughts stimulate and fire up the brain per se, while negative thoughts essentially cause the brain to shut down. “Positive grows it and negative shrinks it ...