EPISODE · Apr 17, 2022 · 57 MIN
Learned Optimism
from The Positive Mind · host Kevin O'Donoghue LMHC, Niseema Dyan Diemer SEP LMT BCPP
"The main ingredient of success isn’t positive thinking it’s non-negative thinking," says Kevin following up on last week's show on Learned Helplessness. Do you have a sense of your explanatory style? Do difficult things ALWAYS happen to you? It turns out that shifting a helpless explanatory style to an optimistic or deserving explanatory style is not as hard as it seems. When something difficult happens, take the time to notice how you are thinking about it. Are there resources available to you that you can reach out to for help? What do you have control over? De-personalize the event by not generalizing against yourself. You may not resolve the situation today but there is always another chance, another way, another outlook that supports an optimistic, realistic mindset and an experience of success. Kevin and Niseema talk about the three ways to shift from a helpless explanatory style to optimistic thinking: View the situation as temporary rather than permanent. Don't personalize. Externalize by seeing what the outside factors are that you had no control over. Notice when you say "always" and "never" and get specific about this one time. -------------------------- For more information or support contact Kevin or Niseema at [email protected], or call 212-757-4488. These are challenging times and we hope this episode served to validate and ease your anxiety about what you may be experiencing. Please feel free to also suggest show ideas to the above email. Thank you for listening, Kevin and Niseema www.tffpp.org https://www.kevinlmhc.com www.niseema.com www.thepositivemindcenter.com PRODUCTION CREDITS Opening Music : Another Country, Pure Shadowfax, Shadowfax Mid Break Music: Original Composition by Geoff Brady End Music : TFFPP Theme - Giullian Goiello for The Foundation for Positive Psychology The Positive Mind is produced with the help of: Producer/ Research: Connie Shannon Engineering: Geoff Brady Website Design and End Music: Giullian Gioello Marketing and PR: Jen Maguire, Maguire PR, [email protected]
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"The main ingredient of success isn’t positive thinking it’s non-negative thinking," says Kevin following up on last week's show on Learned Helplessness. Do you have a sense of your explanatory style? Do difficult things ALWAYS happen to you? It turns out that shifting a helpless explanatory style to an optimistic or deserving explanatory style is not as hard as it seems. When something difficult happens, take the time to notice how you are thinking about it. Are there resources available to you that you can reach out to for help? What do you have control over? De-personalize the event by not generalizing against yourself. You may not resolve the situation today but there is always another chance, another way, another outlook that supports an optimistic, realistic mindset and an experience of success. Kevin and Niseema talk about the three ways to shift from a helpless explanatory style to optimistic thinking: * View the situation as temporary rather than permanent. * Don't personalize. Externalize by seeing what the outside factors are that you had no control over. * Notice when you say "always" and "never" and get specific about this one time.
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