Do they come up like a virus and take over your mind, or are negative thoughts really YOU? Some people say, we are not our mind. The truth is we have little control over when and how negative thoughts come to us.

We do, however, have a choice in letting them stay. You can keep negative thoughts from getting you down and here are few tips to kick the habit of negative thinking to the curb.
In this Video:
00:19 - The Things That Trip People Up
01:30 - This is the Opposite of What You Might Think
01:56 - You Body May Hold the Key
02:27 - The Magic of The Pen
02:46 - An Old Tradition That Brings New Thoughts
03:14 - This One Even Works on Toddlers
03:33 - Retune Your Thoughts With This Fave
03:53 - Disconnect to Reconnect
04:38 - Quote from - Joel Osteen
04:56 - Affirmation to Help You Move Forward
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I came across this adorable little infographic which I'm going to include in the blog post, be sure the check it out. And it's about how to keep negative thoughts from getting YOU down.
The Things That Trip People Up
Now this is something that's always been very interesting to me because I meet people all the time who are frustrated, they have a BAD experience, or somebody SAYS something or they don't know what to do next and quite frankly, it happens to me all the time.

Maybe I won't say all the time, but quite regularly, I get OVERWHELMED, I feel like, "Maybe I'm not cut out for this", or "Why did she say that?" Or, "Am I MISSING out on something? Should I get involved in this?" "Oh wow, how did they get such a wonderful opportunity and I am missing out."

The thoughts, they come in so many different ways and the point is, those NEGATIVE thoughts are just a NATURAL part of what happens to us, it's the way the mind works. I think it's some sort of a self-defense mechanism, it's always trying to kind of find its place in the hierarchy of things or something, I'm not sure exactly what it is.

But the fact is is we can do something about those negative thoughts, we don't have to yield to them and they don't need to control or guide OUR LIVES. We can work with them and in fact they can move us into good things if we learn how to recognize them and react well to them.

So I want to leave you with seven quick tips on how to keep negative thoughts from getting you down. And you can check out the rest of them on this infographic on the website. (at the end of this article)
1. Don't resist it.
Okay? Don't fight it, don't try to say, “Stop! Stop! Stop!” No, just say "Thank you for sharing." Talk to your mind, talk back to it because that's your mind that's very active with those thoughts and it's trying to warn you of something. I don't know, it has some misguided perception of what you need to know and what you need to hear.

And just LISTEN to it and say "Thank you for sharing." Because, when you stop resisting it, it gives up, it stops pushing it on you.

2. Change Your Physiology
This is a really great one and it’s actually a very easy and practical way and that is change your PHYSIOLOGY. Do something as simple as sit UP, take DEEP breaths, stand up really STRONG and tall if you are in a standing environment, LIFT your head up, just a simple change, SMILE.

I mean really, these simple changes in our body do a lot to change the way that the mind is working because it changes the way that the neurons are firing and it can move you from a negative mood to a positive MOOD very very quickly.
3. Try Journaling
I mentioned this in a recent blog post about handling difficulties with people, and that is, try JOURNALING.
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