POSISTIVE AFFIRMATIONS
ANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness Podcast
Faith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and Research




































NOTE: Positive Affirmation  Session Begins at 07:40
TRANSCRIPT

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the XBHS Radio Network.
Skip Orem (00:03):
Hi, everybody. From Nashville, I'm Skip Orem, and this is the Anchor Pointe Podcast. Hi, everybody. From the Nashville Studios of the XBHS Radio Network, I'm Skip Orem.
Welcome to this late October episode of the Anchor Pointe Podcast.
It feels like time's flying. Halloween this weekend and then November begins as we almost get ready to head into the 2022 holiday season. Well, perhaps we better not get too far ahead of ourselves. I was thinking about this season of Autumn, about the month of October. Later in October, some folks think, "Well, the leaves are gone. Everything's dying. Winter is coming." It's a negative way to look at things, but I read this quote and it puts a much more positive spin on Autumn.
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It's from a book titled
The Cafe of Lost Youth. That's a pretty inviting book title, don't you think?
The Cafe of Lost Youth, written by Patrick Modiano.
He's a French writer. The book's written in French. This English translation, it might not be totally true to the original writing, but I like it. Perhaps you will too. Let me put some music under it and read this very short positive take on Autumn. I hope it brightens your day just a bit. "For me, Autumn has never been a sad season. The dead leaves and the shorter days have never suggested the end of anything, but rather an expectation of the future. There is electricity in the air on October evenings at night fall. I don't feel low with that hour of the day, nor do I have the sense of time flying by. I have the impression that everything is possible. The year begins in the month of October."
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And I want to thank you all so much for the positive comments and emails. I do read and answer and really appreciate each and every email that you all send to me. My email address is skip@theanchorpointe.com. And just a quick reminder,
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A special welcome today to all of our regular listeners, but also a very special welcome to any new listeners who might have discovered this podcast and pushed that play button today. Today's episode will feature another of Anchor Pointe's guided imagery sessions. Regular listeners know that on the
Anchor Pointe, we start every episode with medical news for seniors.
Our medical news for seniors headline For today,
scientific studies have shown we can improve our attitude and our health by telling ourselves or affirming what we believe in positive ways.
On Anchor Pointe, we call this activity positive affirmations. It's a form of guided imagery, a self-guided imagery. Evidence from a lot of MRIs suggests that certain neural pathways are increased when people practice positive affirmations.
(05:07):Positive affirmations have been shown to decrease health deteriorating stress.
Your thoughts can
influence your health. That's why guided imagery and positive affirmations are important in getting

healthy and maintaining good health. Positive affirmations can be guided, but most people,