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7 Surprising Benefits of Talking to Yourself

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7  Surprising Benefits of Talking to Yourself It doesn’t mean you’re crazy. In fact, it can help you clarify your thoughts, shake off stress, and boost your mood. the first thing My teenager is home on break from college and my husband quit his job to freelance, so now we both work from home. I love having them around, so I couldn’t figure out why I’d been feeling stressed out. Then I went for a long walk alone and immediately understood what I’d been missing: talking to myself. I talk to myself. Out loud. A lot. And when I don’t, I’m like an athlete who can’t practice his sport or a musician denied time with her instrument. When you talk to yourself, you’re paying attention to someone who often gets short shrift in your life: you. If you berate yourself for behaving idiotically or painfully regret something you’ve done, obviously your self-talk is going to make you feel worse. But if you get a good dialogue going between you and yourself, you can make real headway in clarify

How To Train Your Brain To Be Happy

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How To Train Your Brain To Be Happy Does  your brain produce happy or unhappy thoughts Sometimes we think it’s our genes that make us the kind of person we are. However, that’s not the whole story. Sometimes we are so preoccupied with the status quo that we forget we have the power to become the person we want to be So if happiness is what you’re after, know that by training your brain you can program your mind to make you happy. And let’s face it, who is not looking to be happy? 1. You choose how happy you are. How? By the type of thoughts you make. Positive thoughts make you happy, while negative thoughts make you unhappy. “I’m so fat.” – That’s a negative thought that makes you feel helpless. “I will never achieve this.” – Another negative thought. “I like spending time with my spouse.” – A positive thought that brings you good feelings. “Let’s go on vacation, babe!” – Now that’s excitement! Happiness is here! So far so good.  But how can you produce mor