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Conscious Living Can Help You Switch to a Happier, Positive Mindset

Conscious living can positively influence your life and the lives of those around you and transform your wellbeing with these inspiring tips for a positivity mindset.

Conscious Living Can Positively Influence Your Mindset

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Self-improvement and journaling techniques recommended on this site are researched, with sources and studies clearly cited or linked to where appropriate. Exercises taken from My Positivity Project are reviewed and endorsed by BACP and BPS member, registered Psychological Therapist, Emma Kenny.

Do you wish you were more positive? Who wouldn’t when the benefits are proven for our mental and physical health?! Based on three bodies of research shows a positive attitude can:

  • Improve your immune system,
  • Decrease anxiety,
  • Reduce negative thinking and intrusive thoughts,
  • Reduce likelihood of engaging in unhealthy behaviours,
  • Promote success in health, work, and relationships.
Study one: Segerstrom SC, Miller GE. Psychological stress and the human immune system: a meta-analytic study of 30 years of inquiry. Psychol Bull. 2004 Jul;130(4):601-30. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.130.4.601. PMID: 15250815; PMCID: PMC1361287.
Study two: Claire Eagleson, Sarra Hayes, Andrew Mathews, Gemma Perman, Colette R. Hirsch, The power of positive thinking: Pathological worry is reduced by thought replacement in Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Behaviour Research and Therapy, Volume 78, 2016, Pages 13-18, ISSN 0005-7967.
Study three: Lyubomirsky, S., King, L., & Diener, E. (2005). The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success? Psychological Bulletin, 131(6), 803–855.

Pretty compelling, right?

The vital question is: how do you achieve a positive mindset?

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How Do You Achieve a Positivity Mindset?

Of course believing in the power of positivity is the easy bit – the vital question is:

How do you achieve a positivity mindset?

I feel qualified to write on this subject mainly because I grew up in and was influenced by a decidedly negative home. It became my default for many years.

But I beat it.

And now I write about how I did it, for two reasons:

  1. I hope it will help others wanting to accomplish the same.
  2. For my mental health.
If you’ve grown accustomed to negative thought-patterns as your norm, then in order to fully commit to positive, conscious living, it’s critical to mindfully practice positivity on an ongoing basis.

Here are a selection of positive posts to inspire you…

Practice Conscious Living and Switch to a Positivity Mindset

How do you practice positivity and conscious living to develop a positivity mindset and improve your wellbeing?

These tips will help you to adopt the behaviours of naturally positive people, until they positively influence your outlook and become your default.

Conscious Living Means Actively Working at Being Positive

My experiences have shown me that old habits die hard, and it’s easy to slip back into an unhealthy outlook if you don’t actively work on your new positivity mindset. 

Thankfully this isn’t hard for me - I love what I do because I believe in it, so it’s not a chore for me to research and write about these topics.

I consider it another form of mindful journaling - which is actually one of the best ways to live consciously. And one of the very best methods of reframing to a positive mindset, is through practicing gratitude.

Conscious Living For a Positive Life

Read about other kinds of personal development topics and techniques you can use to keep yourself feeling your very best.

There are also more unorthodox and unproven methods, which can still have some benefits, such as manifestation journaling and working with the Human Design centers.