The Body Mindset: Using the Power of Your Mind to Change your Body

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However, there are some methods for improving students’ attitude towards learning and school that may be even more effective. Although your mindset about topics like appearance and success are largely influenced by outside factors, the brain is neuroplastic, meaning neural networks can continue to grow, change and reorganize throughout the lifespan. By challenging yourself with new experiences and perspectives, you can form new neural connections — or mindsets — at any point in life. Reduce the emphasis on traditional testing as the key assessment tool, and focus on more “natural” and diverse assessment approaches such as essays and papers, reflective journals, oral presentations, and other demonstrations of their learning.

A chief executive officer gained 25 pounds due to his hectic and busy lifestyle. We both felt that losing this excess weight would help improve his confidence, leadership presence and presentation skills and, ultimately, help him reach his goal to increase awareness and support for his growing company. When we started discussing what he needed to do to lose weight (i.e., set up a consistent workout routine and improve his diet), the excuses and complaints started flowing. He believed that long workouts and intricate home-cooked meals were the only way he was going to lose weight, and he didn’t have time to go to the gym for two hours each day or to cook a full meal every night. This idea that being positive will help cancer patients to fight the disease is a common one, although the literature is a bit iffy on whether this phenomenon is real (Coyne & Tennen, 2010; O’Baugh, Wilkes, Luke, & George, 2003).There are many terms (saboteur/inner critic/gremlin) to explain and help you explore this concept. They are all about changing your thought patterns. Another study by a few of the giants in the field of positive psychology (Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King, and Ed Diener, 2005) investigated the relationship between happiness and benefits to employees. They showed that positive attitudes in the workplace also benefit the employee in addition to the organization:

McRuer, Robert, and Johnson, Merri Lisa. "Proliferating Cripistemologies: A Virtual Roundtable". [2]However, these techniques are not always within a teacher’s (or parent’s) realm of control. If you these techniques are too overwhelming or the scope is out of your control, try these 7 strategies that you will likely have the power to implement: Having a positive mindset in health care not only acts as a facilitator of meaning and purpose in the lives of healthcare professionals but it also: So often we think we’re hungry when really, we just need to drink more water. The ideal amount is half your body weight in ounces. So if you’re 140 pounds, you should be drinking 70 ounces of water every day. More is better. Rule #2 Eat mostly veggies. Dr. Towery assures, “the good news is mindsets are highly changeable, and if you are willing to learn the technology of changing your mindset and defeating your distorted thoughts, you can have significantly more happiness.” Money, John; (1988) Gay, Straight, and In-Between: The Sexology of Erotic Orientation. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505407-5

Yogamay be a physical practice, but it has profound effects on the mind and soul, too. It can help relieve emotional tension stored in the muscles and fibers of the body. At the same time, it calms the mind by bringing your attention to the present moment. The ABC Model, originally developed by Albert Ellis and later adapted by Martin Seligman, is an approach to help us think more optimistically. This model can be used for yourself or with your clients. Often, this technique can be found in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) as the approach results in restructuring beliefs through self-awareness.I am constantly learning new strategies to optimize my business and my life, and I go through my own process of applying them to what already works for me to build a stronger foundation. By building this process into your lifestyle, you will discover what works best for you and become more flexible and adaptable — one of the true signs of a high-performance mindset.