Negativity

Saying 'No' To Negativity

Dori Hartley | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Positive Thinking, Getting-Rid-of-Negativity, Healthy Lifestyle, Bad Attitude, Happiness, Negativity Positivity, Optimism, Emotional Wellness, Negativity, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Dori Hartley

Just the other day, a dear friend of mine wrote me a note letting me know that he was gravely concerned about what he perceived to be my undeniably positive attitude towards things in general.

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Why We Should Have Good News For You

Jess Suter | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Britain, Mental Health, Positive Thinking, Advertising, Media, Negativity, Good News, News, Media News
Jess Suter

Having grown up around family and close friends suffering from depression, like many of us have, I've always had the curiosity as to how we as humans ...

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9 Ways To Stop Being Negative

Richard J. Davidson | Posted 05.09.2012

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Richard J. Davidson

I was always fascinated by variations among people in how they respond to emotional events in their environment. This strikes me as the most important characteristic of emotion--we are all different. The unique emotional fingerprint we all have is what I call Emotional Style.

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Friend or Enemy?

Ilana Ross | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Friends, Jennifer Aniston, Best Friends, Virus, Lonely, Tears, Computers, Enemies, Cars, Negativity, Millenial, Slidepollajax, Sadness, 20 Something, Romney, College News
Ilana Ross

My best friend Michaela and I didn't realize we were best friends until junior year when I rowed from Tangier to Spain to visit her, and save her from...

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How to Create Harmony Out of Uncertainty

Peter Baksa | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Just-Do-It, Negative Capability, Negativity, Lau Tzu, Keats, Consciousness, Healthy Living News
Peter Baksa

As we develop greater strength of character, we're able to face the unknown and to create new possibilities for ourselves. We begin to learn to detach and to recognize the cycles and the patterns that are always evolving within us and around us.

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How Negative Thoughts Affect Everything In Our Life

Julie Chen, M.D. | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Depression, Therapy, Optimism, Dr Julie Chen, Pessimism, Complementary Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Placebo Nocebo, Nocebo, Negativity, Nocebo Effect, New Research, Healthy Living News
Julie Chen, M.D.

In medicine, when we talk about the "nocebo effect," what we are referring to is the concept that adverse health or clinical events can be produced or influenced by negative expectations.

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Adopt A New Attitude: Realistic Optimism

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Success, Positive Thinking, Optimism, Goal, Achievement, Failure, Negativity, Motivation, Happiness, Self-Help, Optimistic, Success and Motivation, Learned Optimism, Optimism Pessimism, Optimism Is, Healthy Living News
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

Cultivate your realistic optimism by combining a positive attitude with an honest assessment of the challenges that await you. Don't visualize success -- visualize the steps you will take in order to make success happen.

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#For#Goodness#Sake

Mateo Gutierrez | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Social Media, Facebook Status Updates, Depression, Negativity, Optimism, Social Media Content, Happiness, Good News News
Mateo Gutierrez

There's no question that a good positive quote will get shared. And there's no question that a positive observation will be shared wildly in the social web. The more interesting point is that the negative posts often get corrected.

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Why You Are More Powerful Than the News!

Mastin Kipp | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Social Media, News Media, 24-Hour News Cycle, Doom-and-Gloom, Negativity, Good News, Good News News
Mastin Kipp

If I was letting the news media paint my opinion of the world, my life would probably suck. Crazy things do happen in the world every day, but it is up to us to apply the meaning to the events.

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Depressed? How To 'Just Cheer Up!'

Susan Piver | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Meditation, Depression, Mental Health, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Depression and Therapy, Negativity, Coping With Depression, Mindfulness, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Susan Piver

When I catch myself falling into a pit of despair over ill loved ones, for example ... I say to myself, "You could always just cheer up." Amazingly, even if it's only for a moment, I do.

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4 Ways To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others

Mike Robbins | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Authenticity, Insecurity, Confidence, Appreciation, Jealousy, Success, Judgment, Negativity, Self-Esteem, Negative Comparison, Class Reunion, Stanford University, Happiness, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Mike Robbins

It's normal for us to compare ourselves to others. However, negative comparison can have serious consequences on our self-esteem, our relationships, our work and our overall experience of life.

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And Now, For a Dose of Positive News (VIDEO)

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: One Day on Earth Project, Positivity, Healthy Living Spirit, Media and Bad News, Negativity, Consciousness, Media and Positive News, Healthy Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

Imagine you could get a glimpse of humanity, everywhere on the planet, all at the same time. That's what a group of creative filmmakers, students and inspired citizens set out to do last October.

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Do You Create Catastrophes?

Penny Love Hoff | Posted 08.25.2011

Read More: Negative Thoughts, Happiness, Negativity, Getting Rid of Negativity, Catastrophizing, Cognitive Reframing, Cognitive Restructuring, Healthy Living News
Penny Love Hoff

We cannot always control our thoughts, especially when life comes unhinged. But that makes it all the more important to control the thoughts that are manageable.

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There Is Good News -- If You Look For It

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Motivational Speaker, Martin Luther King, Mike Robbins, Authenticity, Media, Appreciation, News, Gratitude, Self-Help, Self Help, Negative News, News Cycle, Negativity, Healthy Living News
Mike Robbins

If we pay much attention to the media, it's easy to get the impression that life is really scary, dangerous, and there are lots of terrible things happening all over the place.

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Managing Modern Negativity With Ancient Wisdom

Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Yoga Philosophy, Nonduality, Namaste, Swami Vivekananda, Hinduism, Upanishads, Spirituality, Community, Negativity, Shared Experience, Combating Negativity, Negative People, Coping With Negativity, Dealing With Negativity, Healthy Living News
Jay Michaelson

Okay, so it feels good to say "all is one" in the yoga studio. But during the other hours of the day, aren't we all behaving as if it's you versus me, in a dog-eat-dog world?

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Confidence Matters for Athletes

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Competition, Sport Psychology, Sports, Athletes, Mental Training, Negativity, Confidence, Performance, Self-Doubt, Sports News
Dr. Jim Taylor

Too often athletes are their own worst enemy rather than their best ally. When you compete, whose side are you on?

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10 Business Plan Follies That Make Investors Cringe

Marty Zwilling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marty Zwilling

Every entrepreneur likes to think that their document is inspirational. Every serious investor has a stack of these in their in-basket. Here is what investors say the former shouldn't do.

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There's No Place Like Numb

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Housing Market, Holiday Season, Women Business Owners, Real Estate, Business, Holiday Gifts, Emotional Distress, Small Business Owners, Holiday-Bonuses, Economic-Downturn, Economic Recession, Great Recession, Negative Emotions, Year-End-Bonuses, Negativity, NY Real Estate, Small Business America, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

As business owners, we all are trying to hang on for dear life. But how do you keep a grip when your fingers have grown numb?

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Negativity and Partisan (De)Mobilization in the 2010 Midterms

Michael Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pollster Analysis, Purdue University, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, 2010 Elections, Political Ads, Negativity, Democrats, Tea Party, Wesleyan, Republicans, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Jefferson, Politics News
Michael Wolf

Very few subjects stir interest like negative campaigns; voters dislike them; political consultants adore them; and political scientists scrutinize them. Two contradictory points are evident.

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Addiction Recovery: Why We're Addicted to Negative Behaviors

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Addiction to Negative Emotion, Negative Emotions, Negativity, The Inner Life, Negative Attitude, Negative Feelings, Healthy Living News
Dr. Ali Binazir

Many people unconsciously want to be treated poorly, taken advantage of, or even outright abused.

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Angry Americans Aren't Necessarily Better Americans

Michael Yapko | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Violence, Anger, Emotion, Decision-Making, Negative Emotions, American Anger, Negativity, Mood, The Inner Life, America, Healthy Living News
Michael Yapko

The fact that all of us are eminently capable of experiencing angry feelings is a given. What defines us, though, is how well or how poorly we manage that anger.

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Do You Belong To The 'Ain't It Awful' Club?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Negativity, Criticism, I Wont Complain, Complain, Dont Complain, Negative Attitude, Complaining, Positive Attitude, To Complain, Complain About, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Russell Bishop

What strikes me most about the Club is the skillful banter between members as they engage in one-downsmanship. How have we become a nation besotted with criticism and complaint over reasoned argument and positive action?

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Evangelical Pessimists, Stop Trying to Convert Me!

Dr. Paula Bloom | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Paula Bloom

We are each susceptible to the influences around us. It is important to realize this, and surround ourselves with happy, healthy thoughts.

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Learning The Art Of Happiness

Howard C. Cutler, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Emotions, Anger, Howard C. Cutler, Positive Thinking, Cynicism, Relationships, Dalai Lama, Problem Solving, Perspective, Hatred, Negativity, Happiness, The Art of Happiness, Healthy Living News
Howard C. Cutler, M.D.

New scientific evidence dispels our cultural biases and myths, such as perceiving happiness as a somewhat "soft" or frivolous subject, or considering happiness to be self-centered or self-indulgent.

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Study: Many Teens Believe They'll Die Young

msn.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Teenage Suicide, Depression, Risk-Taking Behavior Teens, Teen Drug Use, Drug Use, Teens, Suicide, Fatalism, Negativity, Parenting, Teen Depression, Health, Healthy Living News

A surprising number of teenagers -- nearly 15 percent -- think they're going to die young, leading many to drug use, suicide attempts and other unsafe...

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