"HOW do I remain positive amid negativity?" is a question I hear often, especially from empathic or highly sensitive people.
As a coach, I love this question because I love helping people empower themselves and make positive changes in their lives.
Fortunately, adverse environments affect me significantly less today thanks to these simple, empowering techniques:
1. Choose positivity! Each morning, make a commitment to stay positive regardless of what happens.
Make it into a game; see how quickly you can reframe any negative situation into a positive and keep a running tally throughout the day!
This approach brings playfulness to a low-energy situation and helps strengthen your positivity muscles.
2. Surround yourself with white light and mirrors. Before you start your day, take 15 seconds for a quick, yet effective visualization.
Close your eyes and imagine drawing a line of glowing, impermeable white light around your body's perimeter.
Follow that up by imagining your body covered with mirrors, so that any negativity that comes your way is deflected back to its source.
3. Use it as an opportunity to shine your light even brighter!
Just as stars shine brightest when it is the darkest outside, maintaining a positive attitude or mindset in the face of negativity offers an incredible opportunity to make a huge impact.
4. Quit taking it personally. The majority of the time, another person's complaining, blaming or negative actions are about them, not you.
Instead of taking it personally and reacting, practice detachment and non-judgment and drop it there.
Remember that everyone is doing the best they can and the Universe is a good, positive place even if it doesn't always appear that way.
If you have a difficult time with this concept, write the acronym 'QTIP' (Quit Taking It Personally) on several sticky notes and put them around your house.
This keeps the idea at the forefront of your mind, making it more likely you'll remember it the next time you need it.
5. Use crystals. Are you in a negative environment consistently at work or school? Carry a crystal like black tourmaline; it wards off negative energies.
6. Look for the lesson. When faced with a negative situation or environment, step back. Ask yourself if there is anything for you to learn.
Does this circumstance offer you the opportunity to practice patience or tolerance, or kindness or compassion? Often the things or people who bother us the most offer our biggest life lessons.
7. Leave the situation. There are times when no amount of positivity or visualizing will keep the negativity from taking hold.
The best course of action here is to leave. Sometimes a short walk or slipping away to take some deep breaths is enough. Other times, you may need a longer break. Just remember, this too shall pass.
There you have it! Seven of my best techniques for remaining positive amid negativity! Try one or all of them today and watch them work for you!
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