Maintaining a positive and hopeful outlook can have a significant impact on your overall well-being and mental health
Embracing optimism can help you navigate challenges, find opportunities for growth, and enhance your overall quality of life
This week's affirmation is…
I Deserve Optimism
Je Mérite L'optimisme
Remember that optimism doesn't mean ignoring difficulties, but rather facing them with a belief that you can overcome and learn from them
Cultivating optimism can lead to greater resilience, improved relationships, and a more fulfilling life journey
Enjoy with week's newsletter
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Let's begin with an optimistic meditation
FEEL MORE OPTIMISTIC (10 MIN GUIDED MEDITATION)
This 10 minute positive thinking guided meditation will leave you feeling more optimistic about life, your future, and how everything will work out for you in the end. If you have found yourself caught in a negative thought pattern, give this a try and see how it changes your mood. Enjoy!
Next, our toolkit…
STRATEGIES TO BECOME MORE OPTIMISTIC
Becoming more optimistic can help you see people, situations and tasks with a more positive outlook. People who are optimists can reduce their stress levels, improve their productivity and have more fulfilling experiences. In this article, we discuss what optimism is, why being optimistic matters and how to become more optimistic in 23 steps.
My personal favorites - Limit your consumption of the news; Give yourself positive feedback; Practice self-care; Create a new bedtime routine; Begin your day with positive expectations
Next, our podcast selection…
Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen’s cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully. Part of the Audacy Network.
Next, our book recommendation…
ALWAYS LOOKING UP: THE ADVENTURES OF AN INCURABLE OPTIMIST
by Michael J Fox
Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy of engagement and discovery: an emotional, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual outlook that has served him throughout his struggle with parkinson's disease
Lastly, a film about optimism that completely caught me off-guard…
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (2021)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a feature-length ‘mockumentory’ based on the YouTube series of the same name. Part stop animation and part live action, it follows the story of Marcel, a one inch tall shell, and his journey to find his community. Whimsical, imaginative and utterly charming, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a heartwarming drama about finding your place.
As always, affirmations from previous weeks are available here
You'll be hearing more from me soon. Promise.
Tamara Charese
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