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Power of Positive Thinking with
Dr. DeAnn Smetana, D.BH, LMHC, LPC, NCC Kaiser Permanente, Health Education
HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES
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Agenda Slide
Introduction To How The Brain Works
Mirror Neurons, Semantic Priming, Negative Bias
Activity Cards
Methods To Change Your Brain
Closing and Next Steps
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Thinking Positively
-Jessica’s Positive Affirmation
Your thoughts, moods, attitudes and behaviors STRONGLY affect your health and well-being
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Mirror Neurons
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Mirror Neurons
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Negative Bias
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Fast Brain – Slow Brain
The Quick and Dirty
“Achieve Gain”
Fast
Instinctive
Emotional
Jumps to Conclusions
“Avert Loss”
Slow
Deliberate
Methodical
Forms Biases
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“We fear loss, more than we desire gain”
Illusion of Control
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Word Association
Semantic Priming:
“The Florida Effect”
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Advantages of Being Positive
Lower Incidence of Disease
Higher Reporting of Positive Mood
Healthy Relationships
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Next Steps:
Creating Calm and Happiness in Everyday Life
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Retrain the Brain
“Neurons that fire together, wire together,” (Hebb, 1949)
Each time we practice positive thinking, it strengthens key neural circuits. It is like building a muscle in the gym.
Start to retrain the brain to search for positive more than negative.
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Word of the Day: Positive Priming
Start the day with a new word
Stop and think what that word means to you
How can you use this word to create a “mini vacation” everyday
Repeat positive calming word multiple times throughout the day
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Create a Life in Balance
— William Glasser’s Reality Therapy
Survival Love /
Belonging Power Freedom Fun
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Engage in Stress Prevention
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Schedule “re-charge” times in your day
To avoid isolation, get involved
Take time for relaxation and fun
Set boundaries between home and work
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Feelings: Coping
Allowing and expressing your feelings
Sharing your feelings with others
Distracting yourself in constructive ways
Prioritizing problems
– Making a list of actions
– Selecting actions
– Begin taking action
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Feelings: Acceptance
Permit What You Reject
“Know that whatever one rejects becomes a part of your life. If one cannot accept death, grief becomes a part of one’s life. If you cannot accept the past, it invades your present. Allow what you reject to exist. Then you can leave it behind.”
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Feelings: Acceptance
Cultivate Grace
“Accept that bad and painful things will happen, and that life will be unfair. Face adversity with grace. Forgive others.“
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Embrace Pain
“Acceptance does not take away painful feelings. It acknowledges and validates painful feelings – thus, taking the power out of them.“
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Elevation
People who witness others performing good deeds experience an emotion called ‘elevation’ and this motivates them to perform their own good deeds. (Haidt, 2000)
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Mindfulness
Act of slowing down, being present in the moment
Appreciate surroundings
Any time is an opportunity to practice mindfulness
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Gratitude
People who express gratitude on a regular basis have better physical health, optimism, progress toward goals, well-being and help others more (Emmons & Crumpler, 2000).
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Three Gratitudes
1. ______________________________
2. ______________________________
3. ______________________________
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Next Steps
Try the simplest changes first
Don’t wait to feel motivated
Think of each step as a success
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Resources to Learn More
Talk with a Health Coach
– Confidential consultations and ongoing coaching sessions
Positive Psychology
TED Talks
– Shawn Achor
– Dan Gilbert
Rick Hanson “Buddha’s Brain” – Just one thing video (on you tube)
– Simple ideas to practice every day
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