Atypical & Awesome “Poison vs Perfume”

Here lately, my life has gotten exponentially better. I think I might be the happiest I have ever been. This is in spite of negative and “big” events still happening and “life” continuing to be”life”. So what is different? Me. I am making a conscious effort to practice what I preach as a therapist utilizing cognitive behavior therapy. Building off the practice of negative thought-stopping, I am working hard to make a habit of negative thought replacement. So, instead of just stopping a negative thought as it occurs (damn, my car quit now I am stuck waiting on help for the next hour) thought replacement would say (ok my car quit, help is coming, and I can play Candy Crush while I wait). I immediately begin feeling more positive feelings which help my negative stress hormones reduce. I have been doing this for several months and it really helps. I don’t always get it right but my stress level has greatly reduced. The more positivity I release, the more positivity saturates me. Both poison and perfume spread when they are spilled- I am working hard to choose perfume. Have a lovely day!