{"id":1407,"date":"2025-02-22T13:19:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T18:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:32:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T23:32:41","slug":"focus-on-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/focus-on-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Thinking:  Focus on the Positive!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts are things &#8212; they become active in your life.\u00c2\u00a0 This activation of thoughts occurs through the operation of your subconscious mind.\u00c2\u00a0 One major role of the subconscious mind is to create what it is commanded to create.<\/p>\n<p>Routinely, you give commands to your subconscious mind through that which you are thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Negative thoughts are things that most people really want to have, but it is possible to have them happen when you are not staying mindfully aware.\u00c2\u00a0 Whether it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about yourself, the things you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing, your job or other people, it can be difficult to get rid of negative thoughts once they enter your mind.<\/p>\n<p>Our second tec<a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/joyhealing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1408\" src=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/joyhealing-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"Positive Thinking -- by Marlene Shiple, Ph.D., The Life Coach Dr.\" width=\"221\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/joyhealing-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/joyhealing.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>hnique for combating negative thinking is the following:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Focus on the Positive<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Whether or not you have any negative thoughts at the moment, you can help to keep negative thoughts away by focusing on positive aspects of situations.\u00c2\u00a0 Throughout the day, consciously and purposefully think about the things you like about yourself and your life.\u00c2\u00a0 Take time to reflect on the many blessings that are yours each day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1979501807\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Positive Focus<\/a> does marvels toward dispelling negative thought!<\/p>\n<p>Please leave a comment about how you use positive thoughts to create a positive mindset in your life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts are things &#8212; they become active in your life.\u00c2\u00a0 This activation of thoughts occurs through the operation of your subconscious mind.\u00c2\u00a0 One major role of the subconscious mind is to create what it is commanded to create. Routinely, you give commands to your subconscious mind through that which you are thinking. Negative thoughts are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4,311,2],"tags":[115,360,267,68,363,362,361],"class_list":["post-1407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-coaching","category-mental-healing","category-positive-thinking","category-stress-remedies","tag-blessings","tag-consciously","tag-focus","tag-positive","tag-positive-mindset","tag-positive-thoughts","tag-purposefully"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1460,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}