How can I feel more positive?

There is nothing more irritating than someone who tells you to be positive all the time.  

Life is a rollercoaster that is meant to come with highs and lows.  If you don't have the lows, you cannot recognise the highs and appreciate them in all their greatness.  So, you cannot stop the low points, but you can take control of how you view them, you can embrace the lows and appreciate them in all their greatness too!  After all, it is in times of sorrow and despair that we learn about ourselves and practice picking ourselves back up.  It is also in these darker times that we take time to reflect and move forward and get rid of things that are not serving us anymore.

There are a million theories about how to feel good and how to learn acceptance.  Some of them work for one person and some work for another.  Some can work for a month and some stick with you for a lifetime.  There is never any harm in reading around the subject of self advancement; it gives you a nice little wardrobe of reassurance in times of change.  I will not recommend one mode of thinking over another, it will depend greatly on your spiritual beliefs and your personality as to which approach will suit you.  

We are in charge of the way we feel about any event in our lives.  This does not mean we have to remain positive all the time, but it should mean that we take responsibility for our own moments of depression.  We cannot choose other's actions, but we can choose how we feel about them, and we can gain tools and methods to control how we react to them and other external events that occur in our lives.  We can make the choice about how we react to things that happen in our days. 

 The best trick is to focus on what is good in your life, not the things that make you feel dreadful.  Focus on the good that can happen, and not the bad that has.We only get one and it would be a great shame to waste it feeling angry or sad about something we cannot change.  Our feelings can change and we should focus instead, on that.

What does this have to do with nutrition?  Everything.  If you want to eat well and look after yourself, you first have to look at your body and your health with a smile.  Do not focus on your lumpy middle, but on your lovely legs.  Forget the chocolate cake you ate for dinner (why did I eat that, I am such a failure?!) think about the green smoothie you will have for breakfast.  Tomorrow is always another day and your body will be patient as your mind trains itself into good habits.

The wrong foods can also affect our moods massively, making shifting our thoughts to more positive ones harder.  Having low energy levels due to blood sugar slumps can also lead to irritability and mood swings.

The body has a tremendous capacity to heal and change, so be kind to yourself mentally and your body will smile in reply.

Josie

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