You Are What You Think…

#1 Your Thoughts Are Powerful#1 Your Thoughts Are Powerful Every time you have a thought your brain

releases chemicals that change your brain

and body

Thoughts have power to immediately change

how we feel

#2 Thoughts Influence How We Feel#2 Thoughts Influence How We Feel

Each thought brings changes in:

brain wave patterns

hand temperature

sweat gland activity

heart rate

breathing rate

muscle tension

#3 Fight or Flight Response#3 Fight or Flight Response

What happens when we are scared?

hand temperature gets cold

sweat gland activity increases

heart rate speeds up and flattens

breathing rate faster but shallower

muscle tension increases

#4 Bad Thoughts Make Us Feel Bad#4 Bad Thoughts Make Us Feel Bad Every bad, mad, sad, angry, hopeless or

helpless thought releases chemicals that make us feel bad: brain wave patterns speed up

hand temperature gets cold

sweat gland activity increases

heart rate speeds up and flattens

breathing rate faster but shallower

muscle tension increases

#4 Human Brain Wired Toward Negative Thinking

#4 Human Brain Wired Toward Negative Thinking

As a species, humans developed having to face famines, disease, natural disasters, and big predators

Negative thoughts used to be an advantage

Every happy, positive, hopeful, loving thought releases chemicals that make us feel good: brain wave patterns slow down

hand temperature warms

sweat gland activity decreases

heart rate slows down, becomes more variable

breathing rate slower and deeper

muscle tension relaxes

#5 Good Thoughts Make Us Feel Good#5 Good Thoughts Make Us Feel Good

Brain imaging

Biofeedback Instruments that measure brain

waves, hand temperature, sweat gland activity,

heart rate, breathing rate, muscle tension

Similar to lie detectors

#6 How Do We Know?#6 How Do We Know?

Lie DetectorLie Detector

#7 Thoughts Are Automatic#7 Thoughts Are Automatic

They just happen

They are based on complex chemical reactions

and memories from the past

#8 Thoughts Lie#8 Thoughts Lie Thoughts lie a lot

Thoughts can fool you, scare you,

tease you, be mean to you

Just because you have a thought does

not mean it is true

Thoughts are just thoughts, they are

not facts

#9 You Do Not Have to Believe Every Thought You Have

#9 You Do Not Have to Believe Every Thought You Have

If you never challenge a thought you believe it

100%, even if it is a lie

If you can think about your own thoughts and

correct the lying ones you take away their

power to hurt or control you

#10 You Can Learn How to Correct Your Thoughts and Feel Good

#10 You Can Learn How to Correct Your Thoughts and Feel Good

Challenge negative thoughts

Correct them when they are not

helping you

You can learn to take control

YouTube - Jessica's "Daily Affirmation"

YouTube - Louise L Hay Loving Yourself