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Opptimisitic mindsets can improve our emotions

FLS Link. Burnout: We can deplete energy through emotions, mental and physical exertions. When we push too hard, for too long, we burn out. Recovery requires a lifestyle change.

FLS Link. Experiencing Awe: Experiences of awe promote pro-social behavior and invite psychological development. The wise find awe in the awesomeness of life.

Belongingness. Our Emotional and Psychological Need to Belong. A Flourishing Life Society article link

Flourishing Life Society link. Adaptation Psychology. Effective Adapting to Life

Blind Spots. Insecurities and Justification. A Flourishing Life Society article links

Anxiety, Depression and Inaction. Self-perpetuating diseases. A Flourishing Life Society Article Link

Mental Health Benefits of Nature. A Flourishing Life Society article link

Our amazing mind assigns meaning to felt experience, creating emotion. Sometimes this process misdiagnosis the environment and leads us astray.

A Flourishing Life Society article link. Cognitive Dissonance

Beliefs blind our vision. We see only what we wish to see, even when the truth is obvious and helpful.

A Flourishing Life Society link. Coping with Avoidance

We unwittingly promote unhealthy defense mechanisms on line. There are plenty pf social media participants willing to support life limiting adaptations.

Internal Link Banner for catastrophizing.

FLS Link: Dark Triad Personalities

FLS link. Context Dependent

Flourishing Life Society Link. Article Delay of Gratification. Delaying gratification is not from a strong will to resist, but skilled use of techniques to weaken temptation.

FLS Link. Fredrickson's Broaden and Build: Positive emotions promote growth by encouraging approach and observation.

Frustration tolerance is our ability to withstand frustrations and continue moving towards goals. A Flourishing Life Society article link.

Flourishing Life Society Link. Ego Depletion. The strength model of self-control

FLS Link: Hope Theory: Motivation to Succeed. Hope is more than an optimistic reliance on unseen forces. Hope, according to Hope Theory, is a combination of three elements: realistic goals, energetic determination, and intelligent pursuit.

A Flourishing Life Society article link. Fear of Failure

FLS internal Link. Executive Functions | Purposeful Wellness. The fabulous brain employs executive functions to process vast flows of information to direct action in service of our wellness goals.

Small moments in life can pull our minds from careless wandering, creating rejuvenating moments of flow, full of purpose and wonder.

A Flourishing Life Society article link. Fear of Abandonment

A Flourishing Life Society link. Healthy Skills

When life overwhelms and our efforts fall flat, we sometimes learn to not fight, and quietly suffer.

Memories and Emotions. How Memories Impact Wellness. A Flourishing Life Society article link

Flourishing Life Society Link. Neuroticism. A personality Trait.

Psychological Flexibility. A Flourishing Life Society article image link

FLS Link. Realistic Optimism: Optimism brings energy to action, motivating persistence in the face of difficulty. Our wellness benefits most from optimism when it is based in reality.

Meaning Making Machines. A Flourishing Life Society article link

Mental Recovery: A Flourishing Life Society Article Link

FLS Link. Liar Liar: Pathological Liar. Pervasive liars destroy relationships and limit personal growth. While the causes of pathological fibbing are complex, we can examine our own honesty and realign with reality.

Protective Interpretations. A Flourishing Life Society article image link

Flourishing Life Society Link. Memory: Memories aren't perfect. They form to fit our beliefs, limiting learning and encouraging justifications.

A Flourishing Life Society article link. Mental Health Breaks

FLS link. Posttraumatic Growth: Significant traumatizing events destroy our stable view of the world. From these ashes, growth is possible. We get back up, re-examine our world, adjust our expectations and move forward, a little wiser and stronger. We grow in response to the trauma.

Mindful examination of the two internal guidance systems behind our action can refine errant predictions and misguided reactions.

Experience burns into the networks of the brain, creating a map to quickly assess new experience

FLS link. A Narrative Identity that Heals: We write the story of our life. We create our identity through the narrative that we tell. We must create a narrative that heals our wounded souls.

FLS link. Neuroplasticity and Learning. The Brain and new habits

FLS link. Passionate Purpose. We need passionate purpose to energize our flat lives, giving fire to existence and joy to routines.

Flourishing Life Society Link. Sunshine and Mental Health

Motivation. Tips for Staying Motivated. A Flourishing Life Society article image link

A Flourishing Life Society article image link. Self Determination

FLS link. Self-Sabotage: We hurt ourselves. We sabotage healthy endeavors to escape the discomfort of change, settling back into our self-made prisons of stagnation.

We struggle to objectively evaluate ourselves. We subjectively change the facts to fit our self-supporting reality.

FLS Link. Self-forgiveness: Genuine self-forgiveness is a process of accepting responsibility, working through the emotions, repairing damage, and recommitting to values.

We are engaged in a constant work of becoming, satisfying needs, entertaining wants, and creating meaning. We can do this purposely or haphazardly.

Flourishing Life Society article link for Social Desirability Bias

Internal FLS link. Victim Consciousness: We learn patterns of engagement. Transactional Analysis defines many of these patterns, giving greater clarity to misguided human transactions. The perpetual victim often overlooks avenues of escape, relying on superficial support for strokes of attention. We can recognize these patterns and provide a more healing response.

Flourishing Life Society Link. Article: Three Emotional Regulation Techniques

Uncertainty Avoidance. A Flourishing Life Society article link

Internal FLS link. Attuning with an Improved 'Theory of Mind': The human capacity to consider underlying mental states associated with behaviors must be carefully developed to improve predictions and attune with others.

Traumatic pasts place strain on the present. If finding love has been painful, we begin to respond defensively with new prospects. We can reprogram and graciously and intimately love.

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