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 Positive Emotions & Wellbeing 

Blog : How To Create Positive Emotions

How can you enhance the way that you feel about yourself and lead a happier and more fulfilling life?

One of the things that makes a huge difference in how we feel is the experience of positive emotions. If we really want to enhance our well being, drawing on Martin Seligman's PERMA model, we need to increase the frequency of positive emotions. This means starting to seek out experiences which make us feel good and being intentional about increasing our positive affect. 

We can do this in three ways by increasing positive emotions and feelings in the past, present and future. This isn't about always feeling happy it's about the ratio of positive emotions: every emotion is a whisper which is biologically created to ensure we behave in a specific way, for example when we feel lonely we usually look at how we can connect with others maybe by going on social media or calling a friend or spending time with a family member or friend.

 
Today. we're focusing on positive emotions : one way we can increase our ability to experience these is through  visualization and vision boarding both of these support our ability to look at the future with optimism. When we imagine a brighter future,  we're working with our brains to rewire them and build new neural pathways. The process of imagining our ideal future can increase our experience of positive emotions : each of us will do this in a different way whether it is a visualisation or we do an exercise such as be, do, have. A skilled coach will work with clients as individuals to support them with the best methods for them.
 
Vision boards work in a similar way and can be great for people who may struggle to visualise: when you create a vision board you're effectively signposting to your brain what is important to it and value tagging those things. This process opens up your brain to possibilities which mean you're more open to finding the solutions or pathways towards what you want to achieve. The brain loves repetition and if you're wanting to build new neural pathways they also love repetition which is why daily visualisation, connection to your future self or vision boards can be effective in supporting the process of behavioural change. 
 
Equally, there is research around the power of having a personal vision when you're coaching clients, Richard Boyatzis has done a lot of research in this field and has found that when your clients connect with their ideal vision they activate specific areas in the brain called positive emotional attractors which helps them to think more creatively, solve problems, make decisions and enhances executive function. The research suggests for many clients this can help support more effective coaching sessions (remember all clients are different and if your client is neurodivergent this technique may not be effective - this is why great coaches are flexible and adaptable to their clients needs).
 
What will you do as a result of this email? maybe you'll spend some time working on your ideal future self or you can consider doing some more research around this subject. Or perhaps you'll notice when you feel emotions and consider how you can increase the frequency of positive emotions.
 
This forms part of Positive Psychology which is one of the core areas in our diploma courses - you can find out more about these here.

 

Podcast : The Power Of Vision

Today’s episode is inspired by Martin Seligman’s PERMA model, along with other models of wellbeing, which aim to increase the frequency of us feeling positive emotions. I’m going to be talking today about how we can change our inbuilt innate negativity bias by having more positive thoughts through the use of visualisation.

Here are the highlights:

(02:48) Rewire your brain

(05:03) Vision boards

(09:01) Positive emotional reactors

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