Tag: Positive psychology

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2014: Letting It Go: Take Responsibility, Make Amends, and Forgive Yourself

By Baylor University

Forgiving ourselves for hurting another is easier if we first make amends—thus giving our inner selves a “moral OK,” according to Baylor University psychology researchers.

The research, published in The Journal of Positive Psychology, is significant because previous studies show that the inability to self-forgive can be a factor in depression, anxiety, and a weakened immune system, researchers said.

“One of the barriers people face in forgiving themselves appears to be that people feel morally obligated to hang on to those feelings. They feel they deserve to feel bad.

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2011: Appreciate “where you are right now.”

Find ways to Appreciate “where you are right now” in order to move to “where you want to be.”

This is a very important part of Law of Attraction. If you appreciate where you are, you will more easily be able to move to where you want to be. If you are looking at where you are as not a good place, then you are focused on the unwanted. So, as Law of Attraction will have it, you will get more of the unwanted. This is a hard one for many people to wrap their minds around.