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Getting Started, Lifestyle, Mindset

The Power of Positive Mantras for Mental Wellness

Corie Muldoon

What’s a mantra? A mantra is a statement or motivating chant repeated often.

This statement or chant is positive in nature and helps us build a more positive mindset. We are intentionally thinking specific thoughts to influence our actions in a positive way.

To change who we are, we have to change what we do. To change what we do, we have to change what we think about. Every action starts in the form of a thought.

When we repeat a thought over again with emotion (positive & negative), our subconscious mind eventually picks it up. When the subconscious mind picks a thought up, it starts to manifest it in real life.

What we think about constantly with strong emotion, expands. That’s why it’s important to become aware of what we’re thinking about on a daily basis.

The 5-word mantra meditation is a five minute meditation. The five words that are used are release, peace, tranquility, love, and joy.

Comment your favorite mantra below!

One of my favorite mantra is “one more step” – I use it a lot when I’m running, helps ground me in the moment & focus on what I can control

Relationships

10 Positive Thoughts for Building Confidence in Your Relationship

Corie Muldoon

A healthy relationship starts with positive thoughts.

Bring awareness to your mind’s chatter.

Are your thoughts positive or negative? Are they helping or hurting you?

Weeds vs Good Seeds

We are the farmer, and our mind is the land.

It’s our daily duty to:

  1. Pull weeds (notice negative thoughts, work through them, let go)
  2. Plant good seeds (think positive thoughts)
  3. Water seeds daily (repeat positive thoughts with emotion)

Good Seeds for Confidence

Here are some positive thoughts to help you grow confidence, certainty, and security in your relationship. Repeat them daily with full faith.

1. “I trust myself and my partner.”

2. “Our relationship is strong and resilient.”

3. “I am worthy of love and respect.”

4. “We communicate openly and honestly.”

5. “I choose to focus on the moment and let go of worries about the past or future.”

6. “Our bond grows stronger with each passing day.”

7. “I am secure in our love and commitment to each other.”

8. “We navigate challenges together, as a team.”

9. “I celebrate our unique connection and relationship.”

10. “I am enough, and our relationship is enough.”

By adopting these mantras, you’ll cultivate a more confident and secure mindset, allowing you to nurture a healthier, happier relationship.

General

Staying Centered: How Healthy Reminders Keep Good Vibes Flowing Daily

Corie Muldoon

If you’re looking to create a more positive mindset, there’s a practice in the Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale that I love and use on the regular. It’s easy and only takes a few minutes each day.


The Process

  1. Write down some healthy reminders on index cards
  2. Flip through them everyday until you memorize them
  3. Repeat your healthy reminders daily

This practice helps to create a more positive mindset for ourselves.

Like a farmer, we must sow good seeds or weeds will start to grow.


Staying Centered

When I’m happy, healthy reminders keep the good vibes flowing.

And when I’m upset, healthy reminders help clear things up.

Up or down, healthy reminders work to keep us centered.

Repeating our healthy reminders daily is the key to lasting results.


Below are some of my favorite reminders that keep my mind feeling happy, healthy, and fit:


Healthy Reminder Examples

Keep on stepping

You are loved

Be unafraid

Yes you can

You can do all things

Be free

Hang loose

Believe

You matter

You are brave

Relax and release

You are beautiful

Any sayings come to mind that make you feel happy, safe, strong, empowered?


Faith-Based Reminders

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

According to your faith be it unto you

If ye have faith nothing shall be impossible unto you

Be ye transformed by the renewal of the mind

If god be for me, who can be against me

Faith power works wonders

I believe God gives me power to attain whatever I really want

I expect the best and with God’s help will attain the best

Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel

Be unafraid of what you do not know
Give me Thy healing peace in my nervous system as well as in my soul

May the love of Christ fill my soul; may the love of Christ for __ fill my soul

The Lord is the strength in my life… in this I will be confident

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength


Wrapping Up

This week’s healthy homework is to create your own list of healthy reminders.

Write them out on index cards, your mirror, your phone – wherever you can to keep these good thoughts top of mind.

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Mindset

Most things we fear never come to pass

Corie Muldoon

How many times have we replayed certain scenarios in our heads for them to never happen?

Or we imagine things one way, and they turn out another?

Or we act out of fear and regret it later?

Our brain is meant to do 3 simple things:

  • separate what’s important from what is senseless
  • keep things in perspective
  • only become troubled by what is worth becoming troubled over

When we use our brain properly, we end 90% of our troubles.

We live in the moment…

We take in whatever is happening now, and do what we think is best.

We ground ourselves in the moment by focusing on our senses.

And we use our brain to guide us through whatever situation we find ourselves in today, right now.

“You’ve endured countless troubles – all from not letting your ruling reason do the work it was made for – enough already” -Marcus Aurelius

Healthy Habits

How do we take blame?

Corie Muldoon

Someone says something that doesn’t sit well with us for whatever reason.

We may be taking it personally.

Taking blame in this situation would be asking more questions before responding right away.

So instead of clapping right back, we take a breath and ask ourselves…

How can we respond with love in this moment?

Responding with love is holding ourselves and our actions accountable.

And we can start by trying to understand the other person’s intentions.

What are they really trying to communicate?

What are they looking to get out of saying it?

Focusing on the why they said it vs what they said.

Communicating thoughts and feelings is tough on EVERYONE. Most people don’t even realize it’s a thing.

Taking blame is realizing that we all play a role. That we can ask better questions to get better results. That we may actually be the one adding fuel to the fire.

We’re responsible for all of our actions or lack there of. Taking blame is knowing that our actions either make things better or make them worse. We’re responsible for reflecting and adjusting along the way.

Instead of pointing fingers, we ask ourselves: how we can show up and be better next time?

Healthy Habits

Take the blame, point the credit

Corie Muldoon

Old way of thinking: take the credit, point the blame. This is how most people operate.

New way of thinking: take the blame, point the credit. This is how the greats operate.

Take the blame

We’re responsible for our actions or lack there of.

What could have we done differently?

No pointing fingers at others.

What did we do wrong?

We don’t have to respond with blame on others, we choose to.

Point the credit

We’re responsible for creating incredible things.

You play a role. So do others.

Point the credit to others as often as you can.

For example, my blog post goes viral – I can only thank the tools I have in front of me, the people who made and manage them, and the inspiration around me because without them all a viral blog post would not even be a thing.

We see you putting in the work, however there are no gold stars in life. What we get are feelings.

We feel happy and accomplished for example even if it’s just for the time being.

And when we point credit, we give these gifts of happiness to others.

We feel happy and now so do they 🙂

Wrapping up

Give credit instead of taking credit. When you point credit to others… you are giving them a gift of happiness and a fine reputation to hold up.

Self reflect instead of pointing fingers. When you take blame and reflect on your actions… you grow as an individual and show up in the world a better person.