{"id":1487,"date":"2017-04-21T11:26:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T16:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:39:19","slug":"healthy-thinking-control-anxiety-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/healthy-thinking-control-anxiety-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice Healthy Thinking to Calm Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\"><em>Three healthy thinking strategies you can use to control negative thoughts and anxiety.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\">\u00a0<\/span>Negative thoughts trigger anxiety.\u00a0 \u00a0To prevent this from happening, practice healthy thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three ways to practice healthy thinking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/constructive-wallowing\/201501\/are-you-debbie-downer\">Recover from downer thoughts.\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Figure out which thoughts drag you down and \u00a0practice \u201creleasing statements\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>My downfall is eating too much chocolate.\u00a0 Sometimes I binge on chocolate and then feel badly that I overate.\u00a0 To recover from this thought, I forgive myself for overeating.<\/p>\n<p>A person should never berate himself.\u00a0 Berating yourself does not help anything.\u00a0 When I forgive myself for eating too much chocolate, I can redirect my energy into finding a strategy to prevent myself from repeating the same mistake.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/leadingwithquestions.com\/motivating\/study-reveals-a-conversation-trick-that-motivates-people-to-change-their-behavior\/\">Ask yourself questions<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use the \u201cQuestion-Behavior Effect\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Ask yourself questions about your future to increase the likelihood that you will change your behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of berating myself for eating too much chocolate, I ask myself how much weight I want to lose.\u00a0 Asking myself this question reminds me to make better food choices.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Focus on progress instead of perfection.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To reset your negative thoughts and self-doubt, think about who you are becoming.\u00a0 Focus on your progress instead of perfection!<\/p>\n<p>Every day I try to avoid eating chocolate.\u00a0 But this morning I ate three pieces of it from a candy jar on a clerk\u2019s desk.\u00a0 I did not just take one\u2014I took three!\u00a0 Shame on me, right?<\/p>\n<p>Instead of focusing on the fact that I ate three pieces instead of just one, I said to myself, \u201cI have come so far with my chocolate addiction.\u00a0 I took three instead of eating a whole bag of chocolate from the store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>I have been practicing healthy thinking for quite a few years.\u00a0 I still have to work at it but each day I get a little bit better.<\/p>\n<p>Soar like an <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\">eagl<\/a>e over the anxiety created by life\u2019s storms. \u00a0Practice healthy thinking \u00a0instead of negative thoughts!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">soar like an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/home\/damaged-bj-rae-encouraging-words-eagle\/\">Be proud of your scars!<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/video-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle\/\">Hey, watch my video, friend!<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/near-a-river-gallery\/\">Here is lots of encouragement for your life.<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/three-feathers-encouragement-near-river-bj-rae-eagle\/\">Yes, you can reach all of your goals this year.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">If you enjoyed this post, remember that BJ writes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">books<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/children\" data-slimstat=\"5\">children\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u>common core\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">is available on\u00a0Amazon.com\u00a0and\u00a0Barnesandnoble.com.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Buy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a><\/u>\u00a0<a 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