1. Modify Expectations
Unrealistic expectations can lead to disappointment and restrict experience.
2. Monitor Self-Talk
Minimize hostile, critical, and self-deprecating thoughts.
3. Live in the Present
Don’t waste time worrying about past troubles or possible future problems.
4. “Go with the Flow”
Accept what you can’t change, forgive faults, be flexible.
5. Laugh
Positive humor can be therapeutic, elevating heart rate, aiding digestion, relaxing
muscles, easing pain, and triggering the release of endorphins and other pleasurable
and stimulating chemicals.