

Positive Pete, practices real forgiveness. Whether it’s a big offence, or a small offence, how we deal with these experiences can have major impacts on health and wellbeing. You found out your partner was having an affair?.Perhaps you’re spouse burnt your breakfast?Īnd sometimes people offend us in bigger ways:.Maybe someone cut in front of you on the way into work? or.Sometimes people offend us in small ways: We’re humans, there’s no way we can get through a single day without someone offending us. Real forgiveness results in improved cardiovascular health, and immune system function So where do you fit? I want to take a look at some of the main mental, emotional, and spiritual characteristics that promote wellbeing and healing and you decide. While Positive Pete’s thoughts, beliefs and attitudes are working for him to help promote healing and wellness, Negative Nancy’s are working against here. The best test of whether your mind is working for you, or against you is whether you’re a Negative Nancy or a Positive Pete.

They have the power to make you well, equally they can make you sick, very sick! The mind, your attitudes, and your beliefs are powerful. The nocebo effect is most obvious in medical trials where patients given a sugar pill or placebo develop the same side effects as if they were taking the real drug. There is a dark side to the placebo effect though, the nocebo effect. This is great news! People’s health has improved just because they believe what they are taking will help. This usually effects about 30% of people but in some situations it can be as high as 80%. In medicine this is the number of people that will see their condition improve, even though given a sugar pill that does nothing. You might have heard of the placebo effect. So too, there’s a chance that the problems your body is having, might really be coming from your mind, attitude and thoughts - especially if you’re a Negative Nancy!
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There’s a chance that the problems could be with the driver and not the car. Just like with cars though, sometimes those recurring health and chronic disease problems might not be mechanical. Like a mechanic looking at what’s gone wrong with the car. Often, we focus on the physical sides of health. So I’ll just wait here while you ask them. It may sound flippant, but this is a really important question for your health. To learn more, see the privacy policy.If you asked your best friend or wife to describe you, do you think they’d call you a Negative Nancy or a Positive Pete? No you can’t ask your mum, she’s too biased! Please note that Urban Thesaurus uses third party scripts (such as Google Analytics and advertisements) which use cookies.
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