Positive Thinking and Losses

As we start 2012, many of us have plans to carry out or goals to achieve.

The new year is just the perfect time to do it, how wonderful! Now...do you find yourself stuck and unable to move forward? Is there a loss in your life that holds you back? Do you try to practice positive thinking and it is not working?

I want to share with you how I see positive thinking and how this applies when we have suffered a loss.

• To think positively does not mean to ignore how we feel.

• To think positively does not mean to look the other way when we face a loss.

• To think positively is not to live in denial.

Thinking positively is being able to evaluate our situation and:

• To validate our emotions and know we can do something about how we feel. We reframe our thoughts.

• To acknowledge we are facing a loss and to process our grief, knowing there is hope in our lives.

• It is to accept what is happening to us and choose our response.


If we embrace these ideas, our "positive" attitude will come from within. It will be real. It will not be a mask we wear so others think we are "so positive." It is developing a sense of gratitude, of empowerment, and being able to see the possibilities that exist in your life. It is knowing our thoughts have a great influence on our emotions and that based on these emotions we act.

So, if you want to act with meaning, purpose and empowerment this year, take responsibility for your choices, use your resources, and have a transformation from the inside out.

Then....you will think positively without an effort!


Remember, as you transform your loss you can change your life!

Ligia/12