The Power of Thought

Cognitions & Happiness

The Power of

Thought

Based on the textbook chapter by Alison Bryant

How does way you think affects the way you feel?

Subjective Wellbeing

A person’s evaluation of their life, including both their cognitive judgments of satisfaction, and their appraisal of their emotions and mood.

Cognitions

All forms of knowing and awareness

perceiving judging

imagining reasoning

What influences our thoughts?

Self-esteem

Cognitive appraisal

Explanatory style

Self-efficacy

Self-esteem

How a person sees, thinks and feels about themselves.

Cognitive appraisal

How a person interprets an event or situation.

Was it good or bad?

Explanatory style

How a person explains and describes an event or situation.

Do you have an optimistic or pessimistic explanatory

style?

Self-efficacy

The belief that one can perform adequately.

Self-fulfilling prophecy

What could you be eliciting from a situation or person with a false belief you may hold?

Become consciously aware of your thoughts…

The power for change

Rational emotive behaviour therapy

Acceptance and commitment therapy

Affirmations

Rational emotive behaviour therapy

Conquer self-defeating thoughts by replacing them with more rational thoughts.

Acceptance and commitment therapy

Observe cognitions for what they are – language, words, pictures – as opposed to what they appear to be, threatening truths and facts.

Affirmations

A positive statement said to counteract a negative belief.

You have the power

Create what you want to experience in your world!

Seek positivity

GUARD YOUR THOUGHTS…

They are incredibly powerful

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