Psychological exercise for training

To work on yourself, you don’t always need to see a psychologist. In some cases, it is enough to use special exercises. They are effective if you need to restore faith in your own strength. It can be difficult not to give in to despondency in a difficult situation. The goal may be to restore mental fitness and mental clarity. Such activities are quite simple, interesting and effective. Therefore, a good psychological exercise allows you to very quickly set yourself in the right direction.

How to get rid of stress

The “Balloon” exercise is quite interesting and simple. The task is performed mentally. It consists of imagining a balloon that inflates with each breath. After increasing it, you should hold your breath for 30 seconds. This psychological exercise must be repeated 5-6 times.

You can put your hands on your knees. After this, you should relax by closing your eyes. In your right hand you need to imagine a lemon, and then squeeze the juice out of it completely. The same must be done for the left hand. Moreover, it is not at all difficult to imagine. Then you should repeat the movement with both hands at the same time.

The psychological exercise “Seven Candles” is performed while sitting. You should sit comfortably with your eyes closed. After this, you need to imagine seven burning candles. You should take a deep breath. Then, imagining a candle, blow it out. The same steps must be repeated with the remaining candles.

The “Fly” exercise will help you get rid of facial tension. To do this, you need to close your eyes and imagine that a fly is about to land on your face. It is annoying and constantly falls on different areas of the skin. That is, the insect has to be driven away. You should not open your eyes.

If you imagine a lamp at chest level, this also allows you to feel better. If the lighting is directed downward, this is associated with a comfortable feeling. Then the lamp begins to shine upward, blinding the eyes. You should direct it downward in your thoughts.

Examples of warm-ups

Below are descriptions of exercises and games for warming up - they are grouped taking into account changes in the state of the group at different stages of training.

For initial setup

Before the start of the training, a warm-up complements the familiarization exercises and serves as the initial setup of the group.

“Get some napkins.” A fun exercise that creates a positive atmosphere and helps clarify some personal issues. The trainer invites those present to sit in a circle and, with the words “In case you need it, take as much as you want,” he passes the package around the circle. When everyone has taken away the napkins (usually they take about ten, rarely just one), he turns to the group: “Please introduce yourself and tell as many facts about yourself as there are napkins you took.”

In business training, facts may be relevant to the topic being studied (for example, how I can accomplish my sales plan).

"Three goals." Participants in threes describe their goals for the training, and the 3 most important ones are selected. Next, the groups unite according to the 3+3 principle, select 3 common goals, and so on in increasing order until one common group is formed. She also makes a general list of 3 goals. One of the participants then announces it.

"Rank". The coach invites the group to line up in ascending order depending on the given characteristics:

by height;
hair color (from light to dark);
height of heels (in the “female” audience);
birthday number;
duration of work in the organization (from “newcomer” to “old-timer”).

Physical activity is a good way to relieve nervous tension. It can be emphasized that, depending on the evaluation system (the criterion being assessed), any person can be first or last.

"Encryption". A small intellectual challenge that will help participants concentrate. The trainer reports: “This morning my agents intercepted the competitors’ encryption. It contains the names of all those presently gathered. The only thing we know is that each name is a message, and the subject of the letter is the strengths of our team in the person of our employees. Agents were able to decipher the signature - BUFFALO. Your task is to unravel the rest of the encryption."

Each participant deciphers his name so that a sentence is created that describes his best sides. This will take 5-7 minutes. For those who cannot cope with encryption on their own, the whole group helps.

If you need to connect the warm-up with the topic of business training, you can mention that in order to avoid the “traps” on the path to developing your business, it is important to be able to read “between the lines.”

To unite the group

And now the newly acquainted participants overcame their natural tension and shyness, and began to express their emotions more clearly and variedly. Disputes arose, heated discussions, perhaps even claims. The time is coming to form a stable team and start working. Accordingly, warm-up at this stage of group work should be aimed at developing the skill of cohesive action and a smooth transition to the content of the training.

"Typewriter". Participants come up with and write on the board a goal for the upcoming module. The resulting phrase is divided into letters. Each team member is assigned one letter in order of pronunciation (in a small group, participants are assigned individual words). Next, the phrase “printed out” on a typewriter:

the first “letter” claps its hands once, followed by the second, third, etc.;
the space is knocked out with one general clap,
punctuation marks - everyone claps their hands twice.

A sentence is typed when the typewriter “claps” it at a uniform pace, following the order of the letters and silently. This is not always possible the first time.

For motivation and concentration

Before starting a new block, you need to increase your concentration.

"To ten". This warm-up (and part-time team game) develops reaction speed and activates the attention of everyone present at the training.

The coach slowly turns around in the center of the circle and counts out loud to 10. Having stopped, he points to one of the group and calls out any number up to 10. The one who was named quickly shows it on his fingers, and his neighbors on the right in a chain depict the remaining numbers up to 10 ascending. Anyone who makes a mistake or delays becomes the new driver.

"Fox Hunting" A fun, dynamic warm-up is an energizer that will help relieve stress after studying complex material and switch attention from one training topic to another.

Those present depict a fox tail - they place their hand behind their back and press their palm (the back side) to their lower back. The trainer voices the story: “The best way to catch a fox is to pour salt on its tail,” and commands “Catch it!” Everyone runs freely around the hall along it, trying to touch the “tail” of the other “fox” with their free hand and at the same time not being caught. The participant who had salt poured on his tail (touched his palm) stops and continues to “catch foxes” without leaving his spot.

The coach makes sure that the rules are not broken.

Under active work

The participants have reached peak performance and have sufficient trust in each other. They are collected - they easily perceive the most important, key topics, and are able to solve the most complex and daring tasks. Warm-ups at this stage of training are also as daring as possible.

"Menagerie". Sitting in a circle. The trainer invites everyone to take turns naming an animal. Everyone listens, trying to remember who will call who. For better memorization, everyone first repeats what the previous participants said, and then names their animal (using the snowball principle).

Next, the trainer sets the rhythm in which the exercise must be performed - 2 clapping hands and 2 strikes of the palms on the knees.

It looks like this: the first participant claps his hands twice, names his animal (“fox”), hits his knees twice and names the animal of the one to whom he wants to pass the move. The one whose animal was named picks up the rhythm: clapping his hands twice, he names his animal (“cat”), hits his knees twice and names someone else’s animal, etc.

The pace of execution gradually increases. The one who makes a mistake, after clapping his hands, must not name, but depict his animal - make its characteristic sound. The rest, passing the move to this participant, play this sound instead of the name of the animal.

This exercise is only appropriate in a well-warmed-up group with a high degree of trust.

After lunch

After lunch, the “boiling of the brain” is replaced by slight laziness. To bring participants back to a collected state and continue working, you need to a) shake them up and b) help increase their concentration. Motor warm-ups - energizers and energizers - will perfectly cope with the first task, and logical and intellectual tasks with the second.

“And I’m going...” The group sits in a circle, one chair is empty. The player sitting on the left quickly changes to him and says: “And I’m coming!” A second one moves into his place with the words “And I’m nearby!”, followed by the third in the chain: “And I’m a hare!” The fourth, occupying the vacant chair, says: “And I’m with...” and names anyone from the team, who sits in his place. At the point where the circle is broken, the chain begins again, the participants change seats faster and faster, and so on until the required intensity.

“Draw without lifting the pencil.” Puzzles familiar from childhood engage the brain and help one go beyond ordinary logic. Their essence is simple - to draw some form without lifting the pencil or tracing the line twice.

"Thirty three". An excellent afternoon warm-up - it turns on the mind and body at the same time, and is wonderfully invigorating.

Stand in a circle or semicircle. Those present must count down the chain to 33. But there are several small “tricks”:

a number divisible by “3” is replaced by clapping your hands;
the number containing "3" is replaced by crouching;
a number divisible by "3" and containing "3" is replaced by a squat clap.

Usually the group accurately counts to 9, and gets confused: some cannot quickly remember the multiplication table, others confuse the movements. You have to start over again - with the participant who made a mistake. But vigor and good mood are guaranteed!

To get rid of tension

The participants received a lot of new information and worked it out in created situations. But the end of the training is still far away, and in order to “refuel the batteries” of everyone present, a small warm-up is needed to relieve tension and fatigue.

"Charger". Standing in a circle. The coach invites: “Now everyone will remember any exercise from their morning exercises, and we will do exercises together.” And he himself demonstrates the first exercise, performs it with the group 3 times, and passes the move clockwise in a circle. The new physical educator gives his exercise, also repeats it three times with the group, and so on in the chain.

Fast, energetic exercises bring laughter, while relaxing exercises bring a feeling of satisfaction. Knowing this, you can command: “And now – something invigorating! And now – relaxing!”, and manage the emotional and energetic state of the group. It is also useful to complement this warm-up with fun music like “Deep breath, arms wider”

And if you mention it before starting it, in order to encourage others to take the necessary activity, it is important to take leadership and show a personal example - as it was now, it can serve as a bridge to the relevant business topic.

"Mrs. Mumble." Another fun workout warm-up that's great for relieving tension and provides a good backdrop for you to continue working on.

Sitting in a circle. The first player, in a stern voice and with the most serious expression on his face, turns to the neighbor on the right: “Excuse me, have you seen Mrs. Mumble?” He answers with the phrase: “No, I didn’t see it. But I can ask my neighbor,” and also seriously asks the first question to his friend on the right side, and so on in a circle. An important condition is that participants must ask and answer questions while looking into the interlocutor’s eyes and not bare their teeth, i.e. don't smile. The facial expression and voice are very comical. The exercise is counted as completed when the dialogue is transmitted along the chain without laughter or mistakes.

To sum it up

At the final stage, it is important for participants to remember everything they have learned, to feel the value of what they have learned, and, of course, to consolidate a positive attitude - in order to experience the desire to act.

"Group drawing" . A creative and at the same time dynamic warm-up in which teams “depict” their thoughts, conclusions and reflections in every way: drawing, sticking stickers, making collages and team presentations.

"Wishes in the sunshine." Each group member draws a sun with rays on a blank sheet of paper (according to the number of participants, except themselves). Write your own name in the center of it. Next, the drawing is passed around the circle - all participants leave their compliments and wishes between the rays. Having passed through the entire chain, the drawing returns to its owner.

Increased self-esteem

It's easy to boost your self-esteem with simple exercises. These can be psychological exercises for training and those that you can do yourself. It is necessary to identify the qualities that will be worked on. For this purpose, it is preferable to take an ordinary piece of paper and list on it the positive character traits that need to be strengthened. You should refer to this list daily as you work on these traits.

But in the evening there is no need to be sad or engage in self-flagellation. You should make a list of even small victories. The list should include even minor achievements. Here every victory is of great importance. This task is very effective for psychological relief.

Individual psychological exercises can be carried out as daily work with affirmations. You need to set a positive attitude for yourself and read it in the morning. This approach helps a lot to improve the situation during the day. If something doesn’t work out, then you just need to remember the morning setting and repeat it. You should also read books written by successful people. For example, “The Richest Man in Babylon” by J. Clason, “The Subconscious Can Do Anything” by J. Kehoe and others.

You should not assume that using such exercises will allow you to achieve obvious results quickly enough. It all depends on perseverance and self-confidence. If you move step by step, you will gradually get better.

Principles of Positive Thinking

What are the basic principles of positive thinking? They include certain attitudes, exercises and techniques that help to form positive personal qualities and a positive way of thinking. In order to eliminate negative thinking and begin to think positively, you must practice these principles every day and sincerely believe in their effectiveness. Here are the main ones.

Our thoughts materialize. The world around us treats us the way we treat it. Be kind, caring, help others and you will see that the world will reciprocate you.
The main thing in life is love. She always accompanies us. Love is at the core of learning to think positively and attract good things. Accompany all your actions with care, respect, and do not show indifference. A positive person treats everyone with love and kindness.
The world around us is not limited, the resources in it are limitless. It sounds unusual, but try repeating this phrase to yourself every day. And you will see: if you really want something, you will definitely get it.
Each of us is the author of our own destiny. There are many studies confirming that self-confidence is one of the keys to success. Don't look for the reasons for your failures in other people. Believe that everything in your life depends only on you.
Love yourself. Tell yourself every day that you are smart, beautiful, happy. Praise yourself even for small victories.
The world around us is fair: if something happened to you, then you deserve it. So do good deeds and the world will reciprocate. This principle is similar to the method of causal positive thinking, widely used in psychology.
Our world is unique and worthy of admiration. Don't take for granted everything you have. Every day, thank fate for any pleasant little things. A positive person always concentrates on the good and finds pleasure in everyday little things.

Psychological exercises for groups

Classes in a team, which can be formed of several people, are quite effective. Psychological exercises (group) are aimed at simultaneous work with several participants. Best of all, such activities help to resolve communication difficulties.

A fairly popular problem is the following: a person feels different from everyone else. Because of this, he develops a feeling of internal discomfort. He also begins to experience loneliness, believing that others do not understand him. In this case, a certain psychological exercise helps.

Its purpose is to show the individuality of each of those present. To do this, you need to distribute a napkin to all participants. Then you should carry out a series of actions, without paying attention to the other participants:

Fold the sheet in half.
Open the top right corner.
Fold the sheet in half again.
Repeat the action with the corner.
Do the same for the third time.
Repeat everything 4 times.

After this, each participant needs to unfold the piece of paper and show the snowflake. Participants compare the images obtained through bending. And the remarkable thing here is that the same instructions were initially used. At the same time, different snowflakes turned out. This is exactly how the best psychological exercises work. They are unobtrusive and revealing. The training discussed above clearly demonstrates the individuality of each participant.

Exercise to develop creative thinking

Try a simple exercise.

Assignment:
imagine in front of you the most ordinary brick, white or red.
Now write down on paper ten ways to use it in non-standard ways. What else can a simple brick be useful for, other than for construction? Write any answers that come to your mind. Example answers:

you can sell it
you can sit
can be placed under a car wheel,
use for self defense...

General goal:
In the future, also reflect on any negative situation that has happened or may happen in your life.
Instead of a brick, you can use any object that catches your eye for the exercise.

Ask yourself:

- What benefits will I get from failure in this case?

Over time, you will learn to find positives in seemingly completely negative situations, which will help you avoid negative thinking.

Active sports will help you throw out suppressed aggression and negative emotions.
Yoga promotes deep relaxation and healing of the body. Any physical exercise gives us a good mood and a boost of vitality. Try to be outdoors more often, in the fresh air.
The contemplation of flowing water, the feeling of a warm breeze and the sounds of birds singing heal the soul no worse than psychotherapy.
Try to combine walks in nature with deep, relaxed breathing.
It can be symbolically scattered to the wind. If you have been sincere with yourself, after this exercise you will feel freedom and lightness.

This will be a way to get rid of negative thinking. If you are worried about something, do it to the maximum!

In foreign psychological practice, there was a case when a man came to a psychotherapist who considered himself... a giraffe. He did not have any mental disorders, but nevertheless, the unfortunate man could not rationally explain why he felt this way. The psychotherapist used a trick, telling the client “in secret” that all people are actually giraffes, it’s just that no one has the courage to admit it. As a result, the man felt understood and calmed down, his life improved.

Based on this example, you can take your experiences to the most absurd form in order to eventually laugh and restore inner peace. It's good to have someone nearby who will laugh with you.

A physical way to combat negative thinking

The physical way to eliminate negative thinking is based on the method of negative reinforcement.

This method is as effective as it is difficult because you will have to constantly monitor your thoughts.

Put a thin rubber band on your wrist (they usually tie up stacks of banknotes).
As soon as you think about something bad, pull the rubber band to the side and suddenly let go.
The painful sensation will remind you that you are thinking incorrectly.

The main secret of success is that if you cannot change the situation, then you need to change your attitude towards it.

Developing new life attitudes requires constant monitoring of your thoughts, try to notice when you have negative thinking.

PS The result you get in the end will more than compensate for all your efforts. Make an effort to combat negative thinking, this will definitely help defeat it. About a healthy balance of positive and negative thinking here:

Improving family relationships

A family in which there is no mutual understanding between children and parents is not happy. You should be able to negotiate, explain and defend your point of view. At the same time, it is extremely important to act tactfully and not offend anyone with your behavior. In order to understand each other as best as possible, you should also pay attention to psychological exercises for children and adults.

One successful example is the Glass Door exercise. To implement it, you need to imagine a subway car. It was as if one participant managed to enter it, but the other did not. Glass doors have appeared between them, preventing audibility but maintaining visibility. And now the person remaining on the platform wants to tell his friend about where the next meeting will take place. The time to talk is 15 seconds, because after that the train leaves.

During the exercise, participants must position themselves at a distance of 1 meter from each other. After this, they need to spend 15 seconds agreeing on a meeting place and time. Then the train leaves, and the person remaining on the platform talks about whether he understood his partner.

Psychological exercises for training at home can involve more people than in a couple. Thus, the father could stay on the platform, and the mother and son could leave. Or the daughter is alone in the carriage, and mom and dad agree with her on a meeting place. This exercise should be repeated several times. The more options you come up with, the better.

Benefits of Positive Thinking

Focusing attention. Positive thinking allows you not to waste energy on negativity, but helps you concentrate on solving problems. That is, you get back into your usual routine faster. You are wondering what you can do instead of staying depressed for a long time. Negative emotions - regret, irritation - stop going around in your head. From now on, you are focused on the experience gained and direct your thoughts in the direction of finding solutions.

Self-control. The ability to think positively drives away gloomy thoughts. This prevents you from doing reckless things that you might regret. When you are in a bad mood or angry, sometimes you act stupid or lose control of yourself. In most cases, responding negatively to a situation only makes it worse. The worst action is to bury yourself deeper into problems.

Thoughts are material

You receive from the universe what your attention is focused on. If you have negative thoughts and are fixated on bad events, then your life will be filled with nothing but problems.

And with positive thinking, you always attract positive situations into your life.

Positive thinking creates reality, not just directs your thoughts in the right direction. By learning to think positively, you will plunge into a positive life, because such thoughts contribute to positive actions that lead to the achievement of your goals.

Having developed positive thinking in yourself, you will be able to see what others are not able to see, look at the situation from a different perspective. This will happen because you change your mindset and redirect your focus.

For example, in any trouble that happens you will always notice not only one negative, you will be able to look at the situation from the other side, learn to focus on the positive aspects of what is happening

Benefits of Positive Thinking

If a person is always negative, he will be able to see only the bad in current events, missing the positive aspects, even if they are obvious. Having formed a worldview, things that are outside its boundaries are perceived very difficult. The point is that you will constantly be in a state of mental peace and regard all the events that happen in your life as nothing more than just an experience, even a very bitter one.

The benefits outlined above are not a complete list of the benefits you get by mastering positive thinking. In some ways, you will become almost fearless by developing a certain mindset and learning to think positively.

Fearlessness comes from knowing that no matter what happens to you, at any time in your life, you will be able to accept it without losing your positivity.

Living without fear and having the determination to live against all odds is an invaluable quality in our time. Once you master it, you will become stronger as a person, and nothing can break you on the way to your desired goals.

Exercises for the little ones

Children like to look for a hidden object, performing a corresponding psychological exercise. To do this, you need to place something in the room and blindfold the child. Then you should give out loud commands regarding how to move around the room. They can sound in the following form: “Take a step to the right, turn around, sit down.” And after finding the item, it’s a good idea to change roles.

How to summarize the results should be discussed with the child about the difficulties of completing the exercise. What was easier to do - listen to orders or command?

The game "Crocodile" is very popular. One participant, using facial expressions and gestures, explains a word to everyone. It can be any noun or fixed expression. It can be abstract or concrete. The person who solves the riddle correctly asks the next question.

Exercises to improve sociability

If you have problems with communication skills, you also need to turn to a number of exercises. This is not at all difficult to do at home, but it is best to practice in a group. When conducting various types of training, various socio-psychological exercises are used. The success of the training group is to improve the individual's interpersonal abilities.

Such exercises are aimed at:

Learn to perceive yourself and others.
Obtain a range of socio-psychological knowledge.
Better understand each other's messages.
Feel your own involvement in emerging situations.
Understand the features of interpersonal communication.

Classification

Exercises in psychology can be divided into several groups depending on different criteria:

style, theme;
focus of work;
work style, approach.

By style and theme

The topics of psychological exercises are divided into personal (improving existing skills) and professional (promotion in business). They can be combined or worked on in turn.

Personal

To begin to develop in any direction, learn to communicate with people, make new acquaintances, move up the career ladder, you need to change yourself. Personal trainings have been developed for this purpose.

Business trainings

Such techniques rarely involve personal comparison. They are needed to develop new strategies for business development and improve personnel management skills.

Training to improve skills

The slogan of such exercises is “mastery loves practice.” To develop existing skills, psychologists offer people to study new theoretical data and reinforce their knowledge with practical training.

By area of work

Depending on the focus of the work, several trainings are distinguished:

Transformational. Needed to influence deep states, values, beliefs, principles. During exercises, internal changes occur.
Research. They help you deal with internal limitations and gain emotional experience.
State trainings. Needed to overcome internal barriers and childhood fears.
Psychotherapeutic. Help you cope with difficulties.
Personality development. They teach general things. They are obliged to help a person in different life situations.

By approach and style of work

Before performing the exercises, you need to study how the training is conducted and what approaches the psychologist uses. Before signing up for psychological training, you need to read reviews from other people.

Examples of exercises for training

The “Snowball” exercise helps to defuse the situation a little at the beginning of any training. It consists in each of the participants taking turns calling their name and the epithet for it. But the adjective must begin with the first letter of the name. This could be Andrey Adekhvatny, Sergey Serious, Daria Dobraya and others. Thus, those present get the first impression of new acquaintances. And, importantly, the psychological exercise allows you to defuse the atmosphere and form the first contacts between the participants. 10 minutes are allocated for the exercise.

There is another exercise called “Compliment”. To complete it, you need to divide everyone present into pairs. After this, each of them should introduce themselves to their partner, giving him a compliment. The other person repeats this action. Then the pairs must change. But the other partner should name the last compliment he heard. The game should continue until those present become completely familiar with each other. The exercise takes 7 minutes.

Options for parents

Every adult is faced with a large number of issues that need to be resolved every day. This applies to work activities, problems in personal life, difficulties with raising children, and financial issues.

To improve your life, you need to take responsibility for everything that happens around you. It is not anyone who is to blame, but the person with whom events that do not suit him happen. Therefore, you need to realize the importance of your influence on what is happening. After this, you can do simple psychological exercises for parents.

You need to imagine that the whole family is a very small company. And for it to be successful, you need to behave by analogy with entrepreneurs. You should set goals, plan, manage employees, analyze activities, and distribute responsibilities. But you shouldn’t equate a family with something productive, for example, an enterprise that raises children.

Now you need to describe your ideal family. You should reflect on the general state of family affairs. It is necessary to identify and record the moments in which parents manage to control what is happening. All force majeure situations must also be noted. Thus, all the company’s weaknesses become identified.

Another exercise for parents

During the day, you should write down any complaints that arise. You also need to pay attention to other people's accusations. Such psychological exercises are very effective. Often we are not even aware of how much energy we spend blaming others for our troubles.

Once something similar appears in your head, you need to pay attention to this thought. All conclusions like “This happened because he acted this way” should be replaced with “What can I do to make the situation better?” You need to work on yourself for three weeks. The reward will be the habit of taking responsibility for everything that happens in your own life.

If the difficulty in solving life’s problems continues to be felt, then you need to perceive everything as a new task for creativity. You should realize that everything that happens is an experiment. It is also necessary to work on finding new solutions and use imagination. After all, such an approach to business is very interesting in comparison with the one that involves going with the flow.

Exercises to develop positive thinking

A person with positive thinking is always easy to pick out from the crowd. His actions are calm and confident, he looks healthy and in a good mood, he does not feel any difficulties in making new acquaintances and is easy to communicate with, people are always drawn to him.

The secret of such successful people lies in positive thinking, with the help of which everyone can achieve heights.

To achieve positive results, you need to develop positive thinking. Special exercises will help with this.

You need to fill your mind with good thoughts. To achieve results in this exercise, you need to look for positive thoughts every day, then there will be no time left for negative influences and the person will change his attitude towards himself and the environment. Work on the power of your own mind. The human mind is quite an important and powerful tool. With its help, a person makes important decisions and plans his future life. The mind can instill self-confidence in a person and give strength to work effectively and efficiently. Therefore, do not underestimate the power of your mind. Daily practice. One of the main criteria is constant practice and good thoughts. You need to plan your day in advance and set aside time to work on yourself. Law of attraction. Positive people are able to attract only positive emotions, and they are not afraid of failures, because they approach them wisely and quickly resolve them. Negativity, in turn, attracts only negative influences. Discipline. This difficult exercise should be followed in any situation.

Only discipline will allow you to soberly assess the situation and quickly make an important decision. This exercise will help a person to be concentrated and focused on working on himself. Expanding your horizons

To solve important problems, it is not enough to have certain knowledge. Sometimes for a non-standard solution you need to go beyond the usual and develop your own thoughts. Pursuit. Setting priorities and goals always helps you quickly and clearly achieve what you want. Even if there are no goals initially, it is worth starting with planning your own development. Celebration. To stay positive, it is important to take small breaks and celebrate your achievements. Sharing success with a loved one unloads the mind and relieves tension. Communication with like-minded people. Communication with people who are more successful will help a person stay afloat and set new goals for himself. Various sources. You shouldn’t get hung up on a certain treasure of knowledge. We need to develop and look for solutions and new information in different sources. This will help you develop more and reach greater heights.

Can positive thoughts impact us in more ways than just a smile on our face? Yes. Barbara Fredrickson, a PhD holder from Stanford University, is convinced of this. Fredrickson is one of the world's leading scholars of social psychology. Her works were widely disseminated and received honorary awards. Over 20 years of scientific activity, Barbara has conducted a number of studies aimed at studying the impact of emotions on human life in the future. What conclusions did she come to? Let's find out.

Exercise to improve family relationships

Now you need to decide on your dreams and desires. Perhaps the wife believes that first of all she needs to take care of purchasing a good house. The husband may believe that education for children is of great importance. Practical psychological exercises also include a discussion of the material side of the issue. The qualities you want to see in your family are also essential. Moreover, it is very important that spouses respect each other.

At this stage, you need to have a dream evening. It consists of telling each other your thoughts about an ideal family. In this case, husband and wife must be mutually frank. It is very important here to think about personal growth, giving importance to children. How do you see your relationship with them years from now? You can choose 5, 10, 20 years as reference periods.

Simple psychological exercises can often achieve significant results. This requires very little effort and patience. Perhaps living a stress-free life is an achievable goal. So why do we often ignore ordinary techniques, the implementation of which does not require additional costs? After all, it is better to foresee the situation or start eliminating the problem at the very beginning than to later seek the help of a specialist.