Putting Positive Psychology Into Practice

Hi Byte Wellness Fam,

How are you feeling?

I’m sick! Not sick and tired (although we have every reason to be sick and tired of all that’s going on in the world. I’m just (barely) under the weather. A year ago, I’d probably have piled more work onto my plate and pushed through my sore throat and low-grade fever to get it all done.

But, now, I’m in a different era.

NOW, I’m not simply willing to listen to my body, scale back the work and make time to heal.

I’m determined to do so.

When we talked about leaning into feelings of being at ease in this week’s #PhyteWellWednesday Workshop, I had no idea how soon that practice would be a necessity, not simply a nice-to-have.

Watch the recording below to do the feelings exercise for yourself. And, check out Dr. Alana Arnold’s (our guest’s) consulting company that helps parents set kids up to be healthy for a lifetime: www.linktr.ee/pempal 

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Discussion Question

This Week’s discussion question:

  • What are some things/people that made you feel *good* last week? How exactly did they make you feel?

Making Space to Feel Good

When is the last time you made space in your life to just feel good? We make space to do all sorts of other things! We block time off on our calendars to work, to serve our families, to contribute to our communities. We even make space to catch up on the news- wading through all the trying (sometimes triggering) events taking place in the world.

For most of us, it’s rare to name a block of time as “feel good time”. But, we should.

We deserve to feel good. We deserve to feel good!

And, in order to fight our disease risks, we NEED to feel good.

According to a 2023 research study, cycling through these 16 positive emotions in our everyday lives might help us lower our risks of chronic inflammation (which is a major cause of chronic disease and is constantly triggered when we feel stress):

  • enthusiastic

  • interested

  • determined

  • excited

  • amused

  • inspired

  • alert

  • active

  • strong

  • proud

  • attentive

  • happy

  • relaxed

  • cheerful

  • at ease

  • calm

So, alongside drinking my water and taking tylenol this weekend, I’m being intentional about creating the environment that makes space for those 16 potentially anti-inflammatory feelings.

I’ll watch get some laughs from Living Single and Seinfeld. I’ll lounge around the house and let myself feel at ease. We’ll see what else comes.

What are you doing to cultivate these 16 positive disease-fighting feelings and others?

Let me know. We can all learn from what works for you.

Happy Healthy Living,

Dr. Wuse

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