“Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.” – Robert Henri

Are you feeling uninspired and unmotivated? Do you wish life was easier?

Emotions such as these are great indicators to our thoughts and beliefs. By taking a moment to tap into your emotions you get to uncover what triggered them in the first place and in so doing you can find out if you hold a negative mindset or limiting belief.

Let’s consider the emotions already mentioned where you may feel uninspired or unmotivated. If you stop for a moment and allow yourself to feel those emotions, you can listen to the thoughts that you attach to them. You might hear yourself saying things like life is hard, things never go your way or you’re stuck in a rut. Discovering your thoughts then lead you to understand the beliefs behind them. These beliefs could be that life is a struggle, opportunities are always hard to come by or maybe you believe that you’ll never make it because you don’t have what it takes.

Once you have some idea of the beliefs that are influencing your thoughts and emotions you can reflect back over your life to see where they came from. Can you hear similar words being spoken by your parents or teachers? Nonetheless, even if you’re not sure what started you off believing in this negative way you can still do something about it.

Remember, we were all born with the same wide eyed view of the world where everything was possible. Try to think the opposite of what your negative beliefs are and imagine, with a childlike innocence, of how the positive equivalent of those negative beliefs would feel like. Choose to feel emotions that directly oppose the negative ones and write down words that represent these good feelings. Focus on these new words that give you positive feelings every time you feel your negative emotion so that you recognise it but then replace it with how you want to feel.

So cherish your emotions and allow them to give you insight into your thoughts and beliefs so that you can make any changes that are necessary to your mindset in order to bring back a sense of wonder, joy, love and happiness into your life.