Positive thinking — Harness the power of optimism to help with stress management.

Thinking positive increased a specific brain region's activity and might have heightened immune response after a shot.

The secret to success, we are sometimes told, is the power of positive thinking. In fact, there’s a famous book devoted to that idea called, appropriately, The Power of Positive Thinking, and there’s ...

Positive thinking does not mean ignoring difficulties; it means approaching challenges with a constructive mindset. Students ...

Most Americans know the legend of Johnny Appleseed. In school—and via a famous Disney cartoon—we learned that he wandered barefoot through the western territories in America’s pioneer days, scattering ...

What could possibly be bad about “staying hopeful” or wrong about trying to “think positively”? Coaches and experts routinely say that fixing our mind-sets can help us fix most of our problems. For ...

Nowadays, positive thinking has become a popular concept, but what exactly does it imply? According to Mayo Clinic, positive thinking “doesn’t mean that you keep your head in the sand and ignore ...

Whether you realize it or not, the negative experiences you’ve lived through often influence your decisions. Your brain learns from difficult situations and painful memories, and these experiences get ...

I had a nice conversation on a plane the other day with a woman who told me that she learned about the importance of positive thinking from reading self-help books. When I asked if she found this ...

We’re always told by other people to think positive. The key to success is to believe, because once you do, you can achieve your goals. Anything is possible when you rely on the power of positive ...

Two studies published last year cast a bit of shade on the power of positive thinking and of avoiding negative emotions. This thinking came as a bit of a surprise to me, given that the business and ...

Dr. Kimberly Jarvis is CEO of All Career Matters, Inc., bringing over 20 years' experience to leadership and career development coaching. In this insanely complicated world, we are all struggling to ...