The Science of Using Imagination to Change How You Think and Feel | Cassandra Vieten

You can change the story you're telling yourself about your past, and it really changes a lot about how you think, how you feel. How you show up in the world, the decisions you make, your behavior. And it also changes interestingly your brain, your biochemistry. your brain doesn't actually differentiate as much between what you imagine and what actually happens as you might think. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.

Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think. Ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity self-pity. Jealousy or fear.

We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.

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