Words are powerful. They can affect a person’s mood, attitude, and outlook on life. If we are constantly being barraged by words that belittle us- most of the time these come out of our own mind – then we are going to go around viewing everything from a negative point of view. This can become a very difficult habit to stop.

The best thing we can do to shift from a negative point of view is to be mindful of the words we use. One way to do this is to build up a positive word bank. The way I like to do this is to think of a word that goes with each letter of the alphabet, and explain why the word makes me positively happy.

Aspire – This word makes me feel positively happy because it represents the dream I thought would never happen. I had honestly given up on the idea that I would ever go back to college. It seemed like an impossible dream. But look at me now, not only am I back in college, I aspire to obtain a Bachelors of Psychology