Sources of influence of emotions Tutorial

Discover how your emotions are shaped by three powerful influences: the external environment, physical behaviors, and your thoughts. In "Sources of Influence of Emotions", we explore how sunlight, relationships, body posture, and mindset play a crucial role in your well-being. Uncover the key to transforming stress into positive energy and learn practical tips to elevate your mood today!

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sometimes making us feel stressed and other times creating positive energy.

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Here are three drivers the external environment,

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our physical behaviors or attitudes,

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and most importantly,

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the thoughts that we cultivate.

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Epictetus said it is not events that disturb people,

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it is their judgments concerning them.

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Now let's take a closer look at these three drivers.

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The first important source that influences

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our emotions is the external environment.

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We are influenced by the weather.

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We do not have the same energy,

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whether it's sunny or raining.

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We are influenced by the comfort and beauty of what surrounds us,

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the comfort of a mattress for a better quality of sleep.

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A mountain landscape or the crowd in a

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department store will contribute according to our past references

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to either lower or raise our level of stress.

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We are influenced above all by the quality of our relationships with other people,

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close or unknown.

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There are things in our environment over which we have

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little or no control the weather or traffic jams,

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the landscape,

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but there are many points in our environment on which we can act.

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Our relationships certainly,

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but also many details of our external environment.

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Are there not things in your surroundings that

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automatically put you in a positive internal state?

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A call to a friend,

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a perfume,

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a song,

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a pet,

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a photo.

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The second important source which interferes with our internal states,

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behavior,

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physical attitudes.

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If you stand up,

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if you start to jump in the air,

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if you smile,

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if you put yourself in a body dynamic,

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it is clear that your internal states will be improved positively.

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So try to get depressed by going jogging.

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You will observe after a while the fact of being in motion,

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the fact of moving,

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of breathing,

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of being in a good physical dynamic will positively improve your internal state.

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When you begin to feel stress,

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I advise you to switch places.

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Don't wait.

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Get up.

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Walk down the hall for a moment.

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Open the window if you can,

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and breathe deeply.

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Stretch lightly.

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Adopt another posture.

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Straighten up and breathe again.

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It will be much easier for you to change your internal state.

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In NLP,

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we talk about the posture of excellence or power posture.

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It is the physical posture that gives you the most well-being and self-confidence.

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You have standing power posture and sitting power posture.

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The power posture is often correlated to relaxed muscles,

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a straightened torso,

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in particular to open breathing and open the diaphragm,

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and a stability in the center,

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neither an imbalance on the right or on the left,

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centered and firmly anchored in the ground as

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if roots are anchoring you under your feet.

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You are a solid oak and you are a flexible reed.

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Want to change your internal state quickly.

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Go through the body.

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Third important source and undoubtedly most influencing our internal

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states and generating so much of our stress,

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our thoughts.

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Are your thoughts positive or negative?

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Are they pointing to the past,

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to the future,

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or to the present?

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Angry people often have their thoughts stuck on their past,

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which they dwell on and cannot change.

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Worried people are focused on the future that they worry about and cannot control.

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We do not have power over the past or the future,

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just over the present.

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When someone is stressed,

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it is essential to find out what is on their mind that invariably feeds their stress.

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Do they think to themselves,

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I'm not up to it.

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I will not make it.

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Or it was so much better with my previous boss or before the merger.

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Do they think to themselves,

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if I fail in this project,

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I will be fired,

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or all my colleagues are incompetent.

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And what effect do these thoughts have on their stress level?

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A huge effect,

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believe me.

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It is not events that disturb people.

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It is their judgments concerning them.

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Here we are.

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We have seen that our environment,

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our physical attitude,

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and our thoughts influence our internal states.

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The more we feel bad,

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the more we dwell on the negative and have physical and relationship difficulties.

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It's the vicious cycle of stress.

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The more we open up to the positive,

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the more amplified it is returned to us,

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it is the virtuous cycle of energy.

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