I'm from Kentucky -- you know -- where we bleed blue. Kentucky, after all, means fried chicken, horses, and, of course, BASKETBALL! There's one particular offensive move in basketball that I use a lot figuratively in the battlefield of my mind as a powerful strategy to help me CHOOSE 2 THINK. It can help you just as well to enjoy living daily with a renewed mind! It's the PIVOT. In basketball a pivot helps a player:
But how does PIVOTING help with your thoughts in the day-to-day of it all? Every day, we are bombarded with literally thousands upon thousands of THOUGHTS. Thoughts are not just particles floating around. They are chemicals that hold mental real estate in our brains. Scientific studies suggest that the lion's share of our daily thoughts are overwhelmingly repetitive and negative. Our thoughts come in many shapes, sizes, stripes, and colors and may stem from those otherwise emotionally taxing states of:
As we suit up with the armor God gives us to fight spiritual battles and to take captive our thoughts and keep a check on our emotions each day, we can employ this wonderful tactic of PIVOTING. We can choose to:
The slam dunk is the ultimate pivot RESULT that puts the lid on toxic thinking once and for all. When we involve God in the process, we find health, wholeness, and inner healing. My guests on the Choose 2 Think Podcast this week share stories of SLAM DUNKS they have made in their own lives when it comes to overcoming negative thinking and thought patterns that kept them defeated, exhausted, or stuck. This is a special curated podcast episode where you will meet these six amazingly brave and generous individuals: MAX ROOKE | Life2TheMax Website Life2TheMax Facebook Page Life2TheMax Facebook Group Instagram: maxjrooke Twitter: Max_Rooke LinkedIn Youtube Channel Free Challenge in December ADRIA SULLIVAN | Sanity Savers for Mom-preneurs Coaching Facebook Page Sanity Savers for Mom-preneurs This uplifting and encouraging Episode 049 of the Choose 2 Think Podcast comes your way soon!
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