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Gratitude can relieve depression and anxiety, and it is an easy technique to use. There are pitfalls to avoid when focusing on gratitude, and one of them is guilt. Learn more in this week's podcast from A Decided Difference.

You can refresh your mind and your mood by doing something completely different from what you've done before, even if it is something small. The world is full of bad things we can't control, but we can create good things and put them out there. Join LouAnn for this week's podcast from A Decided Difference.

Feelings are not facts. If you feel powerless, it doesn't mean you are helpless. It may just mean you need to change your thinking. The greatest feeling of power comes from knowing what you can do and what you can't, and then doing what you can. Hear more in this week's podcast from A Decided Difference. To purchase LouAnn's book, A Decided Difference: The Secret to Positive Change, go to https://amzn.to/32k9WLZ. (LouAnn is an Amazon associate and earns a commission and royalties from your purchase of her book.)

Even if chaos is swirling all around, you can be okay. In this week's podcast from A Decided Difference, LouAnn shares listeners' excellent suggestions for finding comfort in the chaos.

What happens when you engage in too much positive thinking? There is a dark side to positive thinking, and it's made of too much sunshine. In this week's podcast from A Decided Difference, LouAnn considers "toxic positivity."

What does it mean to decide? A decision sets your mind into motion, instructing it on what to look for and where you want to go. In this week's podcast episode, find more ideas for making effective decisions. This the Amazon link to Writing Through Transitions: A Guide for Transforming Life Changes by Leia Francisco. As an Amazon Associate, I do receive a small commission if you buy through this link. Writing Through Transitions: A Guide for Transforming Life Changes And this is the link to my book on Amazon! A Decided Difference: The Secret to Positive Change

How do you make good decisions in the time of Covid? How can you feel confident you are making the right choices for your future? This week's podcast from A Decided Difference has ideas you can use, no matter what kind of decision you need to make.

Every society passes beliefs down through the generations, but those ideas can be outdated, if not downright false. In this week's podcast episode, LouAnn challenges three sets of beliefs that may be causing you pain and shares ideas for feeling much better.

These are the links to books and websites mentioned in podcast #392 on September 21, 2020. I am an Amazon affiliate. If you buy after clicking through these links, I get a small commission, but you pay nothing extra. Thank you for supporting my work at A Decided Difference! Shameless self-promotion: If you buy only one book, make it mine. :) A Decided Difference: The Secret to Positive Change If you are dealing with depression and/or anxiety, I recommend these books by David Burns, M.D. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life If you want practical help with identifying your dreams and reaching your goals, I recommend this (or any) book by Barbara Sher. Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want If you want to change your work or your personal life, identify and develop your strengths with the ideas of Marcus Buckingham, found in these two books. Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently For developing habits that serve you, this book by Charles Duhigg. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business And this one by James Clear. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones To understand your emotional mind and your rational mind and get them to work together, this book by Chip and Dan Heath. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard And, if you are a communicator or influencer, this book by the Heath brothers. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die To discover, develop, and strengthen your inner badass, these two books by Jen Sincero. You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth For clarifying what is really important to you, this book by Greg McKeown. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less And this, or any book, by Brené Brown. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone And finally, a link to the Clifton Strengths Finder test. (This is not an affiliate link.) Clifton Strengths Finder

We all need help in one form or another at various times in our lives. If you hesitate to ask for help, even when you need it, this week's podcast episode from A Decided Difference can provide the assistance you need.