Love and Light: Negative Nelly
By Leigha Randolph on March 12, 2025
Why are we all Negative Nellies? What happened to make us all negative beings in our culture and world today?
The truth is, we were born this way.
When we were born, we were gifted by our parents with an evolutionary trait called, “Negativity Bias.” This gift was essential to our ancestors’ survival. It was necessary for their brains to be wired to prioritize potential threats and negative information over positive information to prevent them from getting eaten by a tiger in the wild.
Thankfully, we don’t have to worry about getting eaten by a tiger as we walk around the world today. Today, our tigers come in different forms. These tigers can come in the form of encountering passive aggressive emails and stumbling across rude humans.
Neuroplasticity grants us the opportunity to transform our brains from thinking like a negative Nelly to a positive Polly. Just the conscious awareness that we are born with a negative bias is beneficial in altering our mindset. After we make the conscious decision for ourselves to think more positively, we must act accordingly when the tigers show up.
Firstly, take three deep breaths by inhaling through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. Secondly, list three things in the moment that you are grateful for. Thirdly, reflect upon the tiger and determine if it’s truly dangerous. Lastly, proceed with peace.
Choosing to be a Positive Polly takes a lot of hard work and dedication. I promise that the joy and peace you will experience by choosing to have a positive mindset will make the challenging work completely worth it!
From one positive Polly to another, I wish you peace and joy during your walk in the wild.
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