The Positive View Podcast - Discovering the Power of Positivity in Life

Are you looking to have more fun? Get more support? Be healthier and happier? Building healthy relationships can be a key component to living a fulfilling, positive life. In this week’s episode, Christy Murphy and Briana G. bring you positive thoughts and practical tips on how to make friends and build relationships. Whether you’re in school, at work, or in the later stages of life, if you want to...

Complaining is easy and often feels good - like we’re speaking truth or just letting it all out. Complaining can give us a sense of control in the midst of uncertainty or can make us feel better than [fill in the blank] when we are feeling anything but. Unfortunately, it is a slippery slope to a negative and pessimistic outlook that has us seeing only threats and negative outcomes This week Christ...

Manners and etiquette can convey so much more than one’s understanding of which fork to use during a meal. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss how manners and etiquette and essentially the norms that guide how we treat one another can be used to cultivate positive and respectful communication and interactions with others. If you are looking for ways to bring kindness and respect into yo...

Toxic Positivity - it’s a thing! Even with good intentions, positivity and a positive outlook can be overdone a challenge if misused or if we throw around positivity without thought and intention. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G discuss the downside of positivity and how to avoid it. If you have felt disappointed or let down by positivity - Welcome! This episode of The Positive View Podcast...

The slope from relaxation to boredom and zoning-out can be a slippery one. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G discuss how bouts of boredom can affect our overall outlook and lead us to engage in activities that may not be fulfilling or in our best interest. If you are interested in exploring the difference between relaxation and boredom and identifying techniques that can help you stay present...

Our views of failure and the stories we tell ourselves about our best efforts can be limiting. Our negative view of failure may be front and center allowing us to see how it shapes our lives. Sometimes it’s sneaky and throws out a stealthy influence that limits our ability to fully engage in our lives. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss how exploring our views on failure and the storie...

Setting boundaries can be challenging. Without them we can find ourselves in situations we do not want to be in doing things we do not want to do, which can affect our outlook and overall life experience. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. explore why we may have a tough time setting boundaries, discuss the positive effects of boundary setting, and share a few techniques that can help get us s...

Our jobs can often be a source of negativity and dissatisfaction. Complaining about work situations, coworkers and bosses can feel natural and inevitable, and that negativity can quickly seep into other parts of our lives. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. explore how changing the way we see our contribution at work, employing techniques to change our thinking, and enlisting the help of a pos...

It can be easy to get caught in a wheel of negativity and cynicism and without realizing it, only see through a lens of challenge, adversity. From this perspective, we can struggle to find hope and balance in our lives. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss what cultivating a positive mindset feels like and can do for you on a personal level. Hope, resilience, curiosity, and opportunity t...

Experiencing loss and grief is a part of our human experience. Although neither loss nor grief is necessarily negative or bad, the feelings, emotions, and stories we tell ourselves about both can feel all-consuming and insurmountable. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G discuss how cultivating a positive outlook equips us with self-awareness, strength, and skills to meet our challenging life cir...

It’s nearly 2021! Thank all that is holy. It’s time once again to look ahead to this new year, think about what we want for ourselves, and start making some plans. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss taking a positive view of the new year and ourselves to look for our opportunities to create and experience the life we want. If you are looking to go beyond resolutions for the new year -...

It can be tough to maintain a positive mindset. Daily stressors, personal tragedies, and even just forgetting can erode your positive thoughts. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. share their positive thinking techniques and strategies to help you sustain your optimistic outlook.  If you want to maintain your positive mindset and enhance your sense of happiness and resilience - Welcome! Th...

In the face of adversity, it is difficult to remain positive, see a way around the discomfort and pain, and identify potential solutions to weather our circumstances. This week, Christy Murphy and Briana G discuss examples of how challenges and adversity make us feel, how we handle or try to avoid challenges and identify techniques that can help us keep our heads above water and get through the ma...

We’ve all been in situations where the attitudes and energy an individual brings into a situation has dampened or negatively influenced our experience. How do we ensure we are not that influence? This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss how bringing awareness to our emotions, motivations, and attitudes can help us be intentional with our actions to have a positive influence on others and the...

We know that change is inevitable yet often the uncertainty related to what comes next can leave us worried or afraid and wanting to avoid change - sometimes at the expense of opportunity and our own progress or growth. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G discuss shifting our perspective on change to influence our experience, weather the emotional turmoil that may accompany change, and find even...

When you are working to cultivate a more positive attitude and trying to make effective change in your life, it can be uncomfortable to be around people who are taking a negative view on life and their circumstances. Sometimes - even on this positivity journey, we look around and realize we are that negative person. Yikes. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss how encountering negativity...

For many of us, there are aspects of our lives or ourselves we feel we need to fix, change or simply do better. Sometimes when we sense the need for self improvement, we can tell ourselves negative stories about our abilities or who we are - thinking the need to improve means we are not good enough. Not so - self improvement is simply an opportunity for growth! This week Christy Murphy and Briana...

Identifying your emotions, core beliefs, and thought patterns will help you understand your motivations, reactions, and behavior.  Improving your self awareness and self-knowledge will lead to a happier more fulfilled life. This week, Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss how developing self-awareness can help us break out of old ineffective patterns to help improve the way we move through and...

Stress is an everyday occurrence. How we manage that stress plays a significant role in our ability to navigate various aspects of our lives. If we learn to manage stress, there is very little we cannot handle. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss how learning about stress and finding techniques to help us manage stress can have a positive effect on our lives. If you’re interested in lea...

It has been said having well developed emotional intelligence is a more accurate predictor of success than having a high IQ. Emotional intelligence helps us be aware of our emotions and motivations and regulate our behavior to have a significant effect on our inner and outer experience. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss emotional intelligence (EI): what is it, how EI affects different...

When it feels like there is only ever bad or negative news being reported, we can quickly lose our ability to maintain a positive attitude. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss the prevalence of negative news, our brains’ tendency to see and remember negative things, and strategies for limiting the effects negative news can have on our overall outlook and experience. If you want to learn...

Taking time to develop the skills and improved awareness to change our outlook and experience can seem impossible - especially when we feel stuck in the fast-paced and often stressful grind of our day-to-day lives. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss the benefits of developing a positive attitude and how making even one or two small changes can have a lasting positive effect on our live...

The ebb and flow of motivation can feel fickle and unpredictable especially if you’re not feeling it when you need it most. Despite this waxing and waning, there are ways to prepare for those low moments to ensure at least positive energy flows, and you’re able to motivate yourself. This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss motivation, the barriers that can trip us up, and a handful of tools...

What do you think? Your thoughts affect how you see and engage with the world. Unhelpful thought patterns can lead you down a path of negativity and stagnation that prevents you from living a fulfilled life.  This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss becoming aware of your tendencies and thought processes so you can recognize and release your unhelpful patterns. You'll learn to build pos...

When we talk about living our life’s purpose, we can get stuck telling ourselves there a slew of stories that keep us from going for it or even recognizing what our purpose is. What if you did - go for it? What if right now, you try on what it will feel like to identify your purpose and work toward living it out? This week Christy Murphy and Briana G. discuss finding your life’s purpose and how ta...