Happy Optimism Month! It's Gonna Be Great!

Someone forward you this email? No sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here. Follow Us     Happy Optimism Month! It's Gonna Be Great!  March is known as Optimism Month, and celebrating it as such can be transformative.  Whether you're looking for an emotional lift that can minimize stress, an attitude overhaul that can sharply raise your resilience toward stress, or something in between, this month can be one of your best.  Here's what you need to know about Optimism, with a game plan for creating an amazing month.   --Elizabeth Scott For more stress relief resources in your week, connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest! Elizabeth Scott, M.S. Stress Management Expert How To Celebrate Optimism Month--Or Make Any Month "Optimism Month" Optimism can come with a quick shift in perspective--you can merely decide to focus on the positives of a situation rather than the negatives.  This is sometimes challenging, and there are minor changes you can enact in your life to make a focus on the positive easier to maintain.  The following ideas--some small, some more significant--can transform your life, this month or any month. READ NOW » Share   How Optimism Can Help Your Life  Optimism is associated with better health, greater happiness, and stronger success.  Learn more about the specifics of how optimism can help you, and how to bring more of it into your life.  READ NOW » Share   Are Pessimists Safer? Sometimes people hold onto pessimism because they feel safer--that perhaps optimism would lead them to greater disappointment in life, or even a lack of preparation for when things go wrong.  If this resonates with you (or if you're curious about the potential downsides to optimism), here's what to keep in mind. READ NOW » Share   Attitude, Self Talk and Stress How does self-talk affect your life?  How can you alter your thinking patterns?  Here's what you need to know. READ NOW » Share   MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • Financial Stress - Managing Your Money AND Your Stress • Professional Help: Disorders, Medications and Professionals to Help • Stress Relief Products:Books, Music and Devices to Help Relieve Stress • Situational Stress: From Holidays to Disasters, Understanding & Coping • Holidays and Observances That Help With Stress Management • Blog Advertisement About Health | Follow Us:     You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Stress Management newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved - Privacy Policy