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	3 Positive Emotions for Every Negative Emotion

Lilian_Yap

6-25-2009 11:57 PM

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6-28-2009 4:06 AM

yssebelle

thats good advice for negative thinkers

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cc408863-e00f-4e0c-a322-c6e32bb34496/42A48C74-5A35-468D-8AD7-CB4A395A5D69/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2009/06/24/positive-emotional-psychology-have-a-daily-diet-of-positive-emotions.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g2:r2:c0.314810:b26050746:z0&s_cid=loomia:positive-psychology-power-of-positive-thinking-is-psychologys-latest-focus" href="http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2009/06/24/positive-emotional-psychology-have-a-daily-diet-of-positive-emotions.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g2:r2:c0.314810:b26050746:z0&s_cid=loomia:positive-psychology-power-of-positive-thinking-is-psychologys-latest-focus" style="font-size: 11px;">health.usnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2009/06/24/positive-emotional-psychology-have-a-daily-diet-of-positive-emotions.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g2:r2:c0.314810:b26050746:z0&s_cid=loomia:positive-psychology-power-of-positive-thinking-is-psychologys-latest-focus"><H2 class="subhead">We need 3 positive emotions for every negative emotion, says psychology expert</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2009/06/24/positive-emotional-psychology-have-a-daily-diet-of-positive-emotions.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g2:r2:c0.314810:b26050746:z0&s_cid=loomia:positive-psychology-power-of-positive-thinking-is-psychologys-latest-focus"><H1>Positive Emotional Psychology: Have a 'Daily Diet' of Positive Emotions</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2009/06/24/positive-emotional-psychology-have-a-daily-diet-of-positive-emotions.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a41:g2:r2:c0.314810:b26050746:z0&s_cid=loomia:positive-psychology-power-of-positive-thinking-is-psychologys-latest-focus"><DIV id="byline">By
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