Good mental strength is so important to help deal with all that life throws at you. It allows you to manage your thoughts, and to regulate and control your emotions.

We have anywhere between two and three thousand thoughts per hour – that’s just under a thought per second! On average nearly 95% of those are unconscious thoughts that are repeated daily. But what of the other 5% – how can we make sure they are good thoughts? Can we get mentally strong?

It is surprisingly easy for us to think negatively. Negative thoughts just push their way in don’t they? In fact, this is entirely natural, and is caused by hormones released into the brain, which fuel our “flight or fight” responses to stressful situations. And sometimes we must battle to get our positive thoughts back on top. But with practice, this can be achieved.

Lots of people struggle with “all or nothing thinking”, or dwell on the past, or a particularly negative time. But with skill and time we can start to manage our reactions to these thoughts and learn to think beyond them. Or we can learn to focus again on a single positive thought to get us through the day.

With training, techniques, and a toolkit of experience at your disposal, developing mental strength will happen and you will start to see a positive impact on the way you live your life.