I think HEALING is rooted in this section of the book.

If we can change the wrong

thoughts, it will silence the “Inner Critic,” and manifest itself in better decision making

and healthier attitudes and behaviors. These activities are all about thought stopping,
disproving and discarding irrational thoughts, and changing our thought patterns to

promote healthy living.

Love,
Nicole

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 My NEGATIVE thought...

Answer the questions below to help

you challenge your negative thought.

YES NO
Is this thought 100% TRUE? Does ALL the
evidence you have support this thought? RUE

Does this thought help you? Does this

thought make you feel good? ELPFUL

Does this thought encourage you

to be a better person? Does this thought
help you make good choices? NSPIRING

Does this thought really make

a difference? Will this thought change
things for the better?
ECESSARY

Does this thought make you confident?

Would you say this thought to
someone you love?
IND
My NEW thought...
If you checked NO to ANY of the
questions above...
RETHINK and REWRITE
your thought using the THINK Strategy.

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 We all have a choice as to what thoughts we will ignore
and what thoughts we will embrace. In this activity, you
will color code thoughts according to their usefulness.

Choose a color to represent both negative and positive

thoughts and color in the key. In the 8 blank bubbles,
write 4 NEGATIVE thoughts and 4 POSITIVE thoughts
NEGATIVE POSITIVE that pass the THINK test! Then color in each thought
THOUGHTS THOUGHTS bubble according to the key.

I can learn anything if I

put my mind to it.
I should ask for This homework My friend is a great
help with things I is hard so I am not friend and we can all
have trouble doing. even going to try. sit together.
We lost the game so I
am quitting the team.
No team wins
If she says My friend is sitting with every game and practice
anything I don’t like,  someone else today. makes progress!
I am cursing at her. She’s a horrible friend! My mom is always
nagging me about my
I can’t schoolwork.
do that!
My mother wants the
best for me so she wants
me to do well in school.

If she says something I 

don’t like, I can stand up for
myself in a respectful way.

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Think about a common HURTFUL or NEGATIVE thought that often occurs.
Use the chart to see how that thought effects you.

My NEGATIVE thought...

What am I feeling? What are the

consequences? !
!
!

What am I doing?

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Now change that thought into something more POSITIVE and HELPFUL.
Complete the chart with the outcomes of the positive thought.

My NEW thought...

I would feel this... I would get this...

!
!
!

I would do this...

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