Positive thinking and positive words: Why it’s so important

Pages:86-89
Anita Saleem (Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan)

The power of thoughts and words has fascinated researchers for centuries. The complicated patterns in which thoughts and words influence an individual’s psychological well being are explored in this review paper. A review of several studies based on different cultures suggests that there is an obvious link between spoken words and psychological well being. This paper explores that connection in depth and proposes that cognitions do not occur in isolation; in fact they have emotional, physiological and behavioural aspects as well. The implication of this study is that it points out why verbal statements are so imperative to one’s overall well being.