silver lining | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:59:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg silver lining | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 The Benefits of Optimism (and how Venting Anger makes you Feel Worse) https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/19/the-benefits-of-optimism-and-how-venting-anger-makes-you-feel-worse/ https://anitamathias.com/2013/03/19/the-benefits-of-optimism-and-how-venting-anger-makes-you-feel-worse/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:09:19 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=42223 I have been ruminating on positive thinking, and on particular, on whether it is better to express anger (vent!) or not, and so loved this article in The Atlantic by Emily Esfahani Smith: The Benefits of Optimism are Real. Here are a few ideas from the article 1 “Having a positive outlook in difficult circumstances […]

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