Possibly just the act of installing supportive shoulder advisors would be helpful. The brain only has so much capacity for shoulder advisors, so earmarking some of that for positive advisors may “clog the channel” so to speak. Bear in mind that shoulder advisors can be more abstract than is discussed here. E.g., you could have a wordless, nameless shard of pure positivity and acceptance.
Also, I expect shoulder advisors have a global positivity parameter that you may be able to influence. When a bad advisor tries to say something bad, stop them and force them to say something good instead, while imagining that the advisor truly believes the good thing. If your shoulder advisor objects to this practice, “correct” their objection and imagine them encouraging you to “remove the maladaptive cognitive pattern my irrational and unwarranted hostility represents”, or something like that.
(I note a prediction that most people wouldn’t actually be able to make a wordless/nameless shard of pure positivity and acceptance work, and wouldn’t get much out of it if you did, but also I’d be stoked to hear someone’s experience with one that did work.)
It’s definitely possible, though perhaps shoulder advisor is the wrong phrase to use at that point. Maybe it would be better to describe such a practice as a nonverbal mental ritual, rather than using an “angenty” framing.
You picture an incredibly happy crystal that blazes with light and feelings of positivity and acceptance (for this step, it may be helpful to put a cartoonish smily face on the crystal or to imagine it dancing, hugging you, etc). Then let those feelings radiate out from the crystal and into you, until you primarily feel the emotion from yourself. Allow yourself to be happy for the crystal’s happiness. Your own mood should naturally reflect that of the crystal as you lean into emulating the crystal’s radiant positivity.
It may also help to picture the crystal as being delighted to share that happiness with you. In this framing, both you and the crystal are happy to share your own joy with the other. Alternate between you sharing happiness with the crystal and the crystal sharing happiness with, both delighted by the other’s joy.
Note that visualisations of the sun, moon, a star, a glowing cloud, etc also work well for this exercise. I find that picturing the light as an ever-shifting rainbow of colors helps add some texture and adds dynamism to the crystal’s emotions. I also have difficulty holding a static image in my head for a long time, and the rainbow effect helps with that.
Possibly just the act of installing supportive shoulder advisors would be helpful. The brain only has so much capacity for shoulder advisors, so earmarking some of that for positive advisors may “clog the channel” so to speak. Bear in mind that shoulder advisors can be more abstract than is discussed here. E.g., you could have a wordless, nameless shard of pure positivity and acceptance.
Also, I expect shoulder advisors have a global positivity parameter that you may be able to influence. When a bad advisor tries to say something bad, stop them and force them to say something good instead, while imagining that the advisor truly believes the good thing. If your shoulder advisor objects to this practice, “correct” their objection and imagine them encouraging you to “remove the maladaptive cognitive pattern my irrational and unwarranted hostility represents”, or something like that.
(I note a prediction that most people wouldn’t actually be able to make a wordless/nameless shard of pure positivity and acceptance work, and wouldn’t get much out of it if you did, but also I’d be stoked to hear someone’s experience with one that did work.)
Maybe imagine a dog?
It’s definitely possible, though perhaps shoulder advisor is the wrong phrase to use at that point. Maybe it would be better to describe such a practice as a nonverbal mental ritual, rather than using an “angenty” framing.
You picture an incredibly happy crystal that blazes with light and feelings of positivity and acceptance (for this step, it may be helpful to put a cartoonish smily face on the crystal or to imagine it dancing, hugging you, etc). Then let those feelings radiate out from the crystal and into you, until you primarily feel the emotion from yourself. Allow yourself to be happy for the crystal’s happiness. Your own mood should naturally reflect that of the crystal as you lean into emulating the crystal’s radiant positivity.
It may also help to picture the crystal as being delighted to share that happiness with you. In this framing, both you and the crystal are happy to share your own joy with the other. Alternate between you sharing happiness with the crystal and the crystal sharing happiness with, both delighted by the other’s joy.
Note that visualisations of the sun, moon, a star, a glowing cloud, etc also work well for this exercise. I find that picturing the light as an ever-shifting rainbow of colors helps add some texture and adds dynamism to the crystal’s emotions. I also have difficulty holding a static image in my head for a long time, and the rainbow effect helps with that.