Why is positive thinking so difficult?

 

by Dan Fielder, editor in chief of Sticky Content, an editorial services company, is a health writer who has written for many leading magazines and newspapers.

 

What do you think? Can positive thinking change the way you feel or is it a waste of time?

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Page updated on December 1st, 2009

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