“Change your thoughts to change your feelings” ~ This is the mantra we use in our home to keep our thoughts and feelings on the right track.

It is such a simple seven word sentence, yet it has the potential to divert an anxiety episode and become a ‘catastrophe stopper’ every time.

We can easily get into the ‘habit’ of thinking a certain way, responding to situations with similar reactions…thus creating a general repetitive feeling – whether it be positive or negative.

A little while ago, I could see that my four-year old was beginning to follow the script of being consistently negative and pessimistic which was becoming quite an ingrained reaction to any situation – even those that would normally bring nothing but joy.

I wanted to find something that would attract my son’s attention and introduce the power of positive thinking to him (without him knowing!) to help him change his thoughts to change his feelings…

In a timely fashion (Personally I believe that nothing is a coincidence…) I was introduced to this little ‘Bug Em Bug’ through a fabulous blog I follow. (Jade’s blog is HERE)

Bug Em is a little soft toy pouch (produced by Hallmark) to be used as an alternate to a birthday card, to hold a gift card or a lolly gift….but I could see SO much more than that!

Perfect for keeping “Happythoughts”

I decided it was the perfect ‘pouch’ to collect happythoughts. Each night, my son and I would talk about the BEST things that happened in his day and he would draw a picture on some cards to record them. Then, ‘Bug Em’ would leave him a positive note for him to read the following morning ~ to start the day on a positive note!

I couldn’t believe just how excited he was to get up in the morning, to see what Bug Em would have to say…it was brilliant! He was no longer a grumpy bum, only seeing the glass half empty…it didnt take long before he was back into the rhythm of automatically thinking happythoughts.

I think we could all do with a little Bug Em, to remind us to ‘change our thoughts to change our feelings’

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