## How to challenge an unhelpful belief
Firstly though, what’s a belief? A simple explanation is a belief is ‘a thought you keep on thinking’.  
But beliefs are a little different to thoughts because thoughts emerge and then if we don’t grab hold of them, they slowly drift away. Beliefs on the other hand are like a lens that we’re looking through every day.

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_**Michelle Carlyle** 1 January 2025_

## What score would you give yourself today?
How we feel about ourselves is a critical component of our mental health. It’s often referred to as our self-esteem. Essentially though, it is how you rate **you**. Your perception of **you**. If you like who you are, knowing of course that you’re not perfect, then the chances are you have a healthy self-esteem.

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_**Michelle Carlyle** 28 December 2024_

## Why being an optimist isn't enough in 2021
With 2020 soon behind us, many people may be feeling optimistic about the future. “We’ll have a COVID vaccine soon! 2021 is going to be better!” And while having those positive and optimistic thoughts are great and should be encouraged, they aren’t enough.

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_**Michelle Carlyle** 31 December 2020_

## COVID and anxious kids. What to do?
Most of us have heard of the term “helicopter parents” but what does it really mean and have you been guilty of it? The answer is probably.

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_**Michelle Carlyle** 25 October 2020_

## Minimising anxiety even during a pandemic
A little over a month ago, we were all going about our daily lives as usual. Going to work, sports, shopping centres, cinemas, and cafes. I was able to visit my mum in her residential aged care environment.

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_**Michelle Carlyle** 29 March 2020_

## Checklist: Everyday Positives
It’s pretty easy to spot the negative stuff. We go about our day buzzing from one thing to another. Not much time is spent looking out for those positive moments. When we do notice them, we quickly forget them and move on to the next dot point on our daily list of bullet points.
But you can change that.

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_**Michelle Carlyle** 31 December 2019_

## Ten Tips For Thriving In The Next Decade
When you reflect on the last year, or the last decade, how do you feel? Have you been thriving or merely surviving? If it’s been a struggle, then the chances are your Thrive Quotient is low. Your Thrive Quotient measures a number of components of your mindset including specific beliefs, thinking styles, self and social confidence, and attitude.
Here are ten things that thriving people, those with a high Thrive Quotient, do every day.

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_**Michelle Carlyle** 31 December 2019_

## How To Feel Powerful In A Difficult Situation
When we hear stories of people who have faced really traumatic situations, and you try to imagine how you would cope yourself, most of us believe we wouldn’t. But you could.

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_**Michelle Carlyle** 8 September 2019_

## How Healthy Is Your Self-Esteem?
How do you rate yourself generally as a person? As a friend, parent, sibling, child, colleague, worker, and/or manager? Out of 100. Is it less than 85%?

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_Mental wellbeing, Thriving_ **Michelle Carlyle** 31 July 2019_

## My 10 Favourite Thriving Quotes
I absolutely love teaching The Thrive Programme.  
I love hearing and seeing clients have “light bulb” moments when everything comes together for them and they start thriving.

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_**Michelle Carlyle** 30 December 2018_