Ismene Cole is a Bristol-based counsellor, a life coach and a Positive News co-owner. The news has a huge impact on us, she says, and it’s important that we choose what we feed our minds
I’ve been following Positive News magazine for years, after a friend recommended it to me. In a world of often negative and terrifying news, it puts the focus back on the wonderful, constructive and empowering things that are going on. I felt immediately passionate about it.
The mainstream media’s negativity bias has a huge impact on us. We’re taught to eat well and exercise, but rarely think about what we consume psychologically. Yet the effects are equally detrimental. When we’re bombarded with negative messages, conflicts and problems with seemingly no solutions, at best we feel hopeless. At worst, we feel we can’t do anything to…
