Your Mood Is a Choice, Not a Circumstance

7 Good Minutes

Positive Vibe Media LLC

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.6 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Discover how your mood is more within your control than you think. This empowering exploration reveals practical ways to consciously influence your emotional state and create more positive daily experiences through intentional choices.

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0:00.0	You are not at the mercy of your moods.
0:02.0	You are the architect of your emotional experience.
0:05.2	And that is the thought for today.
0:07.0	Welcome to Seven Good Minutes.
0:18.0	I'm Clyde Lee Dennis.
0:20.0	Thanks for joining me for what I believe will be
0:22.1	seven of the most enriching minutes of your day. In today's episode of Seven Good Minutes,
0:26.9	we talk about your mood being a choice, not a circumstance. Enjoy. There's a powerful truth
0:33.8	that can transform your entire day, and it's this. Your mood is far more within your control than you might think.
0:41.1	While we often treat our emotional state like weather, something that happens to us,
0:45.8	the reality is that mood is much more like a muscle that can be strengthened and directed
0:49.9	with practice.
0:51.6	By the end of this episode, you'll understand how your mood is influenced by your
0:55.6	choices rather than just your circumstances, and you'll have practical tools to consciously
1:01.4	shift your emotional state when you need to. We've all had those mornings where we wake up feeling
1:07.1	off, and we tell ourselves, I'm just in a bad mood today. We carry that story with us,
1:13.2	letting it color every interaction and experience. But what if that's not the whole truth? What if your
1:19.1	mood is less about what happened to you and more about how you're choosing to respond to what
1:24.1	happened? This doesn't mean you should ignore difficult emotions or pretend
1:28.2	everything is fine when it's not. It means recognizing that you have more agency over your
1:33.3	emotional experience than you might realize. Your mood isn't just something that happens to you. It's
1:39.4	something you participate in creating. Think about two people stuck in the same traffic jam. One person sits
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