I wrote not too long ago about the Cognitive Triangle which describes the interplay between the way we think, feel, and act.  Although we may mistakenly believe that one always influences the other, there is a lot of evidence which shows that in reality, each of these processes actually both affects and is affected by the others.  In that post I considered the ways that acting the way we want to feel can lead to a shift in our emotions, which is something I have tried to remember in my day-to-day experiences.  But more recently I read about the power of positive thinking on our subjective well-being in Ed Diener…