Often our inner critic is so familiar that we don’t even notice how much it disempowers us. We must learn to stand up for ourselves because it can turn into an inner abuse.
Your self-talk patterns aren’t just harmless observations; they’re the drivers of your emotional life. Develop an inner BS detector for your own sake.
We’re constantly absorbing messages about living seemingly perfect lives, so it's easy to beat ourselves up and focus on what's wrong rather than what's right.
I used to beat myself up over parts of my past, overanalyzing and spinning in negativity, embarrassment, or shame.
Evaluating your thoughts from a place of curiosity, interest, and change helps reveal your relationship with yourself. You can make that relationship exactly what you want it to be.
I remember wishing other people believed in me more. I thought if only my boss, or my partner, or my family believed in me, then I’d have more courage to reach my goals.
When you look for your own happiness from things outside of you, you become dependent on those things. When you find happiness internally, you become independent.
I didn’t realize how my subtle self-talk patterns were the real drivers behind my emotional life.
If you’re stuck in a state of blame, you’re living within a very limited belief pattern that everything is happening to you.
What if things you know to be true about yourself are wrong?