Overcoming Negative Self-Talk with Positive Self-Recognition

So who has never had negative self-talk with themselves? Not one person of those I discussed this point with. And certainly not me.

For a very long time, negative self-talk was taking a big place in my brain. And the big thing about it, is that there was only a tiny part I was aware of. The much bigger part were all these super quick thoughts that I wasn’t even realizing were there and were taking me back.

And I was just living what was “normal” to me. And to be honest, it took me years to get to the realization of 1. The amount of negative self talk and 2 its impact on my life.

It took a long journey to learn to catch these thoughts and finally let them go. First I tried to fight them back. It was not very successful for me. So for a while I lived with these hurting thoughts but having a very strong will to prove them wrong.

And now sitting in front of my computer to write today’s Blog, I realized that I am finally coming to the end of my journey. The journaling piece I was telling you about last week has been the masterpiece to finally let go. I am not saying negative self-talk totally disappeared but it is truly closer to a few times a week (and I can fight back those thoughts) versus way too many times a day previously.

So now each time I am negative self-talk, I can have a very different conversation with myself. It last happened over the week-end as I was telling myself “oh you again didn’t make major progress on your to do list”. And this was my answer to myself (I know it looks weird writing this down like this but this really happens): my dear, first we did a lot. EVERY single day I do, We do a lot. We did way more than what was on the to do list. AND each item on the to do list is moving. Maybe not as quickly as we want it to, but progress is there and we can celebrate all the small steps we do every day.” My feeling after that? Absolute peace! Stress vanished. Instead I was feeling proud of both my accomplishments AND my firm yet reassuring talking to myself.

I would have never thought it would be possible for me to be in such a pleasant and peaceful mind. Yet it is now my reality. It was so much worth it to change all my negative self talk and instead appreciate all my little and bigger accomplishments.

See you next week, and until then #keepgrowing!

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