self-talk

If you don't believe in God, it may help to remember this great line of Geneen Roth's: that awareness is learning to keep yourself company. And then learn to be more compassionate company, as if you were somebody you are fond of and wish to encourage. I doubt that you would read a close friend's early efforts and, in his or her presence, roll your eyes and snicker. I doubt that you would pantomime sticking your finger down your throat. I think you might say something along the lines of, 'Good for you. We can work out some of the problems later, but for now, full steam ahead!

We write to share the deepest heart-talk of our souls.

No one is a failure until that is the only definition of themselves that they are willing to see within.

There is no dictionary in the world that includes the words __kinny_ or __at_ under the definitions of __eautiful_ and __gly_. So, focus on being healthy and stop the self-criticism.

I__ creating a self help show called Self Talk. I__l insult myself for an hour then open phone lines to a fitness coach & my mother-in-law.

How can you get through to yourself?

Champions learn how to develop empowering beliefs and invest a substantial amount of time solidifying those beliefs, mostly through their own self-talk.

Take positive care of your mind, and it would surely take positive care of your life.

But more important than the food I put into my body are thoughts I put into my mind. Thoughts of bitterness like, __ hate her!_ Thoughts of despair like, __'ll never be happy again._ Thoughts of fear like, __ could never do that!_ And thoughts of worry, thoughts of greed and thoughts of self-loathing____ so stupid._ A constant diet of these killer thoughts will destroy any of us long before heart burn or cholesterol.

Via self-talk we give our mind instructions on what we expect of ourselves and so behave accordingly. Change the instructions and we change the outcomes.

More fundamentally, I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are there. In the end, as a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

I am often amused and sometimes amazed by the free-reign constructs of my mind. That is why I converse regularly with myself - I am one of my better friends...

If you're stuck in a puddle, it means there's higher ground all around you, you just have to step onto it.

As you stumble and learn, stumble and learn again, resolve to talk to yourself as if you were your best friend. So no "What a #?%$@ idiot!" when your BFF smashes an egg on the floor, m'kay? Be cool, like the Fonz.

Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings.

The sick in mind, and, perhaps, in body, are rendered more darkly and hopelessly so by the manifold reflection of their disease, mirrored back from all quarters in the deportment of those about them; they are compelled to inhale the poison of their own breath, in infinite repetition.

If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it__hrough the words you use to describe yourself, the actions you take to care for yourself, and the choices you make to express yourself. Tell the world you are one-of-a-kind creation who came here to experience wonder and spread joy. Expect to be accommodated.

Like food is to the body, self-talk is to the mind. Don't let any junk thoughts repeat in your head.