How to master your self-talk

There's only communication that works, and communication that doesn't. Today's episode is all about mastering your self-talk. How do you speak to yourself as you handle a negative situation? Are you hard on yourself? Are you easy on yourself? Think about it for a second… Regardless of what you may have thought before; it's not about the 'positive' or 'negative' anymore. It's about EFFECTIVE and REAL communication with your inner self. That's what will get you through your toughest moments.

Episode 96 Time Stamps:

(3:00) INFLUENCE

(5:10) A misconception about staying positive | Knowing what works for you

(9:12) AFFIRMATIONS | Does anybody know how to speak Russian?

(10:56) How to improperly communicate to yourself | "Downing ourselves"

(12:56) ALIGN & REDIRECT

(18:15) #1: Identifying a motivator from the past or present in your life

(21:25) #2: What did this person say, that made you feel "empowered"?

(22:19) #3: What things did this person not say?

(22:47) #4: How did you feel after interacting with this person?

(23:45) #5: Identifying a person with great intentions, but no motivating factor

(24:13) #6: Repeat #3

(24:24) #7: What did this person not do?

(24:45) #8: Repeat #4

(25:25) #9: Identifying a situation where you beat yourself up (or felt bad about yourself)

(26:03) #10: What are some things that you'd specifically say to yourself during these occasions? (What does the conversation in your head sound like?)

(26:27) #11: How does this make you feel?

(26:54) #12: How would you really like to feel, after you've made your mistake?

(28:15) #13: What would you have to say to yourself, in order to get yourself to feel empowered to ACT?

(30:15) #14: Identifying at least four situations in which you normally have a disempowering conversation with yourself

(31:12) #15: Create detailed descriptions of the conversation that you will have with yourself, to get you empowered to take ACTION

DISCOVER

Today's blog post can be found here: Episode #96 Blog

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