We think thousands of thoughts per day, thousands. Those thoughts create our emotions. The emotions create our actions. Our actions create our results. Good or bad. We are habitual and we operate subconsciously in a comfort zone that strives to keep us safe and alive.

If we begin to stray into unfamiliar territory, we get warnings, THOUGHTS, like, “whoa, back off, I don’t know about this, you’re not good enough, you’re not smart enough, you don’t have what it takes, you are an idiot, you look weird, why did I wear this, my hair is a mess, Aaaahhhhh, run away!” Sound a little familiar?

You are not alone! We all do it. Listen, if you tell me you don’t ever think negative thoughts about yourself or others, then one of three things are happening:

1. You are completely oblivious to the working of your mind and you are running on past programming.

2. You are never expanding and growing your comfort zone. You’ve found a safe bubble to exist in and you get to be right all the time, and by the way the moment you stop growing and expanding as an individual you start coasting to an eventual decline.

3. You “Oh enlightened one” have mastered life…and you probably don’t have kids or responsibilities.

Sorry for the harshness there, but seriously, it’s just the way it is! Now, we don’t have to get all defensive about the fact that we “occasionally” or a lot of the time think negative thoughts, we just have to know WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.

So, let’s get to it. RECOGNIZE YOUR SELF TALK AS IMMENSELY POWERFUL. While it would be near impossible to monitor your thousands of thoughts in a day, you can successfully manage your emotions. You can take a moment and check in with yourself and ask, “How am I feeling right now?” If it’s not good, and you don’t want to continue feeling “not good” then You can do something about it. That’s what The Elevation Principle that I developed is all about. ELEVATE YOUR THOUGHTS! Discover what thoughts you were thinking that brought you to feeling, “not good” and then choose better thoughts. And repeat them. You may feel like you are telling yourself a story or a lie, but guess what, who cares! If it gets you to feel good, and you have good intentions toward others, then you are voiding the other lie and story you were telling yourself, because if it was making you feel BAD, I guarantee it was a LIE, an UNTRUTH.

Start telling yourself a different story. A story that goes like this: “I’m scared, but I can do it, I’m afraid, but I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES, I am bold, I am courageous, I am strong, I am kind, I am loving, I care about others, I am smart, I am a genius, I am soooo good looking right now, I like myself, my hair looks aaa-ma-zing, I love my socks and sandals, I am rocking this possible mismatched outfit, creating a new trend…😊

Do it. Tell yourself the Self Talk you need to hear. You are worth it.