Monitor Your Thoughts

Balance in life comes from knowing where you are now and where you want to go.
However, persistent negative self-talk can stop you achieving the goals you have in life. Developing an awareness of your own thoughts can help you create the life you want.

Find a quiet place, where you won’t be disturbed and try the following exercise.
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• Get yourself a pen and paper (you’re also going to need a dash of honest self-reflection!). Think about yourself, your body, your family, your partner, your career, your money and take 10 minutes to write down all the thoughts that come into your head about them. Try not to think too much about this, write down the first thoughts that enter your mind.

 

• Now take a moment to read everything that you have just written and identify which of those comments are negative (those that may be critical, judgemental, make you feel guilty or like a failure/not good enough).

 

• Read that negative comment out loud and really try to think where the thought might have come from. Is it your thought or someone else’s?

 

• Ask yourself this… is it true?

 

• Now close your eyes take a deep breath and reframe that negative thought into a positive one.

 

• Repeat for each of the comments you have noted down, changing all negative thoughts to positive.

For further help with creating positive self-talk, why not try our affirmation video.

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