How to Defuse Negative Self-Talk
We all experience negative self-talk from time to time. That criticizing, judging inner voice that tears you down, and undermines your confidence and abilities. In this video, I share a mindset shift to help you defuse that self-sabotaging habit and train your mind to support you. Watch How to Defuse Negative Self-Talk.
Transcript:
Welcome to my channel. Do you ever experience negative self-talk? You know what it sounds like, right? Things like, “I’m can’t do anything right,” “I’m not enough,” “I don’t have what it takes.”
We all attack ourselves with statements like this at some time or other. Not only are they not helpful, but they make your life more difficult, don’t they? In this video, I’d like to share a short mindset shift to help you defuse negative inner dialogue that might be undermining you.
I’m Linda-Ann Stewart, a focus mentor, writer and hypnotherapist. These videos are dedicated to empower you to focus and align your heart with your vision so you can achieve your goals.
Negative self-talk sabotages you by discouraging you from trying something new, or from working to overcome obstacles. But those self-judgements and self-criticisms are simply opinions. They’re not facts. They come from the past, or from others who passed them onto you. Those negative statements are simply someone’s perspective, filtered through their ideas, beliefs and attitudes.
You may think that the statements might have been proven right, but that’s because you’ve trained your brain to make them right. Or make you think they’re correct. When you make unhelpful sweeping claims like this, they become a self-fulfilling prophecy. They’re not facts. They’re opinions that you’ve trained your mind to confirm for you.
When one of these statements makes its way into your awareness, realize it’s simply an opinion. Listen to it objectively. Can you learn anything from it? If not, dismiss it as a figment from the past that no longer has any validity. And replace it with a statement that is much more constructive and uplifting.
The more you substitute positive statements for negative ones, the more you’re training your brain to support your endeavors, so you can reach your highest potential.
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Read the accompanying article, The Transformative Power of Self-Talk.





