Tag Self-Talk

Books That Changed Me: Every Word Has Power by Yvonne Oswald

There is no one thing that changed for me to put in the title. This book changed my beliefs and understanding which changed my perception. It also, and maybe more importantly, changed the way I thought and spoke; it changed… Continue Reading →

Affirmations, Mantras and Prayers

Some people call them affirmations. Some people call them intention statements. Louise Hay calls them “new thought patterns.” Whatever you choose to call them, they are the most effective way to change your limiting beliefs by replacing them, consciously or… Continue Reading →

Better Than Self-Esteem: Gaining Self-Acceptance – Steps 4 -6

Congratulations on your effort thus far. By completing steps one through three, you should be getting to know yourself quite a bit better. These first steps were the easy part, now comes the real work: CHANGE.

Better Than Self-Esteem: Gaining Self-Acceptance – Step #3: Body Image

Body-image and self-image are not the same; however, they have become entwined.  Females tend to be self-conscious of body parts they don’t like and any that have been pointed out by others. Generally, males will use body improvement as a… Continue Reading →

Sowing the Seeds Within

In Creating True Peace : Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World, Thich Nhat Hanh talks about us all having seeds that we carry within us, and that it is our choice which seeds we choose… Continue Reading →

What Have You Had to Overcome in Your Life?

Very few of us, if any, have gotten to this point in our lives without experiencing crushing loss, and/or traumatic, life-changing or derailing events: Events that changed us at our core (our personality and spirit). The most common answers to… Continue Reading →

What Do I Believe?

When I was a teenager, I nicknamed myself Murphy, as in Murphy’s Law, which states that anything that can go wrong will. I was never surprised when something went wrong and would often say or think “Murphy strikes again.” I don’t know if it was the Law of Attraction or what’s called a psychological imperative (creating a reality that matches your beliefs to prove you are right), but believing in Murphy’s Law created my reality of things going wrong. This belief and the label was part of my awareness, most of us are aware of the names we call ourselves but most beliefs are unknown to us.

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