Positive Self Talk

Self Talk what’s it all about!

Self-talk is essentially the running commentary inside your mind, and it happens all day, every day.

This commentary is a window into your subconscious beliefs, thoughts, and biases and profoundly affects how you feel about yourself.

You may not even be consciously aware of it, but this monologue impacts both your emotions and your actions.

Your inner voice can be positive, or it can be negative.

Positive self-talk is uplifting, feel-good thinking, and is usually beneficial for you.

On the other hand, negative self-talk is destructive and critical and rarely works toward your best.

Instead, it almost always has a detrimental impact on your emotions, self-worth, and self-confidence.

Unfortunately, we tend to believe the negative while questioning the positive immediately.

In other words, we accept the negative as fact right away but are less likely to believe the positive - we have to actively convince ourselves that the positive is true.

The same applies to positive versus negative self- talk. Not surprisingly, negative self-talk comes more naturally to most of us.

It is more readily believed and assimilated into our image of ourselves.

Positive self-talk often requires a conscious effort (at least at first) and a lot of practice to make it routine.

Negative thoughts are just biases that we have learned, which of course, means that they can be unlearned.

The key to doing this is with positive affirmations.

Say something often enough to yourself, and you will come to believe it is true.

And if you believe it is true, it IS true.

Positive self-talk is supportive, beneficial, nurturing, and self-affirming.

It encourages you to set goals and achieve them, and to carry on when things get tough.

People who use positive self-talk develop cognitive skills to cope with challenging situations and solve their problems more efficiently.

Positive self-talk does not mean that you spend your day thinking about what a fantastic person you are, or that you have all the answers.

Instead, it is a way of "reframing" how you look at or analyse situations.

It allows you to remove any existing negative bias or belief you might have and gives you confidence that you can meet any problem head-on (and come out of it okay).

In essence, you approach challenges more positively and productively and are not afraid to tackle them.

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” 

Buddha