Does your inner voice always have something negative to say? Do you often find yourself anxious, depressed, or stalled in your ability to achieve your goals, simply because of the words you say to yourself? You probably suffer as we have with , "Stinking Thinking, " It is time to drop-kick it, punt it, and kick it to the curb. In this episode, we explore ways to overcome that negative chatterbox. Let's triumph together.

What generates stinking thinking –

• natural brain process to keep you safe (flight or fight instinctsl
• lack of self confidence
• Fear of making a mistake

Controlling Stinking thinking -

Get to know your negative voice or chatterbox – name it, make friends with it – this helps you become aware of when it is influencing your thinking

The STOP method of controlling stinking thinking – once you are aware of your negative voice the next step is to develop some sort of stop mechanism – can be verbal (say STOP!) – can be more physical – snap an elastic around your wrist, get up and walk around, take some deep cleansing breaths

Recognize that these are just thoughts – not necessarily reality

Make friends with your negative emotions – if you are sad, be sad – you have a right to your feelings but also try to change your focus from the sad feelings by looking for something more positive to focus on – be sad while you do something that you enjoy – walking in nature, creating a great meal, being artistic or crafty – these activities will start creating feel good hormones to replace the feel bad hormones

Develop an attitude of gratitude

Volunteer

Talk to someone – be social – not endlessly scrolling FB or IG feeds – this won’t help – make direct contact with someone

Nurture yourself/ self care – take care of your physical needs – sleep/nutrition/hydration

Build your self confidence –

• Focus on values, strengths, wins, learning
• Envision success
• know how to be true about themselves and what is working well already.
• Realistically assess your strengths to develop a really motivating action plan
• Remember and relive your accomplishments – self affirmations
• Power poses
• Willing to take calculated risks – step out of you comfort zone – push the boundaries
• Aim for mastery or best you can - not perfection

(listen to our podcast about self confidence for a complete discussion on self confidence)

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