Please stop for a minute. Just listen. Listen to your inner voice, your self talk.
What does it say? What tone does it speak in?
Is it speaking with kindness & compassion?
Or is it speaking with criticism and judgement?
It is very enlightening if we just stop once in a while and listen to our self talk. If you find yourself being critical and judgemental then try some tapping.
- Even though I’m being judgemental…
- Even though I’m critical of myself…
- Even though I’m my own worst critic…
- Even though my self talk is negative and judgemental…
- Even though I’m not being a good friend to myself…
- Even though I’m giving myself a really hard time…
- Even thought I’d never speak to a friend in the way I speak to myself…
Once you have cleared out the negatives, try some positive choices, e.g.
- I choose to treat myself with kindness & compassion…
- I choose to treat myself like a good friend
- I choose to be kinder to myself
- I choose to be more compassionate with myself
- I choose to treat myself with kindness
- I choose to talk to myself in kind and loving ways
I hope you try this exercise from time to time and find it useful. I sure do whenever I do it. Interestingly I have noticed my critical voice less and less and I notice it more quickly if it does pop up. In which case I tap and let it go 🙂
Keep tapping
Louise