Self esteem and self talk

Boost your self esteem Newsletter Issue # 11

People with a good self esteem and confidence have positive self talk. On the other hand, people with low self esteem put themselves down with negative self talk. I once heard: "When the mind talks, the body listen and acts accordingly". How do we handle this ?.

If your have a self-defeating thought you can say: "Thank you for sharing" and move on with another one. Or you can say: "Stop it" and move on with a more positive.

The only way to have a positive self talk is becoming aware that you are having this negative thought. Have you ever found yourself making a mistake and thinking: "I am a stupid. I will never get this right, there is no sense in keep trying.".

If you have a healthy self-esteem the first thing you would do is to become aware that you are having the negative thought. You can change your negative self talk with awareness . Listen to what you are saying. Change your self talk and start to recognize your negative dialog, develop the habit of positive self talk.

Then, you will either stop it and move on or you could talk back to that part of you that is defeating you: "Thank you for sharing, I know that I made a mistake, however, this is a good way to learn. Now that I know what I have done wrong I can try it again. To make a mistake does not mean that I am a mistake".

Having a positive self talk helps to build self esteem and improve your confidence. Your self esteem and confidence is influenced by the way you talk to yourself . Start to talk to yourself in a positive way.

It is crucial that get into the habit of not tolerating negative thinking. The dialogue that goes on inside your head all day has a commentary about everything you do and most of the time is negative.

How to Support Yourself with a positive self talk