I’ve also started working with “I am allowed to…” and “I give myself permission to…” Both great phrases for clearing out ideas that I know are BS, but I still hang onto anyway.

BUT! If I say “I am learning to love…” or “I am open accepting that I…” both of those are true. I AM learning. I’m just at the beginning of the process. And I AM open to the idea, otherwise I wouldn’t be doing this in the first place.

So I can choose a negative self-talk speaking point, and flip it to what is rather be telling myself.

The trick is to rewrite it in such a way that my brain doesn’t automatically reject it. For example, if I try to change “I hate the way I ___” to “I love the way I ___”, my brain rejects that.

This is why affirmations help so many people. They are literally rewriting the thoughts they keep thinking until the new ones overpower the old ones.

Thank you 😊

Thank you so much! 😊