Self-Talk – your inner voice

This is a subconscious level type of talking. It is an ongoing internal conversation which is not being monitored.

Whatever you think or say affects the way you feel about yourself. What are those situations that you are interpreting and how are you interpreting them? What is your inner voice saying? Our self-talk can either be negative (destructive) or positive (constructive). 

Negative self-talk is defeating, focused on your failures, problems and discouraging us to take a leap into life changing opportunities. 

Are you constantly telling yourself that you are a failure, you are nothing, your buss will be involved in an accident, you will never make money, you can’t be happy, everything surrounding you is terrible and you are ugly?

What are you thinking about? Learn to control your thoughts. Take full control over your inner voice. A negative inner voice will destruct your self-confidence. A negative self-talk will make you doubt your abilities, and strengths and begin to question yourself with questions that will further destruct your confidence.

Empower yourself with a positive self-talk. Program your inner voice to say what you want and that you shall become. A positive inner voice is self-encouraging, giving you the zeal and will that will enhance your potential.

Your inner voice is an automatic, subconsciously constant and habituated inner voice that affects our inner dialogue either in a negative or positive way both mirrored in our feeling and emotions we produce.

If you feel positive about yourself, success is yours. Those who feel negative about who they are, they remain at ground level and will never fly to greater heights. 

A thought can be changed, so replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts and use goal oriented thinking. 

Empowering yourself with a positive inner voice

Elevate your standards 

Are you used to speaking negative of yourself? Learn and make it a habit to speak encouraging and positive words about yourself. Express positive thoughts about yourself and your own abilities. Constantly remind yourself with a positive inner voice that: ‘I am a conqueror; I am able; I will succeed, I’m beautiful, I’m loved.’ Look for positive things about yourself, acknowledge them, and build on them.

Be thankful 

Gratitude is the medicine to obtaining a continuous and positive self-talk. There are people who give you something, for example food, money, shelter, a job etc. Be thankful for the little things you receive and above all be thankful for who you are.

Self-Appreciation 

Self-acceptance – Appreciate and accept yourself for who you are. Do not compare yourself with someone else other than you because you will begin to question your true abilities against theirs for incompetence. Acknowledge yourself. Remember God created you purposed therefore always know that you have something big awaiting you. Speak to yourself and say: ‘I am good, all is well, everything will align to my plans, etc.’

Focus on your day

 Do not allow past memories to replay themselves in your head. Live in the present. The world needs you today, so be in the best mood to colour your day always. Your presence today is a gift to all. Focus on your day. 

Love yourself 

Unconditional self-love. Everyone is unique in their own way. Celebrate your uniqueness. Do not long to be someone, just be yourself and love your real personality. 

Write a list of all positive things about yourself 

Recognise these things and accept them because they define who you are, your originality. You can ask someone to write down what they think is positive about you. This will help you see and accept what other good things people see in you.

Adopting a positive self-talk as a habit will help you boost your confidence till it reaches a 4 any level type of confidence that you desire, the type of confidence that will take you to your successes and to living a fulfilled life. Positive self-talk makes you feel better about your life. One characteristic of successful people is that in their minds they constantly and continuously think that they are successful. They envision themselves at greater heights and so they become.