Positive Self Talk Influences Your Happiness

Is your internal dialogue brimming with positive self talk or negative self limiting beliefs?



Most of us spent most of our lives unaware of our thoughts and how they impact our lives. Once you understand that your life is a manifestation of your thoughts you will start to pay more attention to them. Everything in your life is shaped by your thoughts and feelings. This is powerful. This is the key to happiness and having the life you want.

So much of our self talk is just bad habits we’ve picked up and keep alive with our telling and retelling of our life stories. Pay attention to the self talk inside your head. What do you hear?

• I’m not good enough
• Nobody will ever want me
• I never have enough money
• I’m so tired of feeling bad
• Getting old is the pits
• Why does food always go to my hips?

You can ALWAYS tell whether you’re participating in positive self talk by the way you feel. If you are feeling angry, depressed, frustrated, fearful or hopeless you can be assured that you're on the wrong path.

If you feel joyful, hopeful, energetic, enthusiastic, passionate, or optimistic your self talk is on the right path. Your emotions are the best way to determine whether your self talk will manifest into something you want or not. Your feelings let you know what you’ve been thinking and are the perfect tool for letting you know if your thoughts are on track or need some adjustment.

So the next time you feel like beating yourself up because of the way you’re feeling, stop and express some gratitude that you have been given this wonderful ability to use your emotions to guide you toward the better path.

5 Easy Ways to Foster Your Positive Self Talk:

1. When you find yourself focusing on anything you don’t want, stop and go immediately to your happy triggers.

2. Consciously focus on the things in your life you can appreciate.

3. Don’t try to go from despair to joy in this moment. Take small steps that make you feel a little better. It may take an hour or it may take a month. Just consciously think about something that makes you feel better right now.

4. Don’t judge. We tend to label everything as good or bad. Think about how many times we are wrong. Separate facts from your interpretations of these facts.

5. Understanding how the law of attraction works can help you deliberately focus your thoughts to have whatever you want.