Are you like me and have negative thoughts about yourself?  That inner critic can be really mean and hit you right when you are most vulnerable.  Getting past this starts with how you talk to yourself.  How you think and talk about yourself and what you allow into your life affects your happiness.

Where do you start?  You start by shutting down that inner voice  with the negative talk that tells you you are stupid, a loser and that you aren’t good enough so don’t even bother trying.  Have you even noticed how awful you are to yourself sometimes?  It’s a terrible habit that needs to stop immediately.

I was the worst for beating the critics to the punch.  I was constantly saying “I’m such a loser.  I’m so stupid.  And I don’t think there was a dumb blond joke that I couldn’t beat you to.  Years ago I learned how detrimental this is.  You know they say that positive mantras help you?  Well imagine what negative ones do.  Luckily, it is a habit that you can break, and shut down.  I learned this lesson years ago, and I don’t speak like that to myself anymore.  I also don’t allow friends and family to speak like that about themselves around me.  EVER!  That is mean and unacceptable.  Just because it is you saying it DOES NOT make it okay.