Words With Myself

How often do you doubt your ability to do something? Do you frequently fear that you are not good enough to achieve what you want to? By making a few changes about how you approach new/challenging things, you can grow your confidence and self-assurance by demonstrable previous results and progressively increasing your commitment. Stop doubting yourself and give yourself the best chance at succeeding in everything you do.

This weeks episode is about embracing change and not letting our personal attachments stand in the way of our own progress, whether that is just our own limiting beliefs or the views of others. Change is the only constant in life and you must allow yourself to change without judgment of your previous self, understand that learning, growing and adapting is part of life and the purpose of existence.

An optimist that always thinks the worst may seem like an oxymoron, but instead it can be an apt description for a form of optimism that I call Mindful empathy. This is the practice of taking the time to consider what someone else might be going through before allowing ourselves to react negatively to a situation, replacing anger and frustration with love and empathy.

There is a thin line between perfectionism and the fear of criticism and failure. At times, I let the fear of how something will be received, prevent me from doing something in the first place. I am currently writing a book, for example, lately, I have been procrastinating and putting off working on it because at the back of my mind, the closer I get to completion, the closer I am to having to confront my fear of failure. This episode is about that fear.