Positive Self-Talk

If you’re looking to become a more positive and happy person, then positive self talk is definitely something you should try. Whilst ‘self-talk’ might seem a little silly to you, it has worked for a number of people as a way to improve their health, self-esteem, love life, happiness and more! However, if your self-talk is negative then it can make these areas of your life quickly go downhill. So just what is self-talk and how can you use it to your advantage?

Self talk doesn’t mean talking to yourself out loud, it simply refers to the stream of thoughts that are constantly going through your head. It could mean talking to yourself outloud, but usually you do it in your head. You might not even be aware of what you tell yourself all the time,  but many people who are constantly negative in their self-talk will see negative effects in their lives and the way they see thin

How Self Talk Can Help You

When you always talk to yourself in positive terms, you will soon see this coming out in your life. It’s not ‘magic’ – it simply means giving yourself the encouragement that you need to be a success. On the other hand, if you are constantly talking to yourself about being a failure, then the chances are you may fail at things simply because you don’t have the right motivation to succeed.

This could sound depressing, but the great news is that we all have the power to change our self-talk and improve out lives.

If you want to know whether you are talking negatively to yourself, have a think about whether you use thoughts such as:

• “I messed up yet again”
• “This is fun, but it won’t last”
• “That wen’t alright, but it wasn’t great”

How to Use Positive Self Talk

Now you know how to recognise negative self-talk, you can start to think about changing it around. One problem about negative self-talk is that it often means you blame things that were completely out of your control on your own actions. No matter how irrational this sounds, people do it everyday and it creates a negative personality. Instead, when things go wrong, don’t blame them on you. Or when they go bad, tell yourself that yes it was bad for a while but that’s not how it always is. Do you notice the very small twist on thoughts that turns it into a more positive event?

Really, positive self talk means being aware of your thoughts, not blaming yourself and looking on the right side of things. Even if you don’t believe what you are forcing yourself to think , keep practicing and soon you will believe it, and you will be a more positive person.