14. Positive Affirmation: I Will Speak Kindly To Myself with Love and Encouragement

Words are powerful. They can lift you up and motivate your forward or tear you down and create non-starter moments. Negative self-talk can have a powerful effect not only on your mental wellness but also on how you show up and perform in life. Unfortunately, negative self-talk comes all too easily, but there are ways to catch yourself from this type of talk without missing a beat. Learn how to make simple changes in your language in this episode of the Mindful Career Change podcast with host Valerie Mekki. She provides examples of the most common negative self-talk prompts, and how a simple change of words can make an impactful and positive difference to your mindset, and how you can take action in your career changing journey. She also shares a positive affirmation to help remind you to speak kinder to yourself with love and encouragement so those negative self-talk prompts begin to slowly fade away from your everyday language. Show Notes and Timestamps:[00:00:53] Intro to the affirmation[00:01:32] Words are powerful[00:02:48] Most common negative self-talk prompts[00:04:25] The language we use has a profound impact on our mindset and behavior[00:05:52] Start of affirmation with a body scan[00:06:26] Memorizing the affirmation[00:07:08] Repeating the affirmation out loud[00:07:56] Visualizing the affirmation [00:09:48] How to make your affirmation sticky[00:11:06] End Curious to learn how to make your affirmations sticky? Listen to episode 1 and I’ll walk you through how to make your affirmation practice a more effective and transformative tool for your career changing journey.<br/>Follow the show @themindfulcareerchange and leave a message or ask a question about changing careers. I might answer your question in one of the episodes to help you and other career changers.<br/>OR<br/>Connect with me on LinkedIn @valeriemekki