That voice inside your head (self talk) has a huge impact on who you are and how you live your life. What sets apart The Body Camp programme from other retreats is the daily lessons on words, self talk and how we communicate internally – to ourselves!
When guests appear at thebodycamp.com in Ibiza, to spend a week with us in our amazing villa, we find it takes at least 48 hours for most guests to understand the concept of self talk and how POWERFUL the WORDS they use are…..
We hear phrases like “I am overweight” I am unhealthy” I can’t stop drinking alcohol”……
Your words become your life – it’s that simple.
You may not think so, but with practice you can change your self-talk. Why wouldn’t anyone want to develop a habit of positive self-talk? It uplifts you; it helps increase your confidence, it enables you to attract what your heart desires, it allows you to adopt a healthier lifestyle and it helps reduce stress.
However, it can easily slip your mind to regularly practice positive self-talk if you don’t make it a habit!
Yes, it might sound and feel ridiculous at first, but if you keep going with your positive self-talk, it will become natural to you. To help you stay on track, you may like to put some post-it notes wherever you’ll see them: on the bathroom mirror, on your computer screen, inside of your wallet, in your car — wherever works for you. It’s important to constantly remind yourself to speak kindly to yourself until it becomes a habit….
Bring your awareness to your self-talk when you wake up, when you’re driving to work, waiting to be served at a restaurant, exercising, or lying down; use it every day, in all situations.
Become clear on what you don’t want, and shift focus on what you DO want.
We suggest changing your self-talk to something like:
- I am capable.
- I am strong emotionally and this will reflect in my body.
- I make fantastic decisions around nutrition.
- I know who I am and I am enough.
- I choose to be present in all that I do.
- I choose to think thoughts that serve me well.
- I choose to reach for a better feeling.
- I share my happiness with those around me.
- My body is my vehicle in life; I choose to fill it with goodness.
- I feel energetic and alive.
- My life is unfolding beautifully.
- I am confident.
- I always observe before reacting.
- I know with time and effort I can achieve.
- I love challenges and what I learn from overcoming them.
- Each step is taking me to where I want to be.
Your self-talk creates your reality. Is it time you rewired your brain and created new thoughts and habits to help bring you what you DO want as opposed to what you don’t want?
Speak kindly to yourself – any time you think!
Master Coach Rick Parcell
Partner and Program creator
Some concepts have been sourced from www.success.com and this website is definitely worth looking at.