Have you ever thought much about your self-talk? The words you tell yourself in your head? They may come out of your mouth when you think no one else is listening.
Are they kind words? Are you nice to yourself? Or do you have the voice of “the Bad Girlfriend” as my coach calls it?
I hadn’t thought about how I treat myself until one day I overheard my little boy say something to himself when he dropped something.
“That was stupid.”
ouch.
My eavesdropping became an awareness to change something I hadn’t had on my radar.
Maybe that is something you need to be aware of too.
Change is hard. But the good news about change? It’s constantly going on all around you. You might as well join in!
I’ve worked on that self-talk change for almost 20 years. I have learned a four word phrase that I’ll share with you that you can tell yourself too.
You Can Do This.
These 4 words have helped me again and again.
We sent one son off to college. You Can Do This.
My mom and dad passed away in the same year. You Can Do This.
My husband and I trained for 6 months to ride our tandem bike around Lake Tahoe.
You Can Do This.
We’ve watched one son get married and move away. You Can Do This.
We launched our youngest to college all the way across the country! You Can Do This.
We emptied our home of 15 years and moved away from our community. You Can Do This.
See what I mean?
A very helpful phrase. But it’s really a shortened version of the first Bible verse I memorized when I came to faith in Jesus Christ at 23 years old.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13
If you follow Christ, You Can Do This. Whatever He calls you to, He will be with you in it. His strength is yours to rely on, to sustain you through the change. God doesn’t change.
Everything around us may change but God remains the same. Yesterday, Today and Forever.
You Can Do This.
My recent challenge?
Food changes.
This guy has had hidden health issues. A change in what he eats will improve the issues.
So we became vegan. Not just a change like “eat less fats” or “cut out sweets”.
A plant based diet will reduce the scary numbers that say bad things could happen.
I had to change how I cook, what I buy and just about everything I knew about food prep.
You Can DO This! (these are tempeh tacos)
You might be a passionate cook who looks at a challenge like this with great enthusiasm. That’s not me.
I have to talk to myself. Daily. I had to find new sources of inspiration (check out my Pinterest boards for proof!)
Here is a new favorite book
Remy would be proud (ratatouille)
Your change challenge may be much different than food changes. Believe me, I know change is hard.
But change can be good.
You Can Do This!
I’d love to hear your changes so we can encourage one another!
Also, I’m linking up today over at Sue’s blog:
