Be Kind To Yourself

 

Something I've realized over the years is that we often tend to be

our own worse self-depretiating critics. We can tend to be the harshest on ourselves and sometimes we need to cut ourselves a break! If you read one of my

previous posts on fighting the "ANTs" with "TNT" then you already know that our brain tends to automatically generate negative thoughts--something Doctor Daniel Amen refers to in his book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, as "Automatic Negative Thoughts" or, "ANTs." I like to combat those negative thoughts with something I refer to as, "Transformative New Thoughts"--the kind of thinking that has powerful, transformative implications on you and the way you live!

 In Karen Salmansohn's book "Instant Happy: 10 Second Attitude Makeovers" she challenges us to "talk to yourself the way you'd talk to someone you love." I bet you'd start being a lot nicer to yourself and ignoring those negative "ANTs" if you imagined you were talking to a loved one and not just yourself! This week I challenge you to tell yourself one nice compliment each day, and whenever you get a negative thought and start feeling down on yourself, to combat that with a positive thought about yourself in it's place.If you need help reminding yourself of how awesome and amazing you are, then you can always refer to the Biblical affirmations I compiled at the end of this post (click here) to remind yourself of who God says you are and how wonderful He thinks you are!

Have a great week everyone! :)

 

Photo is from Karen Salmansohn's "Instant Happy: 10 Second Attitude Makeovers"

For more info on Transformational New Thinking you can read TNT: TeeNage Transformation--Explosive Ideas that Will Blow Your Mind and Change Your Life Forever