Another happy student finds his way to using what used to trigger an anxiety response to a new positive way of “hearing” things.
Hi Audrey, Just wanted to let you know how the techniques are working for me. I’m looking forward to the next online coaching class starting.
In the past what others though of me could bring me “up or down” in how I felt about myself. I converted that and am using it in a more helpful way. I imagine a “part of myself” and “hear it saying” an “I like the way you dress” and start to get the good feelings. If I make a mistake instead of coming down on myself I now imagine the “part as a person” saying “yes, you made a mistake, your human, you’re a good person” and the one I use a lot is the part saying, “I accept and love you even when someone rejects you.”
Now it’s like I’m taking in my opinions about myself (with the perspective of it’s someone else giving their opinions about me), which helps that part of me to feel comfortable and feel accepted no matter what.