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EXERCISES TO HELP YOU BUILD
SELF-ESTEEM
Self-Talk
All of us have a running monologue going on in our heads, as we comment on
situations, feelings, and moments in our day. Sometimes the monologue is filled
with negative messages ("How could you be so stupid? He really hates you
now. You'll never find someone.") Negative thoughts deplete self-esteem and
create self-sabotaging actions. We turn people away by the "vibes" we
send out.
You can get rid of negative thoughts in two ways. First, picture a street
sign in your brain that reads "No dumping allowed." next, go into the
computer program in your brain, print out the negative program (the one that
says. "You're a jerk, you blew that, no one loves you"), then use the
cosmic erasure. Say aloud, "Cancel, clear," press the delete button
and type in a new program, one that says "I'm a neat person," " I
am a lot of fun to be around," " I have so many interesting things to
do and say in my life," "Lots of people want t be around me because I
am stimulating, warm, and fun."
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