The Inner Voice Guidance
There is an inner voice we all have that is communicating. If you think it is muted, you might be unconsciously aware of what is being communicated internally.
The challenge is cultivating the awareness to hear when the inner voice is speaking. Move through the conflict of the negative self talk dilemma. Many people think if they choose to listen they might have to do or be what the voice is communicating. Taking what is being said as “truth.”
I have found that by choosing not to acknowledge the voice, it continues to get intensified, trying to get my attention.
The inner voice can either be mentally building us up or tearing us down.
It can be the difference between choosing resilience to be in a state we want or give up on the vision of what is possible. The term “giving up” can mean many things.
What Giving Up Could Mean
- allow a moment of challenge to define disempowerment
- admit defeat or failure without a take-away
- obstruct the flow of creative genius
- forfeit self worth
- ignore the choice of perspectives and possibilities
- reject personal capability
- denial of faith or hope
- concede that there is no other way
There could be many more meanings that could be formed from one’s personal life definitions of “giving up.”
What remains to be true is the negative self talk aspects that limit the beliefs surrounding the idea or vision of “what is possible.”
What Does Negative Self Talk Really Mean
The goal of negative self talk is safety. The positive intention behind this type of communication is to avoid or prepare for the painful feelings derived from the mentally draining thoughts that create them. The perception that it won’t be as much of a shock if it happens because it was expected.
Learning to Shift the Negative Self Talk
The negative self talk can be appreciated when the intention is known. It’s meaning can be open to change. It does not have to mean it is the truth. When that aspect of “untruth” is acknowledged, a new insertion of meaning can be explored.
The self talk can be transformed into a new realm of positivity and empowered thoughts.
The transformation is possible because of choice. Choosing an intention for thought and becoming aligned in those thoughts.
Some chosen intentions to become aligned in thought could be; compassion, gratitude, trust, love, courage, curiosity, etc.
Whatever the chosen intentions are, they reflect the need to act on one’s potential, performance, possibility and purpose.
Courage over-rides the fears;
The fears of failing
The fears of doubting.
The fears of perfection.
The new self talk phrases align with the core messages;
“I can do this”
“this is possible”
“Taking action now is more important than worrying about the outcome”
Shifting those moments of negative self talk requires practice and awareness. Understanding when the triggering patterns become active.
Stopping and slowing down.
Breathing.
Realigning to a chosen intention.
Refocusing on aligned inner communication.
A connectedness of communication that transforms the inner being of who you think you are, expanding what is possible through the wider scope of potential.
Acknowledgement of a strongly aligned intention reveals the vision to choose expanded transformational language.