ACTION PLAN TO UPLIFT YOU!
Think Thoughtfully
Examine the words you say to yourself inside your head. Do you call yourself names (Stupid!)? Do you put yourself down for mistakes (How could I not know that?)
Evaluate Your SelfTalk
Do you speak more kindly to others than you speak to yourself? Would you call other people names you call yourself.
Use Your Kitten Voice on Yourself
You know how you talk to a puppy or kitten, if you do. I do. A friend calls it my “kitten voice.” I say things like, “You are my precious one” and “I’ve got you, everything is alright.” I have a gentle singsong tone. I’d never say to a baby animal “you are too stupid to live.” No, I reserved words like that for me. That was then. But now if I am upset about something I have done, I imagine what I would say to a kitten, and that’s how I talk to myself.
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