By Veda Polk | Purpose Fairy
“Why did you do that?”
“You aren’t good enough”
“You shouldn’t try for that, you won’t be able to keep up”
“That was a bad decision”
“Why did you do that?”
Did you read that and think, “man, that sounds like how I talk to myself sometimes”?
It leaves you feeling hopeless, stuck, and honestly downright sad, huh? How you speak to yourself has a profound outcome of how you live your life, so why do SO many of us speak to ourselves in such a negative way?
It’s debilitating and downplays all of our potentials to achieve greatness.
I struggled with this way of thinking for SO long. Don’t get me wrong every now and then I have little thoughts that creep up because, well, simply because old habits die hard. Every now and then I still have thoughts of “this won’t work, you should just let it go”.
However, the difference now is I don’t allow these thoughts to stay. I accept that they come and then release them instead of trying to resist them, or believe them to be true, and feel shame and embarrassment for even thinking that way.
How do You Clear Your Mind?
I searched for ways that made me feel enlightened, empowered and that made me feel like I was succeeding in overcoming the negative self-talk, in overcoming my Inner Voice.
I found ways that allow myself to feel like I am immediately taking massive action, as well as keeping my body, more importantly, my mind, in a calm and peaceful state that doesn’t feel like it is stressed by the thoughts that come and go.
4 Simple Ways to Clear Your Mind and Change Your Life
If you too want to clear your mind and see how much it can change your life, this is what I do when I feel stressed and overwhelmed by my thoughts:
1. Breathe.
It’s not only good for survival as we need Oxygen to survive, but it’s good for tricking your body into a more relaxed state of being and for slowing down your thoughts. I take 5 deep breaths, with my eyes closed, and focus on my heart rate. During that time, I also try to clear my mind of all thoughts.
2. Create your very own vision statement, your own mantra
I then came up with a vision statement that I repeated to myself over and over again, until I found comfort:
“I am strong, I am capable, I am unique. I am not defined by the negative thoughts, I am defined by my actions. I am honest, I am prompt, I am a leader, I am a positive light in this world. I am strong, capable and unique.”
This helped me get past the thought that would circulate, or rather the negative downward spiral of thoughts.
