Reclaim Your Thoughts Conquer Negative Self Talk and Negative Thinking by Using Proven Practical Techniques to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence

by Strong

You wouldn't shame your friends if they made a mistake or gained a few, so stop doing it to yourself. You have between 12,000 and 60,000 thoughts a day, and research indicates that around 80% of them are negative. A certain amount of self-criticism is both normal and in fact, it developed as a survival skill and can help us with personal growth and self-improvement. That is, until it becomes automatic and develops into negative self-talk. If these kinds of thoughts seem familiar to you, you're probably one of the millions of people who has a negative inner critic. Your inner voice is constantly narrating your life, and the chances are, it sometimes has a thing or two to say that is less than encouraging. The problem is, the longer this goes on, the more it starts to impact your life. When we constantly tell ourselves that we don't deserve the things we want or that it's impossible to achieve our goals, we make it impossible. We get caught in a vicious cycle, and that little voice wins. But it doesn't have to. You are stronger than that voice, and you can break the cycle .

166 pages, Paperback

Published December 24, 2020

Reviews

[J.F. Brou · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the visualization exercise

Quick and comprehensive guide on negative self talk. Even though we know intuitively what to do, we are stuck with those bad habits that been programmed in us since the early days of our childhood. This book help you bring more awareness to negative self talk which everyone suffers with. I really really loved the visualization exercise at the end of the book.

[Rebecca Parrish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth a read

It was useful. Outlined some meditations. Step by step outline of replacing negative thoughts with positive thoughts. Cognitive therapy ideas.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stop and transform negative selftalk

Dr. Strong has written a short and well researched book on how to stop and transform negative selftalk.
It has inspired me to take up mindfulness meditation again and as a first step to be more aware of my inner critic and record what that inner voice is saying to me in a journal. The next steps are laid out in the book to transform that inner voice into a supporting voice, but that will take time and effort!