Reflection On My Self-Talk

After reviewing this lesson, pondering and rehearsing the new information, I decided to implement it to my daily self-talk. To my surprise, I found many situations to practice my new learned ABCDE steps. At first, it took focus and determination to struggle through the steps. I found myself walking around with paper and pen with the steps listed on the top of the paper ready to take notes. Do these steps really work or did they distract me long enough that my mind moved on to other things… Either way, these steps made me focus on things differently and with success. It will take time to master and become more natural, but I feel confident in this new way of thinking. Adversity, this took time to determine specific wording to express my

I did not want to consider the guilt, the additional calories that would lead to weight gain, the clogged arteries, the surrendering to sugar cravings once again. Focusing on being healthy, living longer, and forming power and strength to stand up for myself to myself. To live a good life a healthy life. To build and strengthen self-discipline is so powerful and self-rewarding, an accomplishment its self. Disputation, is awesome! Feeling proud of choosing to make a decision and holding the power to control the outcome is a strength I intend to keep building. I could have enjoyed the pleasure I found in that brownie. However, being in control and making informed decisions as well as holding myself accountable is a way to build a good life. I am grateful for the positive self-talks and the opportunity to slow down to evaluate before acting. It will and does completely change the way I see things, for the

It was interesting to make connections through each step with how I viewed things in the past. I will continue to work on this skill to better my happiness and positivity. However, there were times when I knew what I should be working on and sadly, chose to push it aside at the time. I believe this was solely on the event. During this particular time, I was at the hospital emergency room being worked on and trying to answer what seemed like a zillion questions while others worked on me. I believe with practice it will become natural and less work. Other situations I applied these steps to were deciding to put off homework, turn off the ringing telephone, going for additional medical testing, and attending a second baby shower. Learning to leave homework is a difficult task that seems to control me. This is work in progress; I need to find a middle