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Importance of self-talk awareness
“Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance.”
- Zig Ziglar
We all talk to ourselves. Out loud. In our head. On paper. We are each our own closest companion. Nobody talks to us more than ourselves. When you consider that fact, how have you been talking to yourself lately? On a spectrum from being your own biggest fan to your own worst critic, where do you think you fall? Go ahead, talk amongst yourself. Where we fall on that spectrum can even depend on the situation and our mood, so it’s more fluid than fixed. Sometimes we can transform from our biggest fan to our worst critic instantly. This is why it’s important to be aware of our own negative self-talk.
I used to be my own worst critic up until my mid-20’s. I battled with anxiety and self-esteem issues. No one could get more down on me than myself. I would tell myself things like I did not matter or I wasn’t good enough. It was a dark place I led myself into. Fortunately, I was able to lead myself out of that dark place in my late 20’s. I had this breakthrough where I reconnected with my heart and realized how much I had been hurting myself with negative self talk and limiting beliefs. I had become my own worst critic. I also processed a bunch of trauma in the process, which helped be discover where my self-doubt was coming from.
