Positive Self-talk Matters: 8 Ways to Up Your Positive Self-Talk

Where I see negative self-talk have the most detrimental effects, however, is on our ability to trust ourselves to change. When we are trying to change something significant in our lives, and especially when we require that change to last, to be sustainable - talking shit about ourselves makes the process of change just THAT much harder. We become less able to recognise our wins, which slows down how quickly we learn and pivot when our plans for change don’t run smoothly, and the energetic toll of having to pull ourselves out from a cloud of negative self-talk takes a huge hit on our motivation.