For many years I internalized my inability to get things right with being a failure. In my experiences I was conditioned to believe that I did not just make mistakes, but that I was a mistake. My fear of making mistakes was fueled by my fear of failure, so I strove all the more to do enough, in my attempts to be enough so that people would not go away. I was driven by a … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2015
Carolina Panthers, Procedural Memory and Excellence
I am a Carolina Panther fan. If you are a fan of some other NFL team this article is about speaking to a principle, not about the Carolina Panthers. I am using their success thus far, 8 - 0; half way through the season. As I have watched each game, I have noted the remarkable timing that each player has executed relative to their specific positions on the team. As each player … [Read more...]
Self Talk — Triggers and Teachers
Yesterday, I wrote the article What may Be Limiting You — Self-Talk and published the article here on Second Chance to Live. The day before I wrote an article and published an article on Create a Spark of Hope: Not Giving Up by Replacing Negative with Positive Messages. In that article I shared what has helped me to identify and overcome triggers that have fostered negative … [Read more...]
What may Be Limiting You — Self-Talk
I have been thinking about how self-talk affects my mood. I find that I need to be diligent to notice what I am telling myself, about myself'; and my experience. In May of 2007 I wrote an article Who is limiting you? in which I shared a list of limiting scripts. Scripts, like those that an actor uses in a play or a movie that set the stage for how we live our lives. Unlike an … [Read more...]
Not Giving Up by Replacing Negative with Positive Messages
In the below article there are highlighted links -- that I have created -- which are links to articles that give further explanation on the topic. Click on the link (s) and they will open articles that give you insight into what has helped me to not give up by replacing negative messages with positive messages. “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can … [Read more...]
