I was 29 when I had my oldest child, but I had been around kids a lot. I became an aunt when I was 9 years old. I had 9 nieces and nephews by the time I had my own child and I worked with kids from the time I was a teenager. I thought …
Negative Versus Positive Language: How Negative Language Can Affect Kids
How we live our lives and create our own happiness can be affected drastically by the language we use. Using negative language versus positive language can create dramatic mood shifts, lowered self-esteem and self-confidence daily. This can also affect how we parent our children and how our children learn to speak to themselves or others. …
Affirmations and Their Importance in Boosting Your Daughter’s Self-Esteem
There are so many factors in today’s society that drags on self esteem, especially for young girls and teenagers. However, there are several things we can do to teach our daughters in an effort to help them boost their self esteem. One of which is to teach them affirmations. Our thoughts have a lot of …
31 Days to a Positive Inner Voice: How to Remain Positive
Once you have changed your habits and have found some positivity. Changing your inner voice is hard but it never is a complete venture. Everyday is work to remain positive. Here are 10 tips to remain positive everyday. How to remain positive Find the optimistic view of any negative situation Look at the good side …
31 Days to a Positive Inner Voice: Journaling
When we are absolutely overwhelmed with emotions a great way to get them out is to journal. Write about everything, every automatic thought, every negative thought, every angry thought. Many studies have shown how journaling can improve health and happiness. How to Get Started No exact products are needed for you to be able to …
31 Days to a Positive Inner Voice: Positivity Through Mindfulness
Mindfulness is our ability to be fully aware and present where we are and what we are doing. This means not being distracted by outside forces, thoughts, and emotions. When we are constantly negative, anxious, or upset about situations we can focus on them even when out of the situation. We can be watching a …
31 Days to a Positive Inner Voice: Cognitive Restructuring
Negative self talk, our inner voice, dysfunctional and irrational thoughts, are all bad habits that can be redirected and changed. Cognitive restructuring is a method to change these habits. This method helps you identify, challenge and then alter cognitive distortions like the many negative thinking styles discussed at the beginning of the month, Black and …
31 Days to a Positive Inner Voice: How to Break Bad Habits
Bad habits can prevent you from accomplishing your goals. When you have obstacles it can be harmful for our own self worth. When we have more and more obstacles to reach our goals it can be hard to stay motivated and positive. What Are Bad Habits? Habits can be both positive and negative. Bad habits …
31 Days to a Positive Inner Voice: Self Talk and Stress
How we experience life is directly correlated to language. Being able to name an item, an emotion, a situation, without language we have no descriptors. This is a big reason why our self talk has such a powerful impact in our lives. How we talk, especially how we talk to ourselves, can impact our mood …
31 Days to a Positive Inner Voice: Making Self Care a Priority
I know for me I tend to always put others first. Whether it be my husband, kids, parents, siblings, or simply friends. I have a hard time saying no. Why? Because I want to help. I always want to be there for others and be someone they can rely on. How can this be harmful? …