"Would You Date Your Inner Voice?" · Expert Coach Certification

"Would You Date Your Inner Voice?"

Oh.My.Word.

I just finished talking to a friend of mine that I haven't seen in months. The negative thoughts she was expressing about herself were...overwhelming.

I tried redirecting and trying to get her to re-examine what she was saying objectively without much luck.

Suddenly, out of my mouth, I snapped, "Would you date your inner voice?" (I still can't believe that was the phrase that came out of my mouth. I usually try to be more...diplomatic, at least????)

That stopped her and got her attention. I told her how destructive her "talk track" was about herself and told her she really needs to recalibrate her negative thoughts. I even gave her a weekend assignment. I told her that she needs to ask 10 people who she knows and admires this Labor Day weekend what it is they value and respect about her and the person's name down and what they said.

I told her that I wanted her to share it with me on Monday when I see her. I'm thinking that I can have her use that as a first step to her read that daily kind of as an affirmation of sort to start to retrain that "talk track."

If she does that, what would be something else you would suggest as a next step?

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