For When you Don't Believe in Yourself

If you clicked on this, you might be experiencing self-doubt. Perhaps having thoughts such as, 'I'm not cut out for this', 'I will never be able to reach that goal', 'other people can do it better', amongst many other energy-sucking thoughts. If you have two minutes to spare, keep reading.

There are two ways we can respond to self-doubt: we succumb to it or we act in spite of it.

Now, let me ask you this: are you going to succumb to these thoughts?

This, right now, is a moment for you to elevate. When we choose to act in spite of our self-doubt, we are choosing to not fall victim to our negative thoughts; a crucial skill to be able to accomplish all that we want in our lifetime.

Because we are human, it will be impossible to feel good all of the time, which means that to avoid putting our lives on pause, we must continue to behave in ways that will help us reach our goals, even when negative thoughts and feelings begin to creep up.

Whatever thoughts you're having about yourself - however dark, however self-defeating, however believable - act in spite of them. We often believe we need to change our thoughts before we act, but more often than not, the opposite is true. We need to act in order to change our thoughts.

Your thoughts do not define who you are, and neither do your emotions and feelings. They all exist as a part of you in one particular moment, but the next moment they might be completely different, making them just a tiny fraction of our actual existence. It's scary to think about how easy it is to act on a fleeting thought - to make a decision in the heat of the moment because we are just so overwhelmingly convinced by what our mind is telling us. So, before we act on our thoughts/feelings/emotions, let's give ourselves space. Let's breathe and let a bit of time pass. Let's see how our thoughts and feelings shift with that time. Let's detach from what goes on in our minds, so we aren't inhibited by our thoughts.

If you have some extra time today, there are some fantastic guided meditations that can help us separate ourselves from our thoughts. Here is a 10-minute practice that I personally love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWxdQOstdlU.

Have a beautiful day.