Day 13. Body Talk Good stuff only, please. So today was "not only should you not say anything negative about anyone’s body - especially not your own - but you should say something good about yourself to someone else." Every day for the last five days I've said something good about myself to someone. The easiest is the man friend but every Thursday in burlesque we say something good as well. Day 14: take a look around Two weeks down!! Katie says... "make today about you. Take a lil’ bit of time - even if it’s just a minute or two - to bring the positivity you’ve been cultivatin’ a bit deeper, and to shore up the confidence in yourself, and your ability to make these new changes really stick." It's been a great two weeks, imagine six months from. Super exciting. Day 15: under pressure Create a stress plan. Katie says, " today, I recommend creating a Stress Plan. Write it down, save it in an email, or just think about it - but come up with three things you can realistically do when life gets in the way." My plan.... Is to try to take a few deeps breaths and go for a quick walk. Day 16: Today's task is. Sit down, and think about how your body feels, starting from your toes, all the way up to the ends of your fingers. And then, for the next 10-15 minutes, try to experience the world conscious of those feelings - keeping in mind that your body is amazing, and brilliant just as it is. I'll need to get back to this one. Day 17: It’s worth taking a little bit of time - whether it’s during a yoga class, say, or on the bus to work, or even when you first get out of bed in the morning - to let those brainwaves do what they do, and to really focus in on what kind of patterns you’re following. If you’re leaning towards negative thoughts, bounce them back - but maybe taking a moment beforehand to think about why they’re there, and what practical steps you can make to reel ‘em in, in future And if your internal chatter is positive, embrace it. Encourage yourself, just as you would a good friend. Just a couple of minutes of that, every so often, can do all sorts of good things for you and your overall happiness levels. So take the time today to listen - and hopefully, you’ll like what you hear. My note.... Take feel breaths and rock this. Day 18: Fat Girl, PhD : It's Not Just About Weight LossView this email in your browser Day Eighteen: No Doubt Not even a lil' bit. This is the whole email.... I'm going to just go ahead and put it out there: self-doubt is a bitch. Sometimes, you'll find it just wheedlin' away, telling you you aren't good enough, or you're not capable of doing what you set out to do - getting involved when it has no place being anywhere near you. I know I've come up against it plenty o'times myself - and it's a tricky thing to overcome. That voice in your head might say one thing - that you can't, or you won't - but the reality is usually pretty different. The trouble with self-doubt is that it can be a bit of a vortex. The thought that you can't do something is quite often enough to stop you giving it a go - which cements the original idea. And next time something comes up, you add this to the list of reasons you probably can't do whatever the hell it is... So you don't try, and the cycle starts again. This, right here, is no way to live. I've said plenty o'times over the last few weeks that you've got endless capability to get things done, and to achieve whatever you set out to - but to make that a reality, you've gotta knock self-doubt out of the equation. You've got to identify the thought when it first crops up, and pick it apart. Whydon't you think you can do it? What absolute proof do you have that this negative voice is right? Chances are, you'll refer to past examples - things you've tried and failed, things you've maybe not done as well as you'd like to - but to use a bit of a cliché... That was then. This is now. There's no reason, with the right attitude, and the right amount of self-belief, you shouldn't be able to prove that voice wrong - and hopefully you may have a few examples from the last 18 days to use as counter-arguments to that asshat livin' in your head. So today's a day without self-doubt. If you can, pick a challenge - say, adding an extra half-mile to a walk, or managing to clear your head for an extra ten seconds - and prove to yourself that you've got this. That you can. Identify those negative thoughts when they come up, and give 'em some lip - talk back, and make it clear that you are entirely capable of doing whatever the hell you like. Because... Well, because you're awesome. Simple as that. .
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