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Affirmations And The Power Of Inner Dialogue
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Welcome to this space.
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This is from what you're doing.
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Today we are going to be still dwelling
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on affirmation.
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We're looking at
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affirmations and the power of inner
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[music] dialogue.
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I
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invite you to be steady with me
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so we can move gently.
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Today we are going to explore something
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that quietly shapes our lives every
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single day. [music]
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The way we speak to ourselves.
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Many people move through life hearing a
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voice inside [music] them that
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consistently remind them of their
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limitations, their mistakes, and their
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fears.
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But what if the words we speak to
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[music] ourself could become a source of
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healing instead of criticism? [music]
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What if those words could slowly reshape
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how we see ourselves and how we move
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through life?
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That is where affirmations come in.
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Affirmations are not
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simple positive words.
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They are intend they are intentional
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messages that gently train the mind to
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see possibility
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where it [music] once saw limitation.
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Before we go deep,
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[music]
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I invite you to take a moment to breathe
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together with me.
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Now [music] steady yourself. Make sure
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your feet are flat on the [music]
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ground.
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Your spine is straight. Or if you are
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lying on the bed, make sure you are
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lying straight.
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[music] Now take a slow deep breath in
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and slowly release it.
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[music]
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Take another slow deep breath in.
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Slowly release it through your mouth.
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>> [music]
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>> Take another slow deep breath in the
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third time.
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[music]
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Slowly release it through your mouth.
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[music]
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Allow your body to settle.
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>> [music]
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>> Allow your mind to soften.
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Let me share a story that [music]
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reflects something I have seen many
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times while working with people.
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Some time ago, I worked with someone who
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constantly described herself as a
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failure.
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Every time she spoke about her life, the
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same words appear again and [music]
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again.
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words like or statements like I am not
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good enough.
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I always get things wrong.
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I am not strong like others.
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What was interesting [music] was that
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her life story did not truly support
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these beliefs.
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She had survived many difficult
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experiences.
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She had continued working.
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She had supported her family.
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She had overcome many obstacles.
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Yet the the voice inside her mind
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continued repeating [music] the same
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painful message.
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I am not enough.
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One day during a session I gently asked
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her a question.
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If a close friend came to you with the
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same life story that you have just
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shared with me, will you call that
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person a failure?
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She paused
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for a long time.
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Ben, she quietly said, "No, I will
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probably
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uh see that person is very strong."
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That moment created the shift.
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For the very first time,
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I noticed she began to see how different
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her inner voice was from the compassion
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she offered [music] others.
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That was where affirmations [music]
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entered her her healing process.
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I encourage her
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to take her affirmations seriously.
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At first, it [music] felt uncomfortable
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for her to say simple statements [music]
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like, "I am learning.
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I am stronger than I think. [music]
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I deserve compassion.
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But slowly something began to change.
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Not overnight,
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not magically, but gradually [music]
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her inner dialogue
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softened. [music]
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Her posture changed. [music]
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Her confidence
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began to grow.
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[music]
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The words she repeated began to
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influence the way she saw herself.
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And eventually [music] the voice of
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criticism lost much of its power.
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This is the [music] quiet power of
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affirmations.
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They slowly transform the relationship
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we have with ourselves.
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Now listening to this story,
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a Lord has been stirred within you.
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I want you to move
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[music] into
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this gentle affirmation practice
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with me. [music]
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Take a slow
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breath in [music]
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[music]
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and gent gently release it. [music]
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Take it a second time. [music]
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[music]
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Gently release it.
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Now allow your shoulders to relax.
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[music]
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Allow your face to soften.
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[music]
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Now repeat these affirmations slowly
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[music]
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after me.
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While placing your right palm
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on your heart area, feel the warmth.
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Feel the love.
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Repeat after me.
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I am learning
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to speak to myself [music] with
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kindness.
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My past does not define my future.
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I allow myself
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to grow beyond my fears.
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I am stronger than I sometimes
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believe.
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I deserve compassion
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from myself.
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I welcome peace into my mind and my
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body.
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I am learning from every experience.
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I release the habit of harsh self
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judgment.
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I am allowed to grow.
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>> [music]
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>> I am allowed to heal.
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Take another slow deep breath in.
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>> [music]
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>> Now release.
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Take another one
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[music]
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and release.
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Let [music]
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the words
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settle gently within you. [music]
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How [music]
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are you feeling right now?
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>> [music]
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>> Gently follow this technique with
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[music] me.
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[music]
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If you are sitting, make your
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let your body
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be firm on the seat. If you are lying,
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let your body be straight. Your spine
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[music]
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should be straight.
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Now,
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gently
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lift up your shoulders [music]
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towards your ear.
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[music]
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Gently release it. Take it back down.
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[music]
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>> [music]
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>> Take it a second time. Lift your
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shoulders towards your ear.
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[music]
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Release it. [music] Take it down again.
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[music] Now do this the third time.
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Raise your shoulders towards your ear.
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[music]
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And as your shoulders are raised towards
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your ears,
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gently imagine
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[music] at your heart level
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that the words
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you are speaking are actually gaining
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ground
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[music] and are causing you to move
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forward in life.
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[music]
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>> [music]
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>> Gently
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relax it.
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Relax [music] it downwards.
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Now [clears throat] take a moment
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to ask yourself
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a quiet question.
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What words have I been repeating to
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myself over the years?
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Are they words that encourage me
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or words that limit me?
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Awareness of this inner dialogue is the
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first step toward change.
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Because once we become aware of the
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words we carry inside us, we can begin
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choosing new ones,
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words that support growth.
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We can intentionally choose words that
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support healing
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or words that support courage.
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Understand that until you're able to
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give yourself
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these words,
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you will not see the change you desire
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to see.
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The experiences you're looking out for,
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the outcome
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will not be that which is palatable. It
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will not be that which is enticing.
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[music]
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Remember
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you are who you are not by your physical
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being but by your inner thoughts your
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inner dialogue.
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[music]
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It shapes define
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and [clears throat] orientate [music]
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your personality.
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Change is a greater process. It is
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equally [music] an intentional process.
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Until you are intentional with your
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words of affirmation
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towards yourself,
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your life will remain [music] in the
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same position. And understand, remember
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that [snorts] the change you want
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[music] to see
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cannot come from the external
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environment. It can [music] only come
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from you.
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Before we close, place one hand gently
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over your heart.
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Take a slow breath in
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and repeat after me. [music]
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I choose words that support my growth.
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I choose [music] words that support my
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healing.
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I choose [music] words that support my
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strength.
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Remember, the relationship you build
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with yourself is [music] one of the most
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important relationships in your life.
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And sometimes that relationship begins
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with something very simple,
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a different [music] sentence, a
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different belief,
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a different way of speaking to yourself.
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[music]
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Thank you for taking this moment to
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pause and reflect with me. Until next
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time, be patient with yourself and
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remember that transformation often
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begins gently within. If you were
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blessed by this segment,
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subscribe, like, share, comment, let us
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know how this segment has been able to
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Thank you. I love you.
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Next time.