The better we can get at knowing our thought “inventory” the less likely our thoughts will get jumbled up and the less likely we are to use our mind as a dumping ground. We will be able to see right away if thought patterns are building up and whether or not those thoughts serve a positive purpose or are the taking up space kind that will not serve us.

There seems to be a strange comfort in relinquishing oneself to self-pity, or the victim mentality, but as a coach, I immediately recognize the ridiculousness of that and end up laughing and reminding myself that comfort can also come in the form of self-respect and self-empowerment.

Every day people have internal dialogue that completely deflates them. Every day people have internal dialogue that causes self-doubt, insecurity, shame, confusion, and sometimes even self-loathing. For some reason we seem to have become tolerant of this bully, all the while we