Our past is ultimately a collection of emotional pictures we hold. Our perspective of things changes based on the meaning and emotional weight we give these events. If you can change the meaning of an event you can change the emotional picture.
When your mother shouted at you it might not have been because you were a useless child but because she’d had a bad day. Holding an emotional picture of yourself as defective means you take everything that happens as your fault. It is not just a case of looking differently at the same world but experiencing it differently and being different. Remember - your brain and body respond directly to the emotional pictures you hold. If you hold the emotional picture of yourself as confident and happy you will begin to experience this. The key is honesty - not wishful thinking. Take it day by day.
Richard is a Communication trainer, Motivational speaker and Self-esteem trainer
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