Empower Newsletter – September 2011
Welcome to the September, 2011 edition of the Empower Newsletter. Feedback from last month’s article ‘act as if everyone likes you’ was fantastic. One comment was “I tried it and it didn’t work.” Others found it made a huge difference. I find it absolutely amazing that when we change our behaviours/beliefs, it changes our reality. This is just one area of how our behaviour can change our lives. The possibilities are endless! It all starts with us. Read more…
Did you know?
‘if you choose to continually acknowledge good things about yourself, it will become a habit’
I was speaking with a friend who said she thought it was quite common, especially in women, to doubt ourselves. This somehow seemed to justify to her that because it is common, it is okay.
Why just because we think the majority are doing something, do we accept this as being okay when it is not okay. Self-doubt not only keeps us stuck, it prevents us from being all we can be. I wonder what would happen if we decided to become the minority and start backing ourselves.
Imagine what you could achieve if you didn’t spend time and energy focusing on doubting yourself. You may actually learn to like yourself or even worse, learn to love yourself. By repeatedly telling yourself about all of your perceived flaws and faults, you are reinforcing these damaging beliefs into your unconscious mind.
When was the last time you gave yourself a compliment or a pat on the back. Why not give yourself a break and start flooding your unconscious mind with some positive feedback!
A great place to start is to create a routine where every night in bed you acknowledge at least five positive things about yourself. They can be as simple or as complex as you like. Here are some examples to get you started. How good am I that I didn’t have that extra biscuit, or for choosing a healthy alternative, or that I went to the gym, did some exercise or took the stairs. I am proud of myself for not buying that top I didn’t need or for just listening to a friend. There are so many things we do in our lives that we take for granted. Even getting up and going to work each day, paying the bills, cooking dinner or being the rock that holds the family together.
What a great way to fall asleep each night. If you do this every night, by the end of September you will master this and it will have become a habit. In next month’s newsletter I will give you another technique which will help you to further concrete your new habit of believing in yourself. Stay tuned…
Affirmation Corner
Self-belief Affirmation “I love myself for who I am”
Events Schedule
Chicks in the City Wed 21/9/2011 at 6.30pm
Chicks in the City meet the third Wednesday of every month from 6.30pm to 8 pm at Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde in the Hawks Lounge (lower ground lounge area).
Chicks in the City is a group for women to connect. Basically it’s all about hanging out with women, meeting new friends, socialising, finding like-minded women to chat to or even making long lasting friendships.
All women are welcome and it’s free.
Quote of the month
“You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can’t have it” Dr. Robert Anthony
Something to Ponder
“It is only a thought and a thought can be changed” Louise Hay
A Great Read
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
If you are looking for a book that gives you easy to understand steps to become successful in life or business this is your book.
I found this book seemed to use different language from the usual self-help books. The content came across as being fundamentally true, something someone who calls themselves ‘real’ could relate to.
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