Get out of your head…

So. Here we are. Still here. It's A LOT. 

This week, one of my yoga teachers talked about a meme that was going around at the beginning of shelter in place: 

Suck it up. Right? They sacrificed their lives…you can sit on your couch. 

Except for a lot of us, sitting on our couch is pretty damn hard. Now - before you get angry at me and say “That’s ridiculous!!!” -  stick with me for a moment. The reason that sitting on our couch is so difficult for so many of us is that we are being asked to sit with ourselves. And for many of us, that’s painfully difficult to do. The busyness of American society leaves little time for any of us to actually BE with ourselves. But with all of that busyness gone, there’s little to distract us from ourselves, our thoughts, our heads. And that, my friends, is a challenge of epic proportion. 

Because as it turns out, we aren't so kind to ourselves. Have you ever stopped to notice how you speak to yourself? Everyone has a judge. Some of us have a controller. You may have a perfectionist. Some of you are people pleasers. You might have a big old victim. And most of us have an inner brat on occasion (Do I haaaave too??? But I don’t waaaaant tooooo…)

And those are just a few. It might be so common, you might not even notice. But the likelihood that you’ve got some of those characters hanging around the neighborhood otherwise known as your mind is pretty high - because 80% of an average human’s thoughts are negative. EIGHTY PERCENT. 

My guess is that if you were in a room with a person who was speaking to you the way you often speak to yourself, you wouldn’t sit around for it.  Because no one wants to hang out with a judgmental, controlling, asshole. But still, you sit in your own head with that person. All. Day. Long.

Here’s the good news - consciousness around those negative thoughts is half the battle. There’s a lot of time right now to notice the conversation that goes on in your head. The sooner you start to notice, the sooner you can start to shift it. You can’t change something you’re not aware of. But once you become aware, you have a choice about how you want to talk to yourself.

So what’s it gonna be? Do you want to let the same old thoughts run the show? Or do you want to start to get to know your higher self, your true self, your inner leader - and let them start to lead the way? Once you identify those negative thoughts, you have the choice to stop them. And then you get to determine what you want to replace those thoughts with. Wouldn’t it be awesome to have a wise sage leading the way instead of a judgmental bitch? 

The choice is yours, my friend. And there’s no time like the present to start…Don’t know where or how to start? Click here to set up a complimentary intro session and we’ll dig in together. Because as many very wise people have said, your mind is a dangerous neighborhood. Don't go there alone. 

And also - this is all crazy. Nothing is normal. You deserve that walk by yourself. Or to hide in your closet. Or to eat the ice cream in the bathroom while the shower runs so that no one else can ask you for a bite. You deserve it. You're doing great.