by Andy Leigh | Oct 31, 2021 | Tools & Techniques
Recognise Your Negative Thinking When our negative thinking goes unrecognised it causes us all sorts of pain, stress and unhappiness. Here’s one version of what it can be like – and how recognition can begin to make a world of difference. “So… I wanted to...
by Andy Leigh | Apr 16, 2021 | Mind Changers, Positivity, Uncategorized
Authentic Best Self: Shine a Little Brighter Right then – in the previous post we built an understanding of who we are when at our best. We made a list of all the positive, inspiring qualities and actions that together, represent our Authentic Best Self. We know how...
by Andy Leigh | Nov 25, 2020 | Mind Changers, Positivity
The Feel-Good Journey Towards Your Best Self I’ve seen it argued that the authentic self is actually… well… a bit rubbish, that it’s naturally a bit of a slob, a weak, self-indulgent, bingeing, path-of-least-resistance, bozo do-nothing. After all, the argument goes,...
by Andy Leigh | Feb 9, 2018 | Laugh Away Your HIC
Visualize Your Horrible Inner Critic – Part 2 Here we are then in the second part of the Horrible Inner Critic (HIC) Visualization process. This is where we can have a bit of fun with our HIC. If you’ve not read Part 1 yet, please do take a look at that first –...
by Andy Leigh | Jan 17, 2018 | Laugh Away Your HIC, Uncategorized
Visualize your Horrible Inner Critic – Part 1 In Say Hello to Your Horrible Inner Critic I introduced the idea of personifying your negative thoughts to help deal with them more effectively. As a first step we named it. Now we follow our mind’s-eye to get...
by Andy Leigh | Nov 30, 2017 | Laugh Away Your HIC
How does our negative voice – our Horrible Inner Critic – develop? Here are two theories. I think they’re both right. Theory One – Stone Age and Before Well, back in the day – that is – lots of millions of days back, in the time of our cave dwelling ancestors – back...
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