122. How to Be Awesome At Avoiding Negative Talk

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The average person has a negative thought every 2 minutes.  That’s whole lot of negative thoughts in one day and we all know all the reasons why this isn’t good for us.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lindsay’s been researching something that affects our lives and our days SO MUCH MORE than negative thoughts… negative talk!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, we are focusing on what comes out of our mouths that is negative, much of which we don’t even realize we are saying, and how much it affects our days and our lives.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are talking about being super intentional about what we say and stopping ourselves when it’s a complaint or it’s labeling something as negative and changes how you see it and how you act.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rather than trying to train ourselves not to think negative things - this is easier because it’s very specific.  Don’t say negative things out loud.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Studies have shown that it is 10x more powerful than if you think it!!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So we just aren’t going to stay stupid things out loud, no more verbalizing negativity.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Lindsay talks about how the stories around negative talk are crazy and can change how your days and weeks go.  And how many of us self sabotage and don’t even realize it.  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She’s talking about keeping yourself busy so you don’t have time for it and never labeling a day as a  “bad day”…. Especially early on in the day!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are avoiding complaining and implementing new strategies when you have the negative thoughts.  Lindsay talks about how to change it up- listen to something - put something else in your ears!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span