Who do you talk to the most? Maybe you’re thinking: “my spouse, my kids, my friends, or my coworkers.” This may surprise you but the answer is none of the above. On a daily basis, the person you talk to the most is, without question, yourself. We each have around 70,000 self-talk thoughts a day. And here’s the problem—80% of them are negative. When we hear a steady barrage of negative words from the person we talk to by far the most, life becomes anything but simple. Disempowering thoughts (I’m a bad mom, I’m a mess, I’m so overwhelmed, This day is terrible), especially when repeated often, drag us down and complicate our lives. These thoughts distract us from the present moment, keep us from meeting our goals and stop us from fully living our lives; however, what if we could apply the idea of decluttering to this area of life? Joining me today to encourage us as we ‘declutter’ negative self-talk is Julia Ubbenga, voice behind the popular social media account and blog, Rich in What Matters. Today Julia will take us through her process of forming better habits around the way we speak to ourselves. 

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Links Discussed in This Episode

• Order a Copy of Minimalist Moms: Living and Parenting with Simplicity
• Minimalist Resource: My Hygge Home by Meik Wiking
• Dr. Amen’s “ANT Catching” tool: https://ahha.org/selfhelp-articles/ant-therapy/
• Dr. Amen book
• Article “Three things to say to your child every day”
• The Hope Effect
• IG Live with Becker: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClHLfG_AwlB/
• Connect with Julia:
• website: https://richinwhatmatters.com/
• instagram



Show Notes for EP252: Let's Declutter: Negative Self-Talk

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