Yukon International Storytelling Festival<\/a>. Now comes the follow-up: giving myself a pat on the back.<\/p>\nThis is something I am always encouraging others to do, both friends and clients alike, to actually reach up and physically pat our own back while saying, “You did a really good job. Good for you!”<\/p>\n
I’m writing about this now because I haven’t done it yet. As we all know, doing things for ourselves is much, much more difficult.<\/p>\n
It’s so much easier to look at what I didn’t<\/i> do rather than what I did. “I skipped a whole chunk of the story,” or, “I was nervous and I didn’t say what I wanted to say to the producer guy.”<\/p>\n
Thank goodness I have made progress in this area. Those thoughts do still come up but I now refuse to give them focus. I refuse to give them any power.<\/p>\n
Years ago, I read about about something called mirror work, which involves looking at oneself in the mirror and saying loving, affirming things. It takes the pat on the back one step further. <\/p>\n
This kind of work makes a lot of people uncomfortable. It sounds corny, it feels corny, and, frankly, it is<\/i> corny.<\/p>\n
But this kind of work is also extremely powerful. It cuts right to the core of that deep well of fear and self-loathing. It forces us to confront our own inner critic in the most direct way. It’s uncomfortable, I’ll admit it. And that’s why I do it.<\/p>\n
So, friends, here I go: “You did really well, Celia. Good for you! You did your best and your best is good enough<\/i>!”<\/p>\n
Okay, the back is officially patted. Mirror, here I come.<\/p>\n
Inspiring Message of the Day: I will give myself a pat on the back for my accomplishments. I will go to the mirror and look myself in the eye and give myself a loving affirmation. We deserve it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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