Your Guide to Notice, Stop and Change negative thoughts.

Do you know why many high-achieving women get stuck even when they know the steps to take? If you've ever doubted your ability to do something, even though if you read your resume, you'd see that you have the skills and experience to be successful, you've faced the symptoms of imposter syndrome.

Follow the steps below and coach yourself the next time you feel like you are not worthy of setting and achieving ambitious goals for your career and life. If you feel stuck, consider signing up to work with me one-on-one for weekly accountability and a supportive community.

When I try to explain positive thinking to my sons, we start by discussing our beliefs and our understanding of good and evil. We believe that the universe wants us to do good, love others, and help others. Next, we try to notice the different thoughts and categorize them by the ones that make us feel happy or optimistic and those that make us feel bad, doubt ourselves, or hurt others.

Don't get stuck spending too much time analyzing your negative thoughts, or you'll increase the chances for fear to hold you back. Instead, be curious about how you can change your thoughts to positive. Get aggressive and attack those negative thoughts.

For example, maybe you feel like there's no way to maintain your balanced lifestyle and get promoted, and you wonder if it's worth trying at all. Ok, yes, it can be challenging to take on additional leadership responsibilities, and you might need help, but that's everyday stress we all face. A negative thought could go to the extreme and say: You'll NEVER be able to lead ANYONE EVER. You aren't leadership material.

If you have any examples that support your positive belief in your ability, like getting hired and successfully advocating for yourself, use that as evidence to notice the lie. If you've ever led ANYONE, the negative thought cannot be true.

Instead of beating yourself up, celebrate the protection of your energy and encourage yourself to reject negative thoughts. Remember, progress is the goal, not perfection! The real danger is if you don't notice, and the negative idea can take root.

If you believe it, it will be so! We are a sum of our thoughts. Why not turn that power into positive energy that drives you towards what you want in life? Use positive affirmations. When you realize your thoughts are turning to be unrealistic or untrue, replace them with what you want to be true.

For example, my career challenges and enables me new opportunities to grow as a leader.

Congratulations! You are one step closer to Getting Unstuck and overcoming imposter syndrome! Don't fear failure. Learn from your mistakes. Instead of getting stuck in your past, think about what you learned from your experience.

When you apply the Getting Unstuck affirmations to your life, you'll see the possibilities that are all around you. You can do anything you want. Release those self-limiting beliefs right now so you can start embracing the good life ahead of you.

Take action and apply the tips from this lesson:

● NOTICE NEGATIVE THINKING. Make a list of self-limiting thoughts holding you back this week.

● SHIFT TO POSITIVE THINKING. Create a new list of positive thoughts and create affirmations to get unstuck.

● TAKE ACTION. Read your statements out loud when you first wake up and at bedtime each night for 10 minutes.

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