You become what you think…
For today’s wellness wednesday tip, I want to share with you an excerpt from my new book, scheduled to be released March 12th. Our thinking habits and “core beliefs” affect EVERY area of our wellness. If you’re feeling stuck in any area, start looking at what those may be!
When working to address unhelpful and unhealthy thinking habits, or core beliefs, we have to first identify them. To do this (in addition to working with an individual mental health clinician), you can use thought records. When you begin to recognize intense or painful emotions, you can use a thought record to write down what happened, what emotions were triggered (and how strongly), and what automatic thoughts were activated by the event. When you start to do that, you can start to recognize patterns that emerge, and this can help you start to see what underlying beliefs may be lurking.
Some of the most common ones that I see are things like:
“I am not enough.”
“I’m not loved.”
“I’m not lovable.”
These are thoughts and beliefs that scripture very clearly speaks against by telling us what is true. Scripture tells us how loved we are (and we’ll get more into that in a bit). The unhealthy thinking is also often referred to as “stinking thinking,” and our goal is to catch it and replace it with healthier thinking…that doesn’t stink. Just telling yourself to “stop thinking about it” is not going to help. When you tell yourself to stop thinking about something, you’re just going to think about it even more. Research confirms that!
To help you do this, check out a thought record to use in journaling, like this one from getselfhelp.co.uk.
To learn more about the new book, click here: https://learningtofearnot.everydayincredible.net