What We Tell Ourselves
Our focus this week — Oct 15-22: “Self-Acceptance”
Today’s MotD: What We Tell Ourselves. A key component towards self-acceptance is noticing what we tell ourselves. For instance, how can we expect others to see us as successful when we don’t accept that we are or can be successful ? How can we receive what we want when we have trouble accepting that we’re worthy of them ? And how can we achieve our goals, when we struggle to accept that we are capable of achieving them ? This is why we’re encouraged to pay attention to what we tell ourselves about ourselves.
And as a second part of this process, we’re also encouraged to reframe the words that are self-sabotaging and diminishing. For instance, if we’re telling ourselves: I’m not smart enough, then reframe it to something like: “There may be other people smarter than me but I have had a lifetime of experiences and I have the ability to easily adapt to any situation”.
One area where this plays out for me is accepting myself even though I’m 40+ overweight. I tell myself things like “I’ll be happy when I’ve reached my goal weight”, “What’s wrong with me that I would let myself go like this ?” or “I’m embarrassed by my weight, so much so that I put on clothes that I don’t necessary like but will hopefully camouflage it”…even though intellectually, I know when I do this it seems to emphasize my weight even more—at least in my mind, anyway.
How would I reframe these messages ? “Even though I’m 40+ overweight, it’s okay to love and accept myself just as I am right now.” “Even though, up until now, I’ve let myself go (weight-wise), I have the power and the ability to change my trajectory in a way that supports me.” “I accept myself and my body just the way it is right now and wear clothes that make me feel good now…even if it means buying some new ones that fit my body the way it is now.”
So with this week’s focus (self-acceptance) and today’s message (what am I telling myself), I’m reminded that I need to change things from the inside out, that I need to catch these non-helpful messages I tell myself and reframe them into supportive words, words that. a life coach would probably use.
How about you ? As you strive to achieve one of your goals, what are you telling yourself about yourself and your goal ? Are you using supportive, encouraging words ? Or are you using self-sabotaging, diminishing words ? Which words do you think will serve you better ?
BTW…Here’s the before…the front and back view of today’s puzzle piece and the pretty ceramic box that holds all my numbers from which I randomly choose each day’s puzzle piece number:
Peace & Blessings,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
Creating Mandalas 🔆 Awakening Inner Harmony
ABOUT THE 2025 Mandalas of the Day
Throughout the year, I’ll be building one large (48”x48”) Tibetan-styled Mandala one piece at a time…one puzzle piece at a time, that is. The mandala design and the reversed puzzle side were printed on artist-quality watercolor paper. The forward facing puzzle side was printed on a 48”x48” wood panel.
Each day, at random, I’ll be painting in watercolors one of the 365 watercolor puzzle pieces, that by the end of the year will become Archangel Mandala #4. Read more about the Archangel Series. The word/message for each piece will be inspired by Melody Beattie’s book “52 Weeks of Conscious Contact”.
Ultimately, the message of this mandala is about how we are all uniquely part of the one.
Mandala of the Day 