By Linda Hampton RN, MSN

Stress management takes many forms and self talk is but one of them The inner dialogue you have with yourself is going on all the time – but most of its just “below the surface.” That is, it’s going on below the conscious threshold of the mind. It happens without you ever being aware of it.

You could be taking a test, for example, and even though most of your thought processes are concentrated on the questions and answers, your old programs are still running in the background. They’re saying things like, “I just know I’m going to flunk this test. I didn’t study like I should have, and now it’s caught up with me. This will probably make my grade point average drop, my dad is going to really upset. Why couldn’t I have been born as smart as that nerd in front of me? I was born to be a big failure.”

Your subconscious mind is working right now, day and night, to make sure you become precisely the person you have subconsciously described yourself to be. If your internal program pictures you as having trouble earning enough income, your subconscious mind is doing everything it can right now, to make sure that you have trouble earning more money. If you have conditioned yourself to believe you can’t stick to a diet, you can be sure that your subconscious mind will make sure that no diet will work for you – at least not for long. Your mind can only do for you what you (and others) tell it to do.

During our formative years each of us is told “no” or what we cannot do, tens of thousands of times. Each of those “no’s” are deeply rooted in your subconscious mind.

Most of what seems to happen to you, happens because of you. Something you created, directed, influenced or allowed to happen. Let’s take a look at 5 steps that control your success or failure:

1. Behavior – your actions how you act, and what you do everyday. The right series of actions will end up making things work better.
2. Feelings – every action you take is first filtered through your feelings. How you feel about something will determine what you do.
3. Attitude – your attitude will effect how you feel, which in turn, determines how you act.
4. Beliefs – what you believe about anything will determine your attitude about it. Your attitude creates your feelings and direct your actions.
5. Programing – how your conditioned by friends and family from the day you’re born

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