By Evelyn Lim

Your inner talk is likely to be mostly negative if you have little self love or have worthiness issues. Negative self talk is limiting, crippling and harmful. Your words carry the toxic energies of fear, shame, criticism, judgment, shame, fear, blame and doubt. As a result, you feel depressed, depleted and dispirited.
(From My Art journal: Self Talk Painting made in 2010)

Awareness is key. What you can do is to become aware about what you are or have been saying to the self. It requires you to review your own internal dialogue.
However, as you go through this process, avoid adding another round of criticism. The last thing you want is to direct more negative energy inwards. The idea behind creating awareness is... More...