Have you listened to a GoodAF Mom Pep Talk yet? If not, you are in for a surprise - these episodes are not just a moment of cheerleading but take a deeper look into the conversations we hold with ourselves. Today we meet our “Loving Anchor” or the voice of our future leaning, the authentic self typically drowned out by the louder and more urgent Inner Critic.
We also tackle the question - is enjoying your negative thinking cycle normal? And what can we do to strengthen our Loving Achor using acceptance, attention, and love?
References on this episode include:
Jack Kornfield’s book No Time Like the Present
Tara Brach, whose quote, “We can love ourselves into healing,” which I heard in one of her Dharma Talks, you can find for free on Youtube here.
And the mice from the MIT Habit Study helped us look at how we can both accept and override the Inner Critic encoded into every human’s genes.
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The kids of my good friend Alison Mountford of Ends and Stems, a family meal planning and food waste expert, provided our fantastic and giggly intro. More about her here: https://endsandstems.com
