Inner Voice Shift - Change Your Inner Voice

Change Your Inner Voice: This playful, 3 minute meditation suggests changing the tone of your inner critic to something less serious, such as the voice of a cartoon character. The goal is to disarm the negativity by making it sound ridiculous, helping you to not take negative self-talk so seriously.

Transcript

So, Taking some time to sit down, Make yourself comfortable, Feet on the floor, Hands on your lap, Taking a nice gentle deeper breath in and out and closing down the eyes, Allowing the eyes to rest and relax and connect with your breath, The flow in and down and up and out. As human beings we often have an inner critic, A negative nagging voice in our head. Perhaps there's one or two statements that you continually hear. Negative self-talk. I'd like you to allow this voice to change. Perhaps you can think of a negative phrase that you often repeat to yourself. Many people say, I'm not enough, I'm unworthy. Perhaps you can change that voice to one that you don't take so seriously. What would happen if that inner voice, That inner critical voice, Sounded like Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck or Homer Simpson? A voice that wasn't so serious. A voice that you can't take seriously. Do that now. Notice the difference. Your homework from this session is to notice any negative thinking and in the noticing, Gently change the voice. You'll find this a hugely positive thing to do. And you can bring this technique back with you to use at any point. Having a gentle stretch now, A slightly deeper breath in and out, And opening the eyes, Returning to the day.

Reviews

loved this idea. changing the voice of some heavy internal chatter does shift things to a lighter tone💕

Homer Simpson, haha.
That was pretty funny. 😄
I kinda liked this medi, Andrew.
It does make you think to change your tone if you're upset or mad.

Thank you & Namasté Andrew.
😇✨️🙏🏻✨️
☮️💖&😊ness.

Thank you! Great idea to give my inner critic a funny mouse-like voice. Immediately, it becomes less serious and it reminds me of how absurd the situation is. 🐺

I love your content and teachings! Your voice is incredibly calming! Thank you! 🙏

I’m going to give this a try in my day to day life.