Welcome.
What we are culminating today is the first steps of opening up to create a loving inner dialogue.
And that's going to be knowing how to navigate the voice of doubt and insecurity.
What we are practicing today is not removing this part of ourselves,
But instead speaking to it.
I believe this is best said by Byron Katie.
You either believe what you think,
Or you question it.
There's no other choice.
He also says,
When a thought hurts,
That's the signal that it isn't true.
Breathing in,
Allow your heart and mind to rest openly for the rest of this meditation.
Beginning to propose a more wholesome way to relate to the voice of insecurity.
Closing your eyes now if you haven't already.
Adjust your body to support your attentiveness.
Let your spine stretch tall.
Guide your chin to tuck slightly downwards as the crown of your head rises to the ceiling.
Let all the muscles not responsible for holding you upright soften.
Let them be held by the strength of your activated muscles and ligaments resting into you.
Open your awareness to view your breath.
Let your consciousness hold a bird's eye view of your whole being.
Observing all sensations.
Surrounding sounds.
Singering thoughts and feelings.
Our daily experience and perception of ourselves is directly related to the thoughts we listen to and validate.
The thoughts we listen to paint our perception of ourselves.
This practice we are walking is for the long haul.
It is the practice of lovingly relating to ourselves.
And what it takes is a fiery commitment to your heart.
To commit to reminding the voice of doubt,
The inner bully,
That there is also the voice of love.
The first step is building the awareness for when the inner bully starts to speak.
This can be noticed right as you start to feel the pinch of fear or insecurity.
To begin seeing beyond this voice,
Remind it and yourself of the possibility there is more.
That even though this part of you may not see it at this moment,
You are allowed to stop needing to prove yourself.
The words that I tell my own inner bully is I am allowed to be lovable.
We may not have all the answers,
And at times we may not even be able to see ourselves through an optimistic lens.
But let us interrupt the voice that looks for all the reasons we are not lovable.
We can remind this voice we actually have every right to be.
It isn't necessary to completely see through painful thoughts as you say this,
But to choose not to listen to them and to leave the eyes of your heart open to seeing a new perspective.
So take a moment and get in touch with the place inside of you that is unsure.
Listen for these next few moments and let these words into your heart,
Bathing you in the permission slip of self-love they offer you.
You are allowed to rest.
You are allowed to feel enough in exactly who you are.
You are allowed to retain confidence in yourself even through trial and error.
You are allowed to love yourself even when you don't know where to start.
As we listen to the voice of doubt,
A tunnel vision around the negative begins to form.
Thoughts become validated into beliefs,
And beliefs take even more time and fire in our hearts to reshape the ways they have molded us.
The fire in our hearts is all we need.
Consistently we must tend to our inner landscape in clear space for the voice of love.
Take these last few moments to rest in silence with yourself and with the possibility that you are enough exactly as you are right now.
Breathing in,
Letting this breath be enough.
Having the experience of breathing just as you are right now to be bathed in all of your compassion and appreciation.
For the rest of the day today,
Remind yourself you do not have to believe the voices in your head.
You are allowed to be lovable.
You are allowed to be here right now and feel enough.
You are allowed to be here right now.
