Talking out loud to yourself is not just for movie scripts, when scary things lurk in the shadows and a blonde, scantily clad woman screeches out — Whoa there?
It actually serves as a very useful tool in cutting through a steaming pile of mental goo.
Thoughts breed on thoughts, and it’s so easy to get wrapped up in your own web full of them. Most often you aren’t even sure how they got started, but they quickly run over each other, creating an life-size hairball that requires serious mental Drano.
I would like to say meditation is the best solution, but some folks swear to bits they are too antsy, and all prior attempts have been futile and frustrating. Journaling is another option, but it takes quite a bit more time, as you need to write regularly before recognizing mental patterns. And as much as it pains me, some people just don’t like to write. Gasp!
Here is an effective, creative option to help untangle the mental fuzz — talk to yourself, out loud.
Hearing is Believing
I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume most folks have heard their own voice through an audio recording. Whether it’s your cell phone message on playback, the lame yet hilarious answering machine message from back in the day, or through a little video snippet, you’ve had a chance to hear your own voice.
It’s common for people think their own voice sounds weird and foreign to them, but this exercise goes way beyond what you think you hear, and pushes ahead toward how it FEELS to hear it.
When you actually hear yourself externally, stringing together words in an impromptu fashion, you will feel any number of things; relaxed, excited, confused, annoyed, strange — there are oodles of possibilities.
As you continue to talk out loud in a stream of consciousness, after a few minutes you begin to tell which thoughts really sound authentic and are true for you. It generates a different kind of reaction in your gut, and you will feel how some words sit well, while others feel “off.”
This is one way to start picking through the mental trash, and see what needs to go.
Saying words out loud also let’s you FEEL the weight and energy of them in the instantly in the present moment. This is the real objective perspective you need in order to start noticing lack luster thought patterns and try on new “word wheels.”
Clear for Take Off
Talking out loud to yourself may feel odd at first, but it’s a much more direct way for feeling into the vibrational connection between the words you say and how they feel in your body — the epicenter of intuition. As you clear out the mental clutter and make space for new, more divergent, clearer thoughts, negative mental loops start to dissipate.
Free yourself with your own voice. Find time to talk out loud to yourself, and see how to melt away old patterns you might not even realize were inhibiting your greatness.
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