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Does the voice inside your head speak out in a hard of soft manner?

Often our internal dialogue goes on without our awareness and creates more stress, anxiety and depression for us!

For example, in the gym my voice is a hard, Marine Type: “PUSH HARDER! DON’T QUIT NOW SOLDIER!” And it gets me to push harder, too hard at times. Same thing when I used to race motorcycles. Hence all my injuries. At home when I need to be writing my book, the soft voice dominates: “relax, take it easy, you deserve to…” and then telling me to spend more time reading, watching Book TV or to make another cup of coffee! It seems to lure me away from focusing on what I intended to do.

Neither voice in the extreme is healthy, and often other issues such as fear (fear of failure, fear of looking foolish etc) speak through these voices in our head. Ironically its often the wrong voice that dominates us as the above examples show.

I could see how others relate to internal self talk when I used to personal train clients in the gym. Some clients will push thru everything, injuries, naseau, even being sick. Others use any excuse to either cancel the session or when we train, they stop at the first hint of pain.

I’m not saying either is good or bad, it’s simply an interesting observation we all could take a look at. And in our ability to see, we become more aware and hence can take true action to balance ourselves yet once again.

This internal voice is key in how we think and talk inside our heads – often creating more stress, anxiety and depression for ourselves. Or if we can master the art of internal self talk, we can create more success and happiness in our life.

In fact there may be several voices (or conflicting desires)tearing us apart at once. For example, without our awareness, an internal battle of the voices ensues as we reach for the candy bar (or cake, martini, etc). I can just hear it now:  “You are too fat to eat that”, or “Go ahead, indulge – you deserve it!”, and “You can burn it off in the gym later”, “It’s (someone else’s) fault – he planted the idea of this by mentioning it to you!”, and on and on!

Remain vigilant to the inner dialogue of your mind. Don’t blindly trust your thoughts, they are NOT your friends!

So for me it means not getting up off this seat to grab a coffee, but forcing myself to get my writing done. Or when snowboarding, a little less intensity and cliff jumping would probably add years to my already battle weary knee injury.

If your own self talk does not seem to be working to get you motivated to do something or makes you more stressed – try Gabatrol. It can make you feel more positive and reduce negative feelings so that you can have the motivation to step up and do more positive things in your life. For example, some people report that when they feel depressed or lacking motivation to go to the gym – taking Gabatrol makes them feel better and they find themselves more motivated to go!

This of course creates a domino effect – they take Gabatrol, go to the gym, feel better and then they want to eat better too, and on and on! Gabatrol can spin you off in a more positive direction – its safe and fast-acting. Try it now!

Holiday stress can make happy times unhappy

Stress comes in all forms and among the most stressful events are often those that we are supposed to be happy with!  That’s right, getting married, buying a new house, or getting ready for the holidays can actually be hazardous to your health.  That’s because the stress and anxiety you feel over these ‘happy events’ signal the same stress response in your body as the dangerous or unpleasant situations most people associate with stress (traffic, job loss, divorce, etc). 

So it’s important for your health, and emotional well being, that you control holiday stress. After all, what good is the holiday if most of the time you are stressed out preparing for it?  Here is a list of the Top 10 Ways To Reduce Stress around the holiday:

Top 10 Ways To Reduce Holiday Stress:

10. Buy everyone gift cards

9.  Shop online

8. Never shop on the weekends

7. Take a ½ day off from work to shop with no crowds

 6. Shop with friends (sharing time kills two birds with one stone and alleviates stress)

5.  Get creative: think of home-made gifts that are easy and fun to make, plus less expensive!

4.  Be aware of how you feel:  when you feel stress increasing, practice taking slow, relaxed breaths to bring you back to center.

3.  Shop after the holidays: give everyone a card telling them the gift is still on the way!  You can even give them a hint of what you will get them to pique their interest.

2.  Pace yourself: after 1-2 hours of shopping, take a break. Have some tea or something.  Almost like being in the gym – you do a set of one exercise, then you rest, and do another. Here the sets are different stores. So you hit Macy’s, then rest, have some tea. Hit The Gap and Vitamin Shop (to buy Gabatrol for stress & anxiety of course!) then rest.

1.  Take Gabatrol for immediate relief from holiday stress and anxiety. Gabatrol will make you feel great in as little as 15 minutes! It’s safe, fast acting and will have you floating through your holiday shopping feeling relaxed and calm!