The Moodment Holly Teegarden

We have all heard that saying, you’re your own worst critic. It’s so true. Why are we so mean and harsh to our SELF? It’s about being insecure. Not loving ourselves enough. Not being perfect. Because we’re pushed to have certain ideals that aren’t real. Learn tips on how to find more self-compassion.

I feel like sometimes in our lives we can’t find peace. Lots of things going on in our day with work and family. Running around and we leave little time to ourselves to center. Listen I’m not saying you’re going to step out and be at 100% peace like a Zen Buddhist, I’m just saying we need to find more moments of inner peace. And you can tell when people have this freedom of peace. They look lighter and are smiling. They are focusing on a rhythm. Think about when we were in our mothers' wombs only listening to her heartbeat. When we came out there were machines that our parents put next to us listening to a heartbeat. It soothes us. Calms us. It’s listening to the rhythm. With that in mind think about the rhythm of your life is it beating a million miles a minute or slow and focused. Let’s talk about ways to get that peaceful rhythm back Here are ten ways I have pulled together.

We only have one life.
Let’s face it everyone is in denial about something. We tell ourselves little and sometimes big lies to “protect” ourselves but really we’re just sabotaging our own life.

Why the heck do we do this? It’s about fears, insecurities, and pain and not facing them. It’s just easier to lie than actually live our truth. It’s comforting and many times we’re avoiding self-responsibility. But through our truth is happiness.

I have put together five ways we lie to ourselves and ways to stop doing it.

Decide what and who is most important in your life, and say yes to them.and say no to the rest. Why is this so important to do? There’s only 24 hours in a day and you only have so much room literally and figuratively. Focus on what matters.

We spend our lives comparing ourselves to others. What we don't realize when we do this is we're wasting precious time being negative. We take the focus away on achieving our goals and instead become unhappy with feelings of jealousy and being inadequate. This episode tells you how you can stop comparing yourself to others and why it's important to do so.

What would happen if we chose a path of love instead of hate? Learn how to make that mindshift and how it can change your life.