Publisher's Synopsis
We often struggle with inner voices of critical and judgmental comments. Those internal gremlins, as Gena calls them, have their script memorized and at lightning speed can fill our heads and our souls with dialog of guilt, shame, embarrassment, self-hate and self-loathing. Taming those voices is an act of loving the part of you that notices they are talking. By being aware of what you are saying to yourself, you can begin to gently with forgiveness and compassion edit the inner dialogue. Love YOU guides you through skills and strategies to quiet the harsh voices in your head and rewrite the self-talk in a way that supports your health and well-being. Being at ease and maintaining good health comes when you love yourself first. The simple strategies and techniques in Love YOU: Small Changes to Quiet the Gremlins and Tame Those Unhealthy Habits, Behaviors, and Addictions will take those who struggle with the most mundane self-defeating bad habits to those in recovery from serious addictions on a path to greater well-being.Gena explains straightforwardly why taking action and embracing simple, user friendly strategies will make the difference and actually work for you. She sensitively explores what people may already know consciously or subconsciously in order to acquire the confidence needed to implement life changing skills for a better future. Vignettes throughout the book, show how others have struggled or succeeded with the most common behavioral patterns. The personal stories make the issues and solutions relatable to a broad audience. Easy exercises for implementing this new thinking will help you quickly adopt these new strategies. Those who have tried and failed will relish in Gena's fresh approach because so much of her book flies in the face of conventional wisdom. Here are just a few examples: o Exercise Willingness Rather Than Willpowero Love Your Smart Self: 7 Ways to Reinforce Your Brilliance o Stop Seeking Experts and Start Living Your Life o Love Your Scared Self: How to Reinforce Your Inner Courage o Tricks to Pull One Over on Your Own Braino Love Your Sympathetic Self: 10 Ways to Reinforce Self-Compassiono Love Your Sprinting Self: 25 Ways to Win Long-Distance LivingThe many strategies and techniques in Love YOU, take advantage of the brain's amazing ability towards neuroplasticity, which means the brain can change itself.By changing the way you think about yourself, see yourself, talk to yourself, answer yourself, and feel about yourself, you can quiet the negative self-talk a.k.a. gremlins, improve well-being, and replace bad habits with healthy ones. Your life mantra becomes: Healthy choices = Fewer problems!
