Before you begin the cleaning, first you have to make the mess a LOT bigger.
Sometimes we have to do this in our lives. I recently had a minor epiphany, I'm launching a new endeavor and it is going really, really well. As I discussed some of the "self-talk" changes I've noticed recently with my husband, I realized that the "self-talk" being replaced was something I hadn't admitted to myself even existed.
Some time ago, I was in a situation where some colleagues unleashed a campaign of negativity and bad press that would have made "The Heathers" proud. Of course, I had convinced myself that I was over it, I was bigger than it and it was all behind me. What I realized most recently, was that when I experience a setback in my business, those are exactly the voices in the quiet recesses of my subconscious that make me question myself.
We never really listen to those voices consciously, so I managed to ignore them all this time, while they were worming their way deeper and deeper into my self conscious mind.
Going through the process of admitting to myself that these nasty old negative voices were there and were affecting my mindset and my actions has been extremely cathartic and refreshing.
But now I realize, that before I'm truly through with these particular demons, before I can really say that they have no power over me, I need to fully
expose them.
Like cleaning out my closet.
Do you need to do some closet cleaning in your life?
It is a powerful, rewarding and extremely effective form of self-care. If we're brave enough to do it.
And don't we all love a well organized and well stocked closet?
