I'm going to try this on myself and use your words on myself. “Hello, my little snookums,” I cooed at it. “You’re so lovely. You’re so strong. You’re going to cope with anything. You’re amazing. I love you.”
My writing teacher has been talking about this. And in her recommendation I keep a notebook with everything I did that day jotted down just to remind myself of what I accomplished. @Shondawhitworth
That's a good idea. I used to do that in my day job as we were pulled so many directions that I never got what I intended to do done. So at the end of every work day I wrote down what I actually achieved.
I just found you on Substack and I was drawn to your story. My heart goes out to you. I’m chronically ill and have some extreme challenges, too. Your experiment was fascinating. I can’t wait to hear about the silent version. Thank you for sharing.
“Our words and thoughts can change the environment” excellent advice, I’m trying it. I tend to be hard on myself and if I’m not careful I’ll easily start a negative spiral. Thanks for this 🩵🩵🩵
Absolutely fascinating, Cali! I now must try something like this myself. Did you ever see the Masaru Emoto water experiments? It was very interesting too and along the same lines as this. I am terrible at self talk, and have been really inspired by how kind you try to be to yourself. I will run an experiment on myself too, and maybe two plants and report back to you! Thank you--loved this one!
You're welcome. Yes, I've heard about the water experiments. I think it is similar to this. I've learnt the hard way to be kind to myself. The way I used to be carried me a long way, with a lot of achievement - until everything crashed! Somehow I think being loving to myself will be a lot more sustainable going forward!
Omg, Cali, I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. And wow! At this point I'd have to throw the negative one out because that's just gross. But I am so curious how long the other one will go. What a great experiment!! The first part of your article is interesting because just yesterday I realized I still have a belief that I can't make a living and provide for myself with work I actually love. I've been talking out loud to myself a lot and now I want to talk lovingly to myself around this belief.
It's really powerful, isn't it. I threw the rice away yesterday at 7 weeks. The green dot one still had no mould though neither of them smelled great! I think this experiment needs a control pot as well, which doesn't get spoken to. Then you can tell the extent to which the kind words make the green dot one survive and whether the nasty words hasten the mould in the red dot one. It's fascinating. Now that I'm able to do more, I'm having to keep remembering the "be kind to myself". That's how I recovered and I want to stay recovered and not take myself for granted.
I'm going to try this on myself and use your words on myself. “Hello, my little snookums,” I cooed at it. “You’re so lovely. You’re so strong. You’re going to cope with anything. You’re amazing. I love you.”
My writing teacher has been talking about this. And in her recommendation I keep a notebook with everything I did that day jotted down just to remind myself of what I accomplished. @Shondawhitworth
That's a good idea. I used to do that in my day job as we were pulled so many directions that I never got what I intended to do done. So at the end of every work day I wrote down what I actually achieved.
Enjoy loving yourself ❤
I just found you on Substack and I was drawn to your story. My heart goes out to you. I’m chronically ill and have some extreme challenges, too. Your experiment was fascinating. I can’t wait to hear about the silent version. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for being here. It was a very powerful experiment. Be kind to you 💕
“Our words and thoughts can change the environment” excellent advice, I’m trying it. I tend to be hard on myself and if I’m not careful I’ll easily start a negative spiral. Thanks for this 🩵🩵🩵
Absolutely fascinating, Cali! I now must try something like this myself. Did you ever see the Masaru Emoto water experiments? It was very interesting too and along the same lines as this. I am terrible at self talk, and have been really inspired by how kind you try to be to yourself. I will run an experiment on myself too, and maybe two plants and report back to you! Thank you--loved this one!
You're welcome. Yes, I've heard about the water experiments. I think it is similar to this. I've learnt the hard way to be kind to myself. The way I used to be carried me a long way, with a lot of achievement - until everything crashed! Somehow I think being loving to myself will be a lot more sustainable going forward!
What a fascinating and powerful experiment and certainly food for thought..
Omg, Cali, I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. And wow! At this point I'd have to throw the negative one out because that's just gross. But I am so curious how long the other one will go. What a great experiment!! The first part of your article is interesting because just yesterday I realized I still have a belief that I can't make a living and provide for myself with work I actually love. I've been talking out loud to myself a lot and now I want to talk lovingly to myself around this belief.
It's really powerful, isn't it. I threw the rice away yesterday at 7 weeks. The green dot one still had no mould though neither of them smelled great! I think this experiment needs a control pot as well, which doesn't get spoken to. Then you can tell the extent to which the kind words make the green dot one survive and whether the nasty words hasten the mould in the red dot one. It's fascinating. Now that I'm able to do more, I'm having to keep remembering the "be kind to myself". That's how I recovered and I want to stay recovered and not take myself for granted.
Oooh, yes, a third one with no speaking to it at all!! But this is just an amazing visual.