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HOW TO OVERCOME NEGATIVITY WITH YOUR VOICE 2

Allison MacTavish · April 1, 2021 ·

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Are you exhausted without understanding why? Are you ready to give up before you even try? Do you complain a lot about this or that? Do you criticize yourself at the drop of a hat? If you’re looking for ways to overcome negativity, read on to find out how to turn your situation around…with the help of your voice!

As human beings we focus more on the negatives because we’re wired to survive. The problem is we suffer. How can we get out of the negative thought-feeling-speech-behaviour cycle that reinforces suffering, and create more peace and happiness?

Exercise 2 – REFRAME A PAST OR FUTURE EVENT IN A SELF-SUPPORTING LIGHT

Take a look at a difficult story you’ve been replaying over and over in your mind concerning a past event or your worries about a future event. This is a form of self-torture that we’re all familiar with! Those negative stories reinforce self-criticism, undermine our self-esteem, and can even trigger our body’s fight-or-flight response.

To stop the vicious cycle of self-criticism and the body overreacting to stressors we can transform our stories so they’re no longer triggering. Try reframing the difficult event or topic in a more positive light by examining the big picture of that experience.

Stop seeing it as proof of your unworthiness or not-enoughness and start seeing the event as an opportunitity for learning and growth that can support you in moving forward into the future with confidence. Don’t toddlers crawl and fall down countless times before learning to walk? The same goes for entrepreneurs, by the way.

I’ve come to see failures as growth spurts and events to be celebrated. Didn’t pass that difficult exam? What did you learn in the process of preparing for the exam? What wins did you experience during the journey?

Didn’t get selected for the job? What information and wisdom can be gathered from that whole experience to help you feel more self-confident and better-prepared for your next job application?

Stand back and get a bird’s eye view of that event. Acknowledge the myriad of small wins inherent in it (e.g., surprises, intuition, discoveries, feelings, emotions, experiences, connections, perspective, etc.) that came about because you showed up and tried…and celebrate that!

And don’t forget to thank your suffering for the opportunity to know and experience happiness!

Co-creating a better world through our inner dialogue!

OPEN YOUR HEART AND LISTEN (PART I)

Allison MacTavish · November 19, 2016 ·

My yoga instructor used to end each class by saying, “Open your heart” and then “Namaste”. This would conjure up an image in my mind of my heart opening like a door to the world with rays of light pouring out. The meaning of Namaste is “the light in me acknowledges the light in you”. These are words to live by.

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IS YOUR VOICE LIKE A SLEEPING GUITAR?

Allison MacTavish · March 23, 2016 ·

A friend of mine is a professional guitar player. One day, he told me about his hobby of fixing up old guitars – he calls it “waking up sleeping guitars”. Upon hearing this, I immediately thought of my own guitar, which was in a box in the cellar where it had been for the last 10 years!

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ALL THE COLOURS OF YOUR VOICE

Allison MacTavish · February 25, 2016 ·

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My singing teacher once asked me to imagine painting a picture with my voice while singing. From that moment, I started to imagine applying different colours of paint to the walls of her studio with each note that I sang. With each breath I would apply the colour with long legato strokes or short staccato strokes of my “air” brush. It was a beautiful exercise – one that awakened my imagination and invited all my senses to join in!

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