The Slipping Mood

Eleanor Roosevelt said “no one can make you feel inferior without your consent”.

So why do we always agree to let others make us feel this way. Last time the discussion was about that “critical voice” that we allow to speak harshly over our lives and unless we confront the overly harsh assessments, we actually believe them and soon stand accused and convicted without the benefit of an open trial.

If we are emotional eaters (raise your hand), then every time we determine we aren’t good enough, we become hungry. So here is a thought: the single biggest problem standing between you and a thin body has to do with your harsh view of yourself. If food becomes a major mood regulating mechanism, then we will find ourselves overeating every time our mood slips, every time we feel we don’t measure up, every time we think we or our lives aren’t good enough.

But let me say that the answer to this is not to keep “the mood from slipping”, because reality is reality – life happens, people reject, feelings get hurt, bad days are just around the corner and our expectations of what was supposed to happen don’t match the actual. And when life happens Self-Doubt raises its ugly head. Next time I’ll take from the book notes about self-doubt (provoked & unprovoked), the armor we wear and how to weaken the power of self doubts. Are you waiting with baited breath?