Use this meditation to help you manage chronic self-doubt so that you can feel less anxious and more confident each and every day.
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Good morning friends.
Heidi:Happy Thursday to everyone joining me here on Facebook.
Heidi:This will also be a bonus episode on my podcast.
Heidi:So hello to all my podcast listeners as well.
Heidi:I do these meditations live on Facebook every Thursday, and I'm
Heidi:so excited today to bring you one that is for chronic self-doubt.
Heidi:So this is a short daily meditation practice that you can use to help
Heidi:you manage self-doubt so that you feel less anxious and more
Heidi:confident as you go about your day.
Heidi:Now self-doubt.
Heidi:It is something that when we are experiencing in it, experiencing
Heidi:it, it feels really true.
Heidi:It feels like whatever your story is, like, I'm not good enough for this job,
Heidi:or I'm not good enough for this person, or my life is just not the way that I want
Heidi:it to be and I don't know what to do.
Heidi:Self-doubt is present in so many of these challenging situations,
Heidi:and when we're in it, it can feel like we are like in the depths of
Heidi:the ocean and it's all around us.
Heidi:It is the absolute truth of who we are and of our lives, when
Heidi:in reality it is an experience.
Heidi:It is thoughts and feelings that feel true and not to not to minimize them
Heidi:because they are very powerful, but they are not the truth of who you are.
Heidi:Just like the weather.
Heidi:Even if it tends to be rainy, we have moments of sunshine, we have
Heidi:changes in the seasons and, and and that's totally natural and normal.
Heidi:And underneath all of that, like we have the, the mountains that are
Heidi:strong and stable and still there no matter what the weather is.
Heidi:So, what we will do with this meditation is to get a sense for that transitory
Heidi:experience of thoughts and feeling.
Heidi:So let's get started.
Heidi:Taking a nice deep breath in, maybe even lifting your arms up over your
Heidi:head and then letting them come down.
Heidi:Resting your palms on your lap.
Heidi:Eyes can close or lower.
Heidi:Feeling your feet on the ground, like really getting a sense
Heidi:of the firmness beneath them.
Heidi:You can lift them up, press them down into the floor, the same for your seat.
Heidi:Feel the chair or whatever you're sitting on beneath you, maybe wiggle a little
Heidi:bit or get a sense of that contact.
Heidi:And then taking a nice deep breath into the belly.
Heidi:Exhaling out the mouth.
Heidi:Do this two more times.
Heidi:Deep belly breath in.
Heidi:And the exhale, maybe even sighing.
Heidi:Ah, long, slow exhale.
Heidi:One last time.
Heidi:Deep belly breath.
Heidi:Okay.
Heidi:Returning to your natural breathing rhythm,
Heidi:noticing the breath,
Heidi:noticing that you have a body.
Heidi:You've got toes and feet, legs.
Heidi:Most of us have have legs and hips, torso, shoulders, arms, hands, neck, head.
Heidi:You can repeat internally.
Heidi:I, I have a body.
Heidi:And I am more than my body.
Heidi:You can lose a toe, a foot, a leg, and you are still you.
Heidi:And then noticing how you're feeling right now in terms of emotions.
Heidi:So this might be sad, content, stressed, anxious, peaceful, agitated,
Heidi:and repeat to yourself.
Heidi:I am feeling this emotion.
Heidi:And name that emotion, or if nothing comes up, just I am not feeling anything.
Heidi:That works too.
Heidi:I feel feelings.
Heidi:I am more than my feelings.
Heidi:I feel self-doubt at times.
Heidi:I am more than my self-doubt.
Heidi:Self-doubt is not me.
Heidi:I am me
Heidi:noticing your mind thoughts
Heidi:and being aware that thoughts come and go in your mind.
Heidi:That your thoughts are made up of words,
Heidi:repeating.
Heidi:Sometimes I believe my thoughts,
Heidi:yet my thoughts are not me.
Heidi:My thoughts are not the truth of me.
Heidi:Sometimes my thoughts are of self-doubt.
Heidi:My thoughts are not the truth of me.
Heidi:Self-doubt is not the truth of me.
Heidi:I am more than my self-doubt.
Heidi:I am me.
Heidi:My self-doubt is thoughts and feelings.
Heidi:I am more than thoughts and feelings.
Heidi:I am me.
Heidi:I'm gonna take a couple breaths to notice the resonance, the reflection of the
Heidi:meditation in your body, in your mind.
Heidi:And to close, we'll take a final deep belly breath in,
Heidi:exhaling out the mouth.
Heidi:Open your eyes.
Heidi:I'd love to know how this works for you, how it feels for you.
Heidi:The key to managing self-doubt really is to be aware of this separation,
Heidi:that your thoughts and feelings are not the truth of who you are, and that
Heidi:when you have chronic doubt, you have to have a very consistent practice
Heidi:to, to become aware of the separation.
Heidi:And you can use this meditation to help support that.
Heidi:So if you're curious about how else you can support yourself with
Heidi:self-doubt, This week's podcast, episode number seven is all about that.
Heidi:So check out the Empowered Introvert podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.
Heidi:Or you can go to my website, the link is in the bio wherever you are watching this
Heidi:or in the comments if it's on YouTube.
Heidi:So thank you so much for joining, friends, take care, and I will see you next week.