Mini Series: Shifting Shame to Empowerment - Free Your Inner Greatness

Hello Beautiful Infinite Beings!

Negative self talk is very common for many people in the world today. Shame is a common theme. While on the outside many people may seem well packaged and put together, deep within is a rather active judge who takes a critical eye to every action and in-action.

We have all experienced Judge Shame to one degree or another. In some cases, shame can get so powerful, it actually drives our lives. This is clearly evident when we explore our inner dialog. Exploring your inner dialog is something you can do for yourself. If you see yourself on a regular basis as worthless, an idiot unworthy of love, respect, affection, or success, this is a clear indicator that Judge Shame has moved in and now directs most every facet of your life. When it becomes this pervasive, it can be difficult to see just how deeply rooted shame has become. It acts like a strangling vine that moves through our inner landscape and wraps its tendrils around our beauty, power to create, and our joy. It does not have to be this way.

If Judge Shame is strangling the joy out of your life, you need not feel trapped with no way out. You can shift your experience from suffering to empowerment with a few simple tools. The first tool we are going to look at in this series is our "attention."

The first tool we can pick up and put to use is our attention. Engaging in the activity of "active attention" (noticing) is the first step. Nothing more; just simply notice. Make a conscious agreement with yourself - in this very moment - to simply "Notice" your inner dialog as often as it is possible for you to do so. Don't trouble yourself at this point with "doing" anything about the things you notice. Simply "noticing" will set things in motion. With practice, your "noticing" skills will increase over time. There is nothing else to do at this point. Anyone can do this. All it takes is "willingness" on your part.

I won't kid you though, if you are serious about shifting from shame to empowerment, you're going to have to want it like you want air. You are going to have to want it so much that even on those days where you are sick to death of noticing this stuff about yourself, you generate a willingness to continue doing it anyway. Simple; not easy.

What should I be noticing?
Begin to notice what your inner dialog is every time you experience fear, failure, rejection, anger, or sadness. Notice, when you say things like, "I am so: stupid, careless, worthless, crazy, or useless." Notice what shows up in your inner dialog when you use the words: "can't, won't, try, just, maybe, if, only, because, why, or but."

If you would like to shift your experience from shame to empowerment, decide today to begin practicing your noticing skills and follow along here as we unpack and move through the stages of this powerful shift!

Stay tuned to this powerful series as Sophlili Achnil of Xstatic Now shares the actions and tools she has discovered along her own journey from shame to Freeing Your Inner Greatness!