Beat Procrastination When You Change These 5 Types of Self-Talk

DESCRIPTION: Adults with ADHD often have underdeveloped self-talk skills to guide their actions in positive ways. At the same time, unfortunately, they often have an abundance of negative self-talk, which can get in the way of doing what they want and being who they want. The antidote to this is to be aware of this negative self-talk and reframe it into more useful and positive self-talk for you. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Self-talk can guide your actions in ways that help you or get in your way. * If your self-talk is getting in your way, you can learn how to reframe it so it is more helpful. * The types of self-talk that ADHD Adults need to reframe are: perfectionism, shoulds, have to, must finish now, this is monumental RESOURCES: Articles: * ADHD and Email Part 1 – How to Prepare to Process Your Email * ADHD and Email Part 2 – How to Process Your Email TRANSCRIPT: (00:00): We all have an inner voice self-talk. You know the running commentary you have going on in your head throughout the day. The question is, is your self-talk helping you or getting in your way? (00:12): You’ve tuned into Scattered, Focused, Done – Reimagining Productivity with ADHD a podcast for ADHD adults like you who want to learn how to adopt the best strategies, tools, and skills to get your essential work done in a way that works with the way your brain is wired. I’m Marla Cummins and I’m glad you’re joining me today on this journey to reimagining productivity with ADHD so you can get what is important to you done without trying to do it like everyone else. (00:43): What is the last thing you said to yourself before starting to listen to this podcast? Even though that commentary is running through your brain throughout the day, I’m guessing you probably can’t remember. That is because it’s usually just flying under the radar (00:58): When it helps guide you in a positive way that’s a good thing. For example, when you get up in the morning, you may be running through what you need to do that day, so you may tell yourself, I wanna make sure I have a healthy breakfast with protein, so I’m ready for the day. (01:14): Where it becomes problematic though, is when you engage in negative self-talk that gets in your way of being who you want and acting in ways that help you reach your goals. This is that insidious voice in your head that maybe shames you, even beats you up, telling you, for example, I can’t ever get my work done on time. I’m always late. Why can’t I be like everyone else? Maybe even you’ll say to yourself, I’ll never succeed. (01:41): I don’t think that’s true, though. I’m hoping after listening to this podcast, you’ll be in a better place to consciously both engage in more positive self-talk and also catch yourself when you do engage in negative self-talk. So you can start to reframe that so it doesn’t get in your way. (02:01): Negative self-talk also referred to as an inner critic gremlin or saboteur, is that self-sabotaging inner voice that can hold you back from accomplishing your goals.