03. Master Your Mind Self-Reflection

Your mind and your thoughts direct where your attention and energy go so it is important to have awareness of your thoughts, beliefs and what you say to yourself. What goes on inside your mind creates the lens of your perception of yourself and the world, and plays a major role in your experience of the reality you live in. 

This mindfulness practice brings your awareness to your thoughts and beliefs so you may claim your power and harness this energy to serve and support you, instead of limiting you.

The goal is to acknowledge your thoughts, without being them or taking them on as yours. 

This creates separation from the thoughts and yourself. This gives you space to assess their truth and if they are thoughts that are truly serving you. 

We frequently have thoughts and beliefs that are untrue about ourselves and others, and quite often have unacknowledged negative internal dialogue. If these false mental patterns continue unchecked, you begin to lose yourself and the ability to discern the truth about who you really are. 

When you reclaim the power of your thoughts, you reclaim the energy from the aspects of your mind that were holding and storing this false data about yourself. What you say, even in your mind, matters. You reclaim your free will and choice by having a deeper sense of your truth within. You reclaim your sense of Self within your mind. As you shift into more alignment with your thoughts, you consciously create a more aligned experience for yourself. 

 

Reflect on the prompts below for ~4-10 minutes, 1-3x/day for the next 5 days. *Unless otherwise directed.

  • Be curious and without judgment, bring awareness to what you are believing, thinking and saying to, and about yourself.
  • When you clear out your limiting and false beliefs and thoughts, you recognize the power of your thoughts and the role they play in your experience. 
  • Perform this self-reflection again in about 4 weeks to assess your progress and to gather any new information to continue to support you and your greatest good.
  • Optionally, use your testing technique to determine your optimal frequency and duration to use this reflection.

 

Master Your Mind self-reflection prompts:

When a thought comes into your mind, just notice it, and reflect on the following:

  • Is this thought really true in this situation right now? 
  • Is this thought attached to a physical or emotional sensation? 
  • Is this a positive, negative or neutral thought? 
  • Is this thought a judgment or projection of energy? Are you projecting this on yourself or is another projecting it onto you?
  • Is this a new thought or a recurring one?
  • Is this an original thought or is this thought something you have heard from someone else? If someone else, who is saying this?
  • What part of you is expressing this thought?
  • Would you say this to someone you loved or to a child? 
  • Does this way of thinking serve your greatest good?
  • If you could rewrite this thought, what would the new version say? 
    • Consider using this as an affirmation to support your shift in thoughts.