Why do we so often not attain the goals we hope to achieve? Why do the affirmations we say, the visualizations we practice and the prayers we say so often seem to fail us?

Well, one of the greatest obstacles to achieving our goals and realizing our heart’s desires is not (yet) having mastered the art of self-talk.

When was the last time you listened to yourself talking? Was it uplifting or down putting? Does your self-talk empower you or weaken you?

Always remember: we live in a world of energies and forces. Thoughts, emotions, desires, words and deeds all are real, tangible, electromagnetic forces.

Every time we think of ourselves as being weak, we literally make ourselves weak. Why? Because we cannot think a thought without setting up an analogous vibration in our bodies. Whenever I, the Soul inhabiting my bodies – physical, emotional, mental – think a thought, have an emotion, say a word, I set up a vibration in my bodies that emanates from the very center of my Soul outwards via the medium of my bodies. Remember, matter is the vehicle of the manifestation of the Soul. The reason why we have bodies even though we are not our bodies is because without a body the Soul cannot manifest itself.

I cannot think or speak negatively of another person without setting up that negative vibration in my own bodies. I cannot separate my thoughts from my mental body, my emotions from my emotional body or my words from my physical body. The body is the Soul’s very medium of expression. Soul and body are intimately linked together.

So in order to reach our goals and realize our heart’s desires, we really need to start monitoring our self-talk and decisively affirm that we are worthy and capable of all the good the world has to offer. Doing this is absolutely essential, if you hope to live a life of joy, peace and abundance.

Think, feel and say that you can succeed in any endeavor and you will! Why? Because you will set up a strong focused vibration. Affirm that you are capable but tell yourself at the same time that you are not and you are sending out a mixed vibration. The first will make you succeed, the latter will make you fail. The secret of success is a consistent and strong vibration, and it is on the level of self-talk that we so often sabotage ourselves.

Do you want to drastically improve your life for the better in the next 30 days? Then join our 30-Day Challenge: Make a commitment here and now that for the next 30 days you will not just monitor your self-talk and immediately change any and all disempowering messages into empowering ones – in this way keeping your vibration consistent and high – but for the next 30 days you will literally empower yourself all day long by telling yourself what a wonderful, lovable, capable and worthy Soul you are. Give it a try. You will be a completely new person 30 days from today. Are you ready for the challenge?

ACTION STEP: Make a commitment here and now that for the next 30 days you will (1) monitor your self-talk and immediately change any and all disempowering messages into empowering ones and (2) empower yourself all day long by telling yourself what a wonderful, lovable, capable and worthy Soul you are.

Gloria Excelsias, IAM U