Although there are many practical things that must be learned and completed in adulthood, personal development and learning how to be your best self is an ongoing refinement that lays a foundation and sets the tone for how you approach everything in your world.
We create habits in life. Everything we do, and how we are, is a habit.
How we walk, our quirks, our posture, what we eat, vices, virtues. They become who we are because we practice these things over and over again.
And one of the most destructive habits that virtually everyone carries to some degree is habitual, negative self-talk.
Most people do not even realize that they are doing it.
It ranges from seemingly harmless statements like, “Ugh, I’m so bad at math” to really detrimental words of self-degradation.
Perhaps this habit goes unnoticed because it’s just words, or maybe you think you will be motivated to change by putting yourself down, or it is what you have heard your whole life so you believe this must be who you are.
My guest today is Cheyne Towers. He is one of the creators of The Dialogue of Self-Liberation (TDSL).
This is a simple yet powerful system to free yourself from the damaging effects of negative, habitual self-talk and leave it in the past.
When you make the connection, that the stories you tell yourself and the thoughts you think about yourself, are at the core of blockages in your life, you can then begin to change your life in a positive and loving way.
Life begins to feel lighter, decisions become easier and you will naturally become kinder towards yourself and, therefore, others.
TDSL is a life skill!
I am so excited about this topic and I hope that after hearing this interview with Cheyne Towers you will be inspired to think and speak differently to the person that matters most: YOU.
Here are a list of other podcast episodes I have done that talk about many of the concepts mentioned in this one, that help you attain a peaceful acceptance of self and a joyous life:
Episode 2 the benefits of a gratitude list;
Episode 23: tuning out the negative talk;
Episode 28 the gift of gratitude;
Episode 45 reclaiming your power through personal accountability;
Episode 62 breaking the cycle of your past, and
Episode 61 the importance of emotional health.
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ABOUT CHEYNE TOWERS
London-based hypnotherapist Cheyne Towers has been helping people to transform how they speak
toward themselves for the best part of two decades.
Through simple yet profound understanding he has successfully helped many who have suffered trauma, abuse, depression, and anxiety.
Now the co-founder of The Dialogue of Self Liberation, Cheyne is sharing this practical transformational system online, helping people to develop The Mindfulness of Self-Communication,
and nurture self-forgiveness and self-compassion.
Always willing to connect Cheyne can regularly be found hosting the TDSL Global Community Calls, where he provides continuing support to people around the world who wish to improve and enhance the quality of their self communications.
As a lifelong martial artist, Cheyne has also developed seated Qigong for people with mobility challenges, and also teaches workshops at Sword Punk traditional weapons-training festival in the UK.
RESOURCES
Instagram: @learntdsl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LearnTDS
To learn more about the Dialogue of Self-Liberation, visit the website at: learntdsl.com. You will find these wonderful options:
TDSL Audio Program (downloadable via an app called Soundwise)
TDSL Live Program (includes a live Zoom call with a small group of people, once a week for 5 weeks at the same time each week,
Work with Cheyne in person by booking a block of One-to-One sessions.