In researching the Universal Laws and Principles that work in conjunction with Ideal LifeVision, I was most intrigued by the Power of the Word. Of course I knew that words had power, which varied according to the particular word. But what makes some words more powerful than others? I found the answer to be that some words have power because of their meaning, others because of the vibration they produce, others because of the influence of those using them have.

Words also have power to vibrate through different parts of our body. There are words that echo in the heart, and there are others that do so in the head, and again others that have power over the whole body. With certain words, definite emotions can be escalated or calmed.

My research of the Power of the Word took me in several different directions, all of which fascinated me. I came across a book called Your Body Believes Every Word You Say by Barbara Levine. Barbara’s fifteen-year struggle with an inoperable brain tumor led her to discover “seed thoughts” and “core beliefs” that link one’s mind and body. She traced common phrases like “that breaks my heart” and “it’s a pain in the butt” to the underlying beliefs on which they are based and the symptoms they cause. In her book, Barbara Levine recommends that we examine our “seed thoughts” for signs of mindless cliches and other negative elements, so we can replace these thoughts with something more constructive. By substituting negative thoughts with positive thoughts, we can even change the health of our body.

What is the Power of Your Inner Dialogue?

Self talk is your thoughts making themselves known to you. Or in other words, self- talk is our internal dialog…..the words we use when we talk to ourselves. According to psychologist Dr. Shad Helmstetter, our self-talk reflects and creates our emotional states. You can feel calm or worried, depending on what you tell yourself. Your self- talk can influence your self-esteem, outlook, energy level, performance, and relationships with others. It can even affect your health, determining, for example, how you handle stressful events, or how easily you replace unhealthy behaviors with healthy ones.

Hearing somebody else talking negatively is bad enough so imagine how much more hearing your own inner voice is. If you tell yourself you are a failure, guess what, you will be! If you tell yourself you can succeed then you have a much improved chance of succeeding. (Oh, the power of conscious language!)

Author Adam Khan shares a story in his book Self Help Stuff That Works of how Randall Masciana found out what kind of mental strategy most improved a person’s performance when throwing darts. Masciana asked his dart-players to try everything from mental imagery (visualizing hitting the target) to Zen meditation (clearing the mind of extraneous thoughts). Masciana discovered that positive self- talk was the best technique for improving the dart thrower’s ability to hit the target.

This kind of positive self-talk is very simple — it consists of talking to oneself in a confident, reassuring, positive, friendly way. Surprisingly, positive self-talk works better than anything else!

This is great news, because once again, it is another confirmation that the Ideal LifeVision works. And here’s why: Over your lifetime, the voice you hear the most is your own. Your voice is the voice that is most familiar to you and one that you consider to be the most credible. Studies show that your self-talk dramatically increases the meaning and credibility of any information as it enters your mind-brain. You will use the powerful mind-brain science of self talk to your advantage by recording your Ideal LifeVision and listen to it daily……complete with all it’s positive details of your ideal life in your own voice. What a powerful antidote to our usual barrage of negative self-talk.