Best Books Self-Talk
What to Say When You Talk to Your Self by Dr. Shad Helmstetter is an excellent book to get you started. It focuses on identifying and eliminating negative self-talk. The book argues that statements we are told about ourselves get programmed into the bain. Every statement becomes stored in our brains and this shapes our entire world view. The statements become what we say when we talk to ourselves, and what we tell ourselves becomes reality though the following causal chain: mental programming -> shapes our beliefs -> control our attitude -> impacts our feelings -> drive our actions -> determines our results....