I’m here. You’re not alone. I can accept you even when you’re scared and sick. I will never abandon you.

If you are feeling eas­ily over­whelmed and stressed, I will pro­tect you and guide you towards inner peace.

From AWAKEN YOUR STRONGEST SELF: Speak­ing from Your Higher Brain*

by Neil Fiore , PhD

When you, from the per­spec­tive and roles of your Strongest Self, speak these com­pas­sion­ate state­ments to the fright­ened and over­whelmed parts of you, you can:

• Cre­ate inner peace by con­nect­ing your iden­tity to some­thing stronger and wiser than your ego
• Tran­si­tion to a new, robust self-image
• Access sup­port and strength to cope with chang­ing sit­u­a­tions and relationships
• Reduce the stress and anx­i­ety of strug­gling alone, sep­a­rated from your True Self
• Empower your­self with the pro­tec­tive role, higher per­spec­tive, and com­pas­sion­ate voice of your Strongest Self

The fol­low­ing inner dia­logue is more pow­er­ful than typ­i­cal affir­ma­tions because you are speak­ing to a part of you that is sep­a­rated from your larger sup­port sys­tem and, there­fore, is eas­ily over­whelmed and stressed. You are empow­ered to pro­tect and guide the parts that have limited––and out-dated––ways of cop­ing with life. You, from your new per­spec­tive, can shift to an expanded iden­tity that empow­ers you to pro­tect your body and smaller “selves” and guide them toward inner peace.

In the com­pas­sion voice of your Strongest Self, you replace stress with safety and con­nec­tion by saying:

Regard­less of what hap­pens in life, your worth is always safe with me.
Regard­less of what you can or can­not do, you are always worthwhile.
Regard­less of whether you win or lose, you deserve love, plea­sure, and free­dom from self-criticism.
Regard­less of what hap­pens to you, you deserve to be treated with dig­nity and respect. I will always respect my life and my body.
Regard­less of who stays or who goes, I am on my side. I will always stay with you.
Regard­less of how healthy or ill you become, I appre­ci­ate the effort, wis­dom, and pro­tec­tion given me by you, my body and my spirit.
Regard­less of how neg­a­tive or intense your emo­tions, I acknowl­edge their valid­ity for you, and I accept them com­pletely. I am strong enough to be with your emo­tions.
Regard­less of how com­fort­able oth­ers are with you, your feel­ings or your body, I will always accept you and remain at peace with you.
Regard­less of what hap­pens in life, and regard­less of your prob­lems, I accept you and love you completely.
Regard­less of the health or weak­ness of my body, I can always heal my spirit.

*Adapted from Awaken Your Strongest Self [McGraw-Hill, 2006] and
Cop­ing with the Emo­tional Impact of Can­cer (BayTree, 2008)

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