Dear Shirley, Earth Angel:

You are very welcome! Your trust in me means a whole lot and I will keep being worthy of it.

Good Andrew is laid back at the moment and that Dave has this affect on Andrew and on you. The inner bully (IB)… I wish there was a way to extricate and exorcise it once and for all. Self Talk is one tool to use when the IB has his say. For example when it told you that you can’t be a scientist and should focus on your health instead, you can tell yourself: I can be a scientist and attend to my health, I can do both!

When the IB tells you that, let’s say, Andrew is more knowledgeable than you in electronics, you can tell yourself: there is always more knowledge: the more we know, the more there is to know. I know more than some and others know more than me, and everyone has yet to know more.

When the IB says something, that is like the Oxygen atom with its negativity. When you reframe the issue brought by the IB, telling yourself the truth about the issue, that is like you introducing a big Hydrogen atom to turn your thinking positively realistic.

And that is the point about the inner bully- it isn’t telling the truth. So you confront it not just with something positive but with the TRUTH.

anita