Mental Block Self-Talk with Anna Wojtul

Laura Kleinschmidt and her guest, Anna Wojtul, discuss anxious situations where they find themselves using self-talk to attempt to bully themselves into acting differently.  They seek out some of the roots of their negative self-talk and find that performance and seeking refuge are key themes. Here's some of what you'll hear as you listen in on their conversation:

- "I put my sense of value and worth in this person that I think I should be."

- "There's something even better than magically turning into this charismatic person or having a zero percent memory failure rate."

- "Whereas the message that I often given to myself is, 'What's wrong with you? Do better!' The message that I get from Jesus is, 'I love you. Come and rest '"

 

01:30 Anna's wedding social anxiety situation

03:26 Laura's memory lapse situation

05:11 The root of the negative self-talk - trying to achieve a standard we set for ourselves.

07:35 Six Sigma? 3.4 defects per million? What's that about?

08:30 Being the judge and the receiver of the judgement at the same time.

09:10 Looking for a refuge

09:30 How Jesus is different from us and why that's really good.

12:00 A sense of peace and not being alone

13:20 Showing intelligent love for others

15:11 Beating up on those who bear the likeness of God 

19:28 The accessible Jesus.

 

Referenced Verses:

Psalm 139:17-18, Ephesians 2:8-9