Negative self-talk can our work-life balance or ability to manage parenting challenges. In this episode, Shawna Scafe, Counsellor and Coach, discusses how to identify common cognitive distortions and challenge them to help rewire your self-talk to be more empowering and motivating.      This episode is a follow-up to the introduction on Cognitive Distortion (Episode 199). Listeners sent in examples of situations in their day where they struggle with positive self-talk. In each example, I point out what cognitive distortion might be at play and offer some questions to open up awareness of other ways to talk to yourself.  Topics and related links covered in this episode * normalizing the struggle with self-talk * how negative self talk impacts us, vs how positive self-talk impacts us * three things to know about how our brain works when it comes to negative self-talk * using CBT to reframe self-talk (and cautions about using it as an emotional bypass) * 156. 3 things to know about feeling negative emotions * Scenarios covered in this episode: * The inability to feel good enough at work or at home - the inability to properly balance either to the point of feeling like you could possibly be proficient in both. * Window of tolerance mentioned, you can hear more about it in the Meeting Your Needs series * When you have many littles, don’t get enough sleep often and are sleepy grumpy during the day and can’t seem to shake it! * 74. Show up for momlife with these empowering mindsets * 73. How to deal with the emotional struggles of being a mom of babies and toddlers * 162. Think the best of me, or not. Allowing the hard and awesome in ourselves and in our lives. * When you work so hard to get everything done, just to start over again. And when you’re feeling annoyed at your family * Byron Katie * Hunt, Gather, Parent    Joining the NEW Patreon, the Life on Purpose Community! * The scenarios covered in the follow-up Patreon Episode: * When you just can’t get to that workout/assignment/project