We all have stories and crappy beliefs we’ve grow accustom to repeating simply because we haven’t stopped to examine them and their validity. Of course, once we acknowledge how unsupportive a belief is, we want to ditch it as quickly as possible and get to something that is more helpful and positive.

And therein lies the problem!

We try to swing wildly from one end of the thought spectrum to the other, and it simply doesn’t work.

It’s much harder to go from “I’m a total failure” to “I’m wildly successful and thriving” in one move. Instead, it’s helpful to just move the needle just a notch or two away from the unhelpful, dramatic, crappy thought, and towards something that is simply more neutral.

Here’s what I mean: