Your Brain Believes What You Say — So Choose Wisely (#314)

Here’s a wild truth: your brain is always listening to you. Like a loyal best friend who hangs on every word, it takes what you say about yourself — and your life — as fact. The catch? It doesn’t filter for “just kidding” or “I didn’t mean that.” Nope. If you say “I’m terrible at this” or “I’m so unlucky,” your brain files it away in the “Okay, got it, we’ll make this true” folder. 

This is why your self-talk is more powerful than you think.

The mind is like fertile soil. Whatever you plant — whether it’s weeds of doubt or seeds of possibility — will grow. If you tell yourself “I can’t handle this,” you’re programming your brain to see every challenge as overwhelming. But if you say “I can figure this out,” suddenly your brain shifts into problem-solving mode and starts scanning for solutions you didn’t even realize were there. Keep shifting your brain towards the goodness.

The Brain’s Secret Loyalty Program
Your brain’s number one job is to keep you alive, but its close second is to prove you right. So if you tell it “I’m not a morning person,” it will find every bit of evidence to confirm that — hitting snooze three times, making coffee taste extra bitter, and convincing you that sunrise is a personal insult. Night owls beware!

On the flip side, if you start saying, “I wake up feeling ready” (even if you’re still drooling on your pillow), your brain begins to look for proof of that too. Over time, you actually become more energized in the morning. This isn’t magic; it’s neuroplasticity — the brain’s ability to rewire itself based on repeated thoughts and behaviors.

Why Ongoing Self-Talk Matters
One pep talk isn’t enough. Just like going to the gym once doesn’t make you fit, telling yourself “I’m confident” one time doesn’t change much. Your brain loves repetition. Repeat, repeat, repeat! Every time you repeat a thought, you’re strengthening the neural pathway for it, making it the go-to response in that situation.

Think of it like carving a path in the woods. The more you walk the same route, the clearer and easier it becomes. If your old path is “I’m not good enough,” you need to stop walking that trail and start making a new one — “I’m learning and growing every day.” Keep walking it until it’s the default.

From Theory to Reality
Here’s how you can start training your brain to believe the good stuff:

1. Catch your current script — Notice when you say something negative about yourself, even in passing.
2. Flip it fast — Replace “I can’t” with “I’m learning to,” or “I always mess up” with “I’m improving every time.”
3. Repeat like you mean it — Say your new script daily, out loud if you can. Your brain needs to hear it as much as you need to say it.
4. Look for proof — When something aligns with your new belief, even in a small way, celebrate it. This reinforces the wiring.

Here’s the beautiful part: this isn’t about pretending life is perfect. It’s about shaping your mind to see possibilities instead of roadblocks, and opportunities instead of limitations.

Every word you say about yourself is a brick in the house your mind lives in. Build something worth living in. 

Conclusion 

The more you think and feel good thoughts and speak them out the better. Of course we can’t always be sunshine and rainbows, but the more times we realize we’re off track and we bring ourselves back the more good things will start happening. True fact!