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Sometimes the mind can create some harsh material for us to digest:

• You are rubbish

• You are a failure

• You are ugly

• You are stupid.

If you’re going to listen to and engage with such content surely you owe it to yourself to ask whether it’s 100 per cent true? And if so, where is the evidence?

When you think about it rationally, your mind likely won’t be able to provide irrefutable evidence. And you have the opportunity to provide it with alternative evidence. Even if there are examples where things haven’t gone to plan, this won’t have happened every time. For example, the thought ‘You are rubbish’ can be challenged. You can provide examples from your life when you have succeeded, achieved, connected and loved. As there is plenty of evidence to suggest that you aren’t rubbish, assuming ‘I am rubbish’ can’t be an automatic process any more.