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Want Your Self
Shift Your Self-Talk and Unearth the Strength in Who You Were All Along
Katie Horwitch(0)
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A pragmatic, proactive guide to help you move forward fearlessly in your life (and the world) by shifting your negative self-talk patterns.
"I'm not good enough." "Not smart enough." "Not talented enough." We all do it. Belittling who we are, what we do, what we stand for-often without realizing it. And it's stuck on a loop. Shifting your self-talk is a two-part process: shifting your self, and shifting your talk. "Whether it's affirmations or some other word-based strategy, you're usually encouraged to jump to the talk part," says Katie Horwitch, founder of WANT: Women Against Negative Talk. "But to make real, lasting changes, you must start with what's at the heart of your self-talk: the self part."
“Want Your Self” guides you through the journey of shifting your negative self-talk by focusing on three steps: finding, being, and staying yourself in this complex world. By taking a microscope to the everyday moments that define your narratives and unpacking your emotional DNA, Horwitch helps you sift through years of pretending and perfecting to unearth the strength in who you were all along. "Shifting your self-talk doesn't start by finding nicer words," she says. "It starts by finding a truer you."
This book is a pragmatic, proactive alternative to the toxic positivity that keeps us disconnected from ourselves and each other. Want Your Self is a call to action for anyone who wants to change the world-and is willing to do the not-easy-but-oh-so-right work of changing their own world first.
"I'm not good enough." "Not smart enough." "Not talented enough." We all do it. Belittling who we are, what we do, what we stand for-often without realizing it. And it's stuck on a loop. Shifting your self-talk is a two-part process: shifting your self, and shifting your talk. "Whether it's affirmations or some other word-based strategy, you're usually encouraged to jump to the talk part," says Katie Horwitch, founder of WANT: Women Against Negative Talk. "But to make real, lasting changes, you must start with what's at the heart of your self-talk: the self part."
“Want Your Self” guides you through the journey of shifting your negative self-talk by focusing on three steps: finding, being, and staying yourself in this complex world. By taking a microscope to the everyday moments that define your narratives and unpacking your emotional DNA, Horwitch helps you sift through years of pretending and perfecting to unearth the strength in who you were all along. "Shifting your self-talk doesn't start by finding nicer words," she says. "It starts by finding a truer you."
This book is a pragmatic, proactive alternative to the toxic positivity that keeps us disconnected from ourselves and each other. Want Your Self is a call to action for anyone who wants to change the world-and is willing to do the not-easy-but-oh-so-right work of changing their own world first.
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"Katie Horwitch is the queen of self empowerment. In this beautiful book, she distills her powerful and unique wisdom into tangible takeaways that will help readers overcome roadblocks, old messaging, and anything else standing between them and a life that feels amazing. It's like having a really, really wise big sister you can carry around with you all the time"
highly recommend."
"Want Your Self simultaneously critiques the massive self-help industry and offers a creative, thoughtful approach to the personal transformation so many of us crave. Horwitch laces pointed (but never patronizing!) advice with memoir, illustrating how the seeds of revelation often reside in the mundane experiences of everyday life"
from a pigeon nest in an LA parking structure to repotting a plant
"Katie is like that enthusiastic, vulnerable, caring friend who gently urges you to be your best self, believing in you through your own skepticism. If you struggle with truly belonging"
to yourself