Recipe for a Calm & Collected Christmas: Part 1

My 4 part guide to dealing with everything Christmas throws at us - R.Mc

Part 1 - The Power of Self Talk 
Identifying any negative thoughts which can maintain or inflate your anger rather than diffuse it. These are often victim statements (again, we'll cover this in greater depth later) - such as 'I can't take this anymore', or catastrophising such as 'what she's done is awful.'

• Take a few minutes to consider and reflect on your negative self-talk, and write them down.
• Once you have identified these thoughts, you can turn this into positive self-talk

Some examples of Negative self-talk (NST) include blaming partner, putting yourself down, and seeing things as worse than they are.
Some examples of Positive self-talk (PST) include taking responsibility, self belief and reality checking (more details on reality checking to follow)

These steps make up elements of my 12-session 'Pattern Changing' course and if you would like to learn more, please feel free to get in touch, as I always welcome feedback, and would like to hear how you're getting on! - R.Mc