I’m married to one of the post positive people I know. If I were to believe him he married the smartest, most beautiful woman, the best mother, the most savvy business person. I know he genuinely believes it. He’s taught me a lot over the years. I’m a less positive person than he is, but I do genuinely try. I realize I would be appalled if anyone ever said anything as awful as what I have said about myself. I can be very hard on myself.
I exercise on the peloton with an instructor who really works on positive self talk. Her motto is I am, I can, I will, I do - and you come up with your own positive self talk. Another one is - what if you had to? So it’s like a 45 min to an hour a day of therapy for me.