Tag: positive self-talk

Overcoming Negative Self-Talk

Posted on by Staci Mauney
At the Skirvin Hotel for WriterCon 2019

Writing is a solitary activity, but like anything else, my writing is better when I have a group of people who can provide feedback and cheer me on. Attending a writing conference is a great way to meet like-minded people, learn more about the craft of writing, and learn more about the business side of writing.

This weekend, I attended WriterCon, an annual writing conference in Oklahoma City. Even though I’ve been attending writing conferences for years (and even helped organize a few), I learn new lessons each time. Continue reading “Overcoming Negative Self-Talk” →

Taking Control of My Thoughts

Posted on by Staci Mauney

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Prov 27:17)

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about 2 Corinthians 10:5 and how to “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” We have an average of thirty-five to forty-eight thoughts per minute – up to as many as 70,000 thoughts per day. How can I possibly control that many thoughts on my own? When left unchecked, my thoughts tend toward the negative. I worry and use negative self-talk until it’s a spiral that I can’t recover from on my own. Continue reading “Taking Control of My Thoughts” →

Learning to Choose Grace

Posted on by Staci Mauney

Learning to Choose Grace

You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. (Song of Songs 4:7)

Dove launched their Beautiful campaign to help women see that feeling beautiful is a choice that each one of us can make everyday. Recently, one of the commercials from that campaign hit home for me. In the commercial, women from five cities around the world approached a building and were given the choice of two doors through which they could enter. They were being filmed, but didn’t know it. One door had the word “beautiful” on a sign hanging over it and the other had the word “average” above it. The number of gorgeous women who chose the “average” door surprised me, and the ones who chose the “beautiful” door second guessed themselves. At first, I watched in confusion, and then I realized that I would have done the same thing. Continue reading “Learning to Choose Grace” →