Listen to your Thoughts | Stress Reducing Tips | @caroline-cavanagh | The Anxiety Alchemist

12 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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Caroline Cavanagh explains how your mind treats internal thoughts like spoken words, so negative self-talk increases stress. She recommends evaluating each thought for kindness and truthfulness, then reframing unkind or untrue ones into kinder, realistic statements. Swapping "I'm never going to get anything done" for "I have a lot to do, but I'm doing my best" shifts your emotional response and reduces stress.

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Our minds can't tell the difference between words that are said on the outside or the words we create on the inside, our thoughts. So today's tip is to become more aware of our internal dialogue. Is what you're thinking kind? Would you say those words to someone else? Are the words even true? And by bringing in a conscious awareness Of what you are focusing on. It gives you a choice to change those thoughts. So rather than thinking, oh, I'm so busy. I'm never going to get anything done. Is that actually going to help you get things done or just add to the stress? But when you become aware of those thoughts, you can change them. And thinking, yes, I do have a lot to do, but I am doing my best. And let's just focus on the next thing I can achieve, it will lead to a very different feeling. Become aware of your thoughts, be kind to yourself, and feel that stress reduce.