Richard R RamosRichard R. Ramos. Founder of Parents on a Mission,Youth on a Mission, and Latino Coalition for Community Leadership

How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Helped Me Overcome Negative Self Beliefs

5 Mar 2026 · 2 min

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In this excerpt from a YouTube video, Speaker B addresses mothers who may be experiencing sadness or depression, emphasizing that hope and practical strategies exist to overcome negative thoughts. Drawing on the program "Parents on a Mission," B outlines a simple cognitive‑behavioral approach: first become aware of your self‑talk, then catch the negative thought, change it, and replace it with a positive affirmation. This three‑step formula is presented as an accessible entry point to more sophisticated CBT techniques. B then asks Speaker A how she supports women who appear on her show, prompting a brief response that the process is intuitive. The dialogue highlights self‑awareness, mindset change, and outreach to women seeking emotional support.

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But also, if you're a mother and you have a child who you can see in them, maybe they're going through some sadness or depression, again, there's hope. And I think that's really the message is there's hope. We can get through this. There's ways to overcome it. You know, in Parents on a Mission, what we teach is knowing yourself. Part of it is to think about your thinking about yourself. And that's the beginning of the foundation to what is your relationship with you. How do you feel about yourself? And we go through like a little process, you know, that's my way of trying to help people deal with those kind of negative thoughts that you're talking about. And then I give them a little formula, how do you change your mindset? Uh, it's, and it's very simple, you know, catch the thought, change the thought, and then verbally replace it with an affirmation. It— catch, change, replace. Uh, course of behavioral cognitive therapy, I'm sure, is much more sophisticated than that. But, you know, that's— I recognize that the mind and our thought life is so powerful. Yeah. And it sounds like that's really what you went through, and then you came to a place where I want you to now talk about how are you— how do you help the women that you— that come on to your, your show or to talk to you? What is your way, you know, of reaching out and helping, uh, the women that you are working with or that you have worked with?
Yeah, it's, it's kind of an intuitive process.