Since I am 'minding' this week, a cognitive behavioral technique (and one also taught in yoga and meditation) is the use of a phrase that you tell yourself over and over again. You come up with the word or phrase based on what resonates with you or you can use a 'canned' one suggested by others for this purpose.
One of my favorite phrases I use during the final segment of a yoga practice is "Be still and know that I am God".
Lately, I have begun to speak a phrase to myself during the day as a way of focusing. At CR, Dr. Murray told me that for me, sugar is poison. Forget those so-called experts who say that diabetics can eat sweets in moderation. Those three words, sugar is poison, have become the go-to phrase I say to myself when the situation around me demands a choice on my part. Last night, I attended a community event with work colleagues. It was a true "special event" and I ran into some old friends and acquaintances and we laughed and talked and got caught up on each other's lives; and met some interesting new people.
And, oh the food! It was dinnertime and the buffet spread was beautiful and included good choices; at the end of the line there were the desserts that usually call my name until I respond. But, I told myself over and over again, "sugar is poison, sugar is poison". And last night it worked.
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