Welcome to Teachback Tuesday where we air the most popular episodes from the previous season.

Have you ever criticized yourself? Most of us have. That's a common part of what I call the

NHS, noisy head syndrome. The problem with this habitually speaking to ourselves negatively is this. We run the risk of making

our lives worse, not better. The episode, Stop Talking to Yourself like that,

helps us to examine a habit that needs changing. Would you speak to a dear friend the same way

you talk to yourself? Let's hit the replay button and catch this lesson again.

During the conference season, it gets really, really hectic, and in fact, it feels like I live in

airports more than I live in my own house. I was making some last-minute adjustments to my

conference travel schedule when I felt my spirit becoming agitated. So I was

tweaking this and tweaking that, moving a few things around, but the schedule still looked like a mess.

It looked more like a science project than a calendar. And then I said something to myself.

You're slipping, Francie. Now, I said that to myself in a moment of frustration.

The next thing I heard in my head was a question. How did that help you? Do you talk to yourself?

Come on, be honest. Many people talk to themselves, and sometimes many times a day. The truth is this, when we speak

discouraging our negative words to ourselves, we are not helping. We're just giving ourselves a few more

reasons to feel bad as if those don't come without invitation. Would our internal chatter improve

if other people could read it?

Well, obviously you do know this, right?

God can hear what we say to ourselves.

Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.

Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker.

Sharing lessons from the Word of God is her passion.

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