How hard do you have to work to hear that?Well, you don’t always have to.Congratulations!Congratulations for taking deeper breathes when you felt overwhelmed.Congratulations for distracting yourself when you found it hard to focus.Congratulations when you found the courage to get up and go for a walk when you really wanted to just lay there.Congratulations for choosing to tell yourself you’re stronger than you think right now.Congratulations for making yourself reach out when you really wanted to isolate.Congratulations for doing an extra push-up when you wanted to quit.Congratulations on simply being aware of that negative pattern of thoughts returning.Congratulations on choosing to not go down the rabbit whole of negativity.Congratulations for knowing when to talk and when to be quiet.Congratulations for understanding yourself a little better every day.Congratulations for writing this.Congratulations!

