Our speech has enormous power and can change our lives. The word is the key to our subconscious. It can affect our emotions, behavior and even physiological processes. Words can inspire, support, comfort, motivate and guide a person. After all, the word contains not only an objective component (cupboard, grass), but also an emotional one. Try to say the words: “grass”, “grass” and “blade of grass” - they all seem to be about the same thing, but the emotions that we feel when pronouncing these words are completely different. It’s the same in everyday life. Getting out of bed in the morning after a sleepless night, we can say to ourselves: “It was a terrible night, I don’t want to go anywhere, how can I survive this day...” Or we can say differently: “It’s a pity that I didn’t get enough sleep, but I’ll try to take care of myself.” take care…” When pronouncing the first phrase, we feel anger, irritation, despair, heaviness. And in the second phrase we feel regret, hope and warmth. I want to offer you two exercises that will help you feel the impact of your speech on your life. The first exercise helps us keep track of what we are talking about and how we are talking. What words do we use most often? What colors does our speech use? Set an alarm for every hour during the day. For convenience, you can set a quiet signal so that it does not distract you from your daily activities and does not attract the attention of others. Every time the alarm clock rings, note what was said before it. To whom and what did you talk about, what emotion was there. It’s good if you can record individual phrases in a notebook and then try to rephrase them to get a different emotion. Second exercise I am statements. These are exercises from the Gestalt approach. Try to speak in the first person as often as possible and talk about yourself, and not about “some “we”. For example, “When we see people screaming, we involuntarily feel fear.” Try saying - “When I see people screaming, then I’m scared.” Or “You pissed me off because you..”, replace it with “I’m angry because I expected (I wanted, I didn’t get).” Only by using I-statements can you change a lot in your life. life. This exercise helps to take responsibility for your life, to become aware of yourself, your feelings and body. When I speak in the first person, then I bring myself into contact, then I am as an individual person. Psychotherapy in any approach is primarily therapy with words. Next to the therapist, we learn to put our feelings into words, we learn to give the correct form to the word in order to convey our needs to others, we change our thinking, replacing negative attitudes with more useful beliefs. With the help of words, we can change our lives. Sign up for a consultation through. personal messages WhatsApp/Telegram +7-923-185-81-87 First consultation-getting acquainted for free, 20 minutes online.