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HOW TO MANAGE ANXIETY & END PANIC ATTACKS
A CEO of a multi-national tech firm uses this mantra:
I am a leader I am wise
I am kind
I am success
A trauma survivor uses this mantra:
I am loved
I have always survived I am a survivor
I am strong
A new mother who was on leave from her job as a CEO to care for her triplets uses this mantra:
I am a CEO
I am a mom I am love I’ve got this!
(If you are like me you are now imagining a bassinet of three screaming infants, piles of dirty diapers you have yet to have a chance to wash, blood shot eyes and three-day old shirt cov- ered in baby puke. And yes, she’s ‘got that!’)
Here are a number of generic, but powerful mantras:
I am resilient
I am positive
I embrace challenges I honour outcomes
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