We all do it. Belittling who we are, what we do and what we stand for—often without even realizing it. And this toxic self-talk can discourage us from becoming the person we know we’re meant to be.

According to my guest, Katie Horwitch, we need more than repeating positive mantras to create deep and lasting change. We need an inner language for loving who we are while realizing our full potential. She’s here to introduce us to this framework.

Katie Horwitch is a nationally recognized writer, speaker, mindset coach, and women’s empowerment activist. She has spent over a decade working to shift the cultural self-talk paradigm. She has spoken about self-confidence, living fearlessly, and shifting the stories and habits that help shape our negative self-talk patterns. Katie is the founder of the multimedia platform WANT: Women Against Negative Talk and the host of The WANTcast: The Women Against Negative Talk Podcast.

In this interview, Katie offers a new approach to shift our negative self-talk patterns in a real, lasting way that goes beyond just “speaking nicely to yourself.” She provides tips, tools and motivation to improve the stories we tell ourselves so we can move forward fearlessly.

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To learn more about Katie Horwitch and her book "Want Yourself: Shift Your Self-Talk and Unearth the Strength in Who You Were All Along" visit: https://www.katiehorwitch.com/

Interview timestamps:

05:18 ︳The different types of self-talk
06:55 ︳What it means to "want yourself"
09:33 ︳Katie explains why shifting the self-talk paradigm is important to her
17:32 ︳Early body positivity movements and why Katie found a gap in the messaging
21:46 ︳How to become more mindful of our self-talk and shift toward a kinder way of speaking to ourselves
24:49 ︳The key to balancing emotions
27:35 ︳What is an 'overwhelm storm' and the signs we're experiencing one
30:50 ︳The difference between self-like and self-love
36:15 ︳The impact of social media on self-talk and how to become conscious of its effects
37:55 ︳What are 'planned freakouts' and how to use it to get back to center