305 Outdoor Diary: Here’s the Outdoor Self-Talk that Works for Me

Most of the time, it’s a little in my head that tells me I can do things or narrates when they feel like they are about to go very wrong. Sometimes it’s more like a movie -- a dramatic demonstration of the terrible thing that’s about to happen, or a picture of the upcoming victory. According to our recent podcast guest Sarah Histand, a mental health-informed fitness trainer all of it is self-talk.

Over my days building my outdoor habit, I’ve learned to make self talk work for me with a few phrases, or mantras, I can repeat over and over.

But there’s still one major thing I struggle with.

And leaning into this negative self-talk? It produces that kind of silly outdoor fail that seems to be my personal speciality.

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Some of the good stuff:

[:30] A little bit of background on self-talk

[1:10] The times I don’t get it right

[1:35] My biggest outdoor problem

[2:00] What I do about it

[2:37] My reminder self-talk

[3:44] Using it for your indoor life