August 25th, 2010 
bekkib73 Last night I was on Twitter. Okay, I’m on Twitter a lot of the time, but last night, I tweavesdropped (yes, it’s a word!) and found out about a program called the Inner Mean Girl 40 Day Cleanse. The name had my attention. I’ve been struggling emotionally, and it’s a trap I frequently find myself falling in to.
It was sort of perfect timing too because just yesterday morning I couldn’t even think of 2 nice things to say about myself. Knight had no problem listing all the great things about me. I couldn’t even think of 2. That’s problematic. (not that Knight has all kinds of wonderful things to say about me, that I don’t.) Some of the awful things I believed that morning:
- I’m worthless
- I’m broken
- I’m not worthy of anyone’s love
- I am a failure
Which sucks because I’m a pretty awesome person and none of this is true. So why do I believe it? Why do I allow my IBSC (Itty Bitty Shitty Committee) to scream at me so loud and convincingly? Why does my Inner Mean Girl tell me such lies?
So yesterday morning I tweeted that I was struggling and my negative voice was too loud. Thea immediately answered and instructed me to compliment myself, right then and on Twitter. Eek. My first try wasn’t really a compliment. I tried again. It was really hard to come up with 2 nice things to say about myself. But I came up with one, and then used one that Knight said. I cried while I typed it out. And then something great happened, immediately. I started to feel better! My day turned around! The support of the women I’ve come to love (even though I’ve never met them IRL) is amazing!
Later the same day, Kirsten tweeted about the Inner Mean Girl Cleanse. I mean could her timing have been any more perfect? I don’t think so!
So I checked it out. The program is free and at the top of the page tells you to “Stop being so hard on yourself.” Sounds perfect! I signed up immediately!
I’ve been really trying to figure out a way to stop being so down on myself, and to stop listening to my negative voice, IBSC, or Inner Mean Girl. Whatever you call it, she needs to go! Far away and for good!
Over the 40 day program, there are 6 toxic habits that are focused on (one a week) and those toxic habits are replaced with self-loving habits.
I’m doing this Inner Mean Girl 40 Day Cleanse because I want to feel better about myself. I need and want to be more conscious of when my Inner Mean Girl has taken over, so that I’m more empowered to send her packing before I allow her to completely deflate me.
The program started today (August 25, 2010), but you can sign up anytime. Is your Inner Mean Girl telling you lies? Send her packing! Do the Inner Mean Girl 40 Day Cleanse with me!
Send your Inner Mean Girl on vacation! Let’s support each other!
I told you some of the lies my Inner Mean Girl tells me. Now it’s your turn. Tell me one lie that your Inner Mean Girl tells you. And then immediately tell me something amazing about yourself! And finally, go sign up!
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I am checking this program out! I am in need of a boost in booting the IMG!!
Sounds like a great idea.. Negitive self talk really holds you back when you think about the law of attraction. I hope this program works for you. If not, Lets Talk. I have lots of great tools for this. My mom is a life coach and does work with people for this alot. I have absorbed all kinds of info from her.
Hugs and Luv.. You are a wonderful person 
Looking forward to getting to know you during the IMG cleanse. I'll be doing it, too!
Lie: I am a failure as a parent
Amazing: hmmm, I am an awesome friend
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I'm in! Posted my inner mean girl commitment on my blog tonight. http://www.see-mama-run.com/2010/08/ditching-my-i…
I've been blogging about the Cleanse, too!
http://thewildpomegranate.wordpress.com
IMG says: "I'm not good enough." WRONG!! I am one of the hardest working, well respected, nicest, caring beautiful person anyone would know!
IMG says: “I’m not good enough.” WRONG!! I am one of the hardest working, well respected, nicest, caring beautiful person anyone would know!
You are most def. not a failure as a parent. Your children love you very much! And I know that you did & are the best mom you can be with what tools/knowledge you had at the time. No one can ask or expect more than that!
I love you mom!
Mine says the same thing. You ARE good enough! Let's figure out why our Inner Mean Girl is telling us this lie and set her straight!
Thank you! I know when I look in the mirror it's just that these thoughts creep in like, "What does he see in me?" I know I am attractive. Do you think that it has a lot to do with the magazines and what America has portrayed the perfect woman to be? I am going over to Italy in October and everyone is saying, "Oooooo, the guys over there will hit on you!" and I'm thinking "Not young enough, not pretty enough." I know I'm smart enough.
I'm doing the Inner Mean Girl Cleanse too. Isn't it wonderful when you can feel the immediate results of your positive actions? Cheers for taking a step towards happiness.
Good idea. Ok – the lie that my IMG tells me is that I'm too fat to accomplish anything and no one will take me seriously. The awesome thing is that I'm an incredibly thoughtful, smart, compassionate person who has a lot to offer the world.
You're right that is hard and my instinct is to delete it and pretend I've never been here, but I'm not going to.
I get these "One Minute Motivators" every day and this one is especially good:
"The most important moment in history for you is right now. What you do or don't do, what you think or don't think, right now is the beginning of the rest of your life. This moment can be the beginning of a new you, taking you all the places you dreamed of, or it can be just another moment to be "killed" passing the time. Right now you are making history for sure, what kind of history it is, is up to you."
What will you do?