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The Worst Things You Can Tell Yourself 3 by Rachel Tipton I magine for a moment that you are the coach of your child’s soccer team. It’s just before an important game against some intimidating competition. What types of things would you say to the kids to encourage them? Would it sound like this: You aren’t good enough. You’re too slow. You can’t possibly win. No way you would say that, right? It would discourage the kids and they would not play their best. You would be setting them up for failure. So, my question to you is what kind of internal coaching are you giving yourself? 86 | Eydis Magazine eydismedia.com 87