Stop Saying Stupid Things Out Loud Now

The Women in the Arena

We often see "manifesting" on social media these days, but have you ever thought of its sneaky counterpart?

In this thought-provoking episode, Paige Rene delves into the intriguing concept of the flip side of manifestation–how negative things spoken out loud can subtly shape our reality. Her inspiration comes from an interview featuring Trevor Moawad, which explores how negativity can become a weapon against oneself.

Paige takes us on a journey through the profound influence of spoken words, citing research by Christine Porath to emphasize how words can amplify negative thoughts. She also shares her personal encounters with stress and negativity, reflecting on how her enneagram profile changes during such times. Paige leaves listeners with two essential takeaways, stressing the transformative impact of mindful speech and the art of staying in a neutral space while figuring out how to change a negative experience into a positive one.

Takeaways:

1. It’s alright to acknowledge the negative side of things but our words can amplify their gravity and complaining about them out loud doesn’t make the situation any better.
2. Negativity is contagious.

In this episode:

[1:30] Paige opens the episode by talking about her inspiration for the topic–an interview video of Trevor Moawad shared by one of her clients which tackled how negativity can weaponize a person against themselves.

[3:32] Paige delves into how spoken words can amplify negative thoughts by about ten times, citing the study of Christine Porath referenced by Trevor in the interview.

[5:18] Paige tells the interesting story of Bill Buckner who was infamous for one of the epic fails in baseball history in 1986, and how his words from an interview prior to the game happened exactly like magic.

[7:44] Paige talks about how negativity can be contagious while sharing her experience traveling as an athlete back in her freshman year.

[12:11] Paige wraps up the episode by sharing about her own scuffles against stress and negativity, talking about how her enneagram changes throughout these instances. She also leaves the listeners with two main takeaways and stresses how saying stupid things out loud doesn’t benefit anyone at all.

Resources

1. The Women In The Arena

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4. Elevation Era

Quotes

1. “Your words have power, more than (I think) we know at times.” - Paige Rene, Host
2. “If you have a small portion of time with people, the biggest impact you can make is not introducing all these new information and creating all of this positivity. It’s just eliminating the negative things said out loud” - Paige Rene, Host
3. “You always have the ability to control what you say.” - Paige Rene, Host
4. “It’s okay to be in a neutral space. It’s okay to just look at things as truth and decide where you want to move from there.” - Paige Rene, Host
5. “Stop saying stupid things out loud. It doesn’t do anybody any good.” - Paige Rene, Host