Maryse Cardin
A positive self talk message: If not me, then ...

A positive self talk message: If someone like you -- aware, awake, compassionate, big-hearted  -- stops believing, then good golly, who will be left? If not you, then who? If not me, then who? Do you think that there is someone better out there, better than you, who can be a healer of the people and the planet? Who can be a creator of a healthy new way of living here on earth? Who, if not you, would love this place enough?

A positive self talk message: If not me, then who?
Maryse Cardin
I bring all of me to this life

A positive self talk message: Because this is where my wellbeing, my health, my joy and my power really lie: in my whole, infinite self.  My wholeness. Now that's a beautiful word. Wholeness. My true self. 

I bring all of me to this life
Maryse Cardin
Positive self talk: I am stronger with my people

There's magic that is created when you come together with liked-minded, and like-hearted people. Things you could not do or solve on your own happen and resolve. It's the power and grace of togetherness. 1 + 1  does not equal 2 in these circumstances. It is a sum much greater than its parts. 

Positive self talk: I am stronger with my people
Maryse Cardin
I reserve the right to pivot

I cautiously pivot away from some things and enthusiastically pivot towards others. I am a grown sovereign adult who chooses wisely and auto corrects as needed.  Personal coaching can support me in making the pivots I choose to make in my life.

I reserve the right to pivot
Maryse Cardin
Introducing life coach and personal coaching ...

I work with highly sensitive and empathetic women– my favorite people of all. (Really what’s there not to love about highly sensitive women?)  I offer a map to reconnect you to your highest game of life, remembering your Divine Spark of Self-Love and self-esteem.  I guide you to alight to your soul’s delight. I look forward to witnessing your transformation into an abundant, joyful life.

Introducing life coach and personal coaching for HSPs, highly sensitive women

Self Talk for Kids

Self-talk and what it means to be beautiful inside and out

My daughter and I made vision boards today together. A photo of an Aboriginal woman bare breasted and bare footed in the desert performing an ancient ritual called out to me. It felt like she’s my inner wise woman guiding me to the next stage of my life. She was so beautiful.

I was a little surprised by how beautiful she looked to me. I sat with it for some moments and realized my image of beauty is changed. This woman is it. She’s authentic, strong, luminous, grounded, courageous. She accentuates her beauty with awesome paintings on her body and a colourful skirt. And she’s a desert-dancer, for heaven’s sake!

I’m excited to let my inner “her” shine.  I want to do my own version of dancing in the desert – symbolically or maybe even literally. I’m excited to nurture beauty inside and out.

Not the magazine version of beauty, but my vision of it.  What does it mean to love myself unconditionally now? How do I rock my age without ideas that are imposed on me from a culture that values youth above everything else in women? How do I talk to myself in a way that reveres who I am?

“Accept yourself absolutely and unconditionally. It’s one of the most radical acts you can do in an                 insane culture that actually profits from your self-loathing,” declares Tosha Silver.

I’m careful of what I say to myself when I look in the mirror now.

I use to greet myself in the mirror with self-talk like this:

  • You look tired. There are big bags under your eyes.

  • Your hair looks terrible.

  • Your skin looks bad.

  • You are getting wrinkles around your eyes.

  • You look like shit.

  • You look fat in that dress.

Imagine if I met my friend for tea and she greeted me like that. How deflating! How life-denying!

As I speak to myself like a best friend would, I greet myself this way in the mirror now:

  • You are beautiful.

  • Look at that smile!

  • Your eyes are shining.

  • I love you.

  • Let’s put on something that makes you feel filled with energy and beautiful.

My daughter also put images on her vision board that illustrate who she is and her own beauty. She came up with blue birds, pastel flowers, a mama tiger playing with her cub, music notes, and in big bold letters: SING.