More Analogies of What Self-Talk Is

Self-Talk is like studying a new language or any thing new. At first its hard, but then, with work, it becomes easier, effortless, and unconscious. The more you do it, the more fun you have doing it, and the more you feel it working. When you first study a new language you have to translate the meaning into your own language. This requires work. After you study for a while, however, you feel and know the meaning of the new language in its own tongue, effortlessly.
This is analogous to practicing Self-Talk. When you first start using it, it doesn't feel comfortable. The conflict you feel, initially, between the Positive statements you are saying and listening to and the negative, resistance you have to them is like the negative feelings you have translating an alien language to your own. Those negative feelings are being produced by your old self-talk, the years of negative, counter-productive programming you have been giving to yourself and receiving from others and the outside world. But as you continue to practice, ignoring your negative feelings of the moment, you Subconscious starts to assimilate the new information and your feelings begin to change. Soon you are "speaking" fluently in the new language of Positive Self-Talk effortlessly. It is now a part of you, the real you, and your personality has changed.