Speak Life

🎙️ Speak Life

What if one of the most powerful tools for healing wasn't expensive, complicated, or hidden behind years of study?

What if it was your own voice?

In this episode, Tombo Baldwin shares a simple daily practice that has been transforming his life: intentionally speaking truth over himself through recorded affirmations. More than positive thinking, this practice is about replacing old narratives with life-giving beliefs that align with who you were created to be.

Drawing from themes explored in previous episodes—including Mind Soil, Shift State, The Way Back Method, and Best Reality Now—Tombo explains how repeated words shape identity, influence emotions, and help break free from fear, shame, and survival mode.

You'll hear dozens of practical affirmations you can begin using today, along with encouragement to create your own. Whether you're learning to forgive yourself, quiet self-criticism, or build a stronger foundation of peace and authenticity, this episode offers a simple practice that can become part of your everyday life.

Sometimes the voice that changes your future...

...is your own.

YUP. I GOT YOU.

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Transcript

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Ah, as always so excited to be with you. The other day Adrian and I went out to dinner at a place I usually don't go but the Texas Roadhouse Grill and I have to say I'm not a fan of their steaks and some of you are going to be like, oh my gosh Tom, I can't believe. Anyway, what I am a fan are other margaritas. I like their margaritas and so I went there to have margaritas and had a burger which was fantastic and a couple of cheese things and a cup of chili. Man, their chili is good. I hope it's not Kim but it's really good. But ran into an old friend who's also a listener and I didn't even know she listened but Mary, shout out to you if you're listening to this podcast. Thanks for being a listener. She's going to get a bumper sticker because Mary, remember you said you're going to write me a review and it's never too late. Mary's like, I'm always too late. No, reviews matter whenever they happen so it doesn't matter. But hey, I'm so excited for this podcast today. The intro, I am just going to say you need this episode if you know it or not. This episode I'm calling Healing Bomb and sometimes like I realized the other day, Adrian's listening to an episode and I referenced like the episode Prison State but I called it Free Man because that was my original title but I decided to change it at the last minute to Prison State which I think is a better name but sometimes the name doesn't always come through so if you're like what and I am so sorry but that's just the way it is here. This podcast is all about a practice that I have started. I have started speaking affirmations to myself that are positive words maybe in areas that I struggle with in belief around myself or belief around circumstances in my life and I'm going to give you an app and it's a free app or the you can pay for a lifetime subscription for $30 and if you're serious about this I recommend the $30 subscription because this is a simple simple tool that will change your life and what this app does and it provides you but it provides you affirmations that you can record yourself or you can enter affirmations that you want to record for you and so you can look at the recommended list and that's what I did and they have a bunch of different categories like self-love prosperity a whole bunch of different things and basically you hit the record button and you read the words okay you got it helps if you read them with meaning like I love myself no I love myself I am awesome Tombo you are awesome and amazing get the difference yeah it's a no-brainer right so if you're going to do this app and you're going to spend the time even on the free version do it with some meaning but what you do is you record these and this is what I do on my way to work and my way home from work I listen to these these are a powerful powerful oh I can't say how powerful they are reset and bring her a piece and you are reaffirming the things that maybe you're not a hundred percent in belief about yourself but you know they're good and right and true and when you hear your own voice say these things it changes I think this is better than any medicine any modality any treatment anything if you do this consistently and like if you're like me and you often have a drive to work great great time or before you're gonna sit down and have quiet time and maybe do some way back method stuff or some other methods we've talked about interacting with that divine field if you choose to do that this is a great entry point where you spend 10 minutes just listening to yourself saying things and so this episode I am gonna read you affirmations that I generated out of my podcast so it comes out of my content of my podcast I'm probably gonna freestyle a little bit after we're done with that just some ones that I feel like are gonna be appropriate for this episode and ones that I have just written because I just think they're great and so they are for me and so these are ones that I've recorded I probably have right now close to 200 you're like 200 Tom I'm hoping to have like 500 and not that I'm going for a number because I'll probably delete some after I feel like you know I'm feeling feeling pretty good about this yeah this this is now laid in stone in my foundation and I feel good about this and I maybe don't have to listen to it and there are other ones that are more important than I'm still working on I still don't have the belief around but I want them incorporated this is building some substantial and if you don't think this is important I'm not sure this is a podcast for you this is about transforming this is about living your best reality now and this is such a simple powerful cheap tool you probably if you go get coffee with a friend and a pastry you're gonna spend $30 and if you spend $30 on this dang you just did yourself like a good one a really good one and I'll see if I can put a link to this app on my link tree and so you can just find it as you're listening to the podcast you can go to link tree find this app and download and I get nothing I've tried to get some affiliate sponsors like from knickknacks and nobody responds for me products I love it's gonna happen but right now they don't and I still believe in the products and they're great products so we're companies gotta do what they gotta do but like I believe in this app so Tom's gonna put his readers on you can laugh a little bit I got my old man readers so this is also a video that's gonna be on YouTube and so we're just I'm gonna read these to you these are for you here we go you are becoming more authentic every day you do not need to betray yourself to be accepted your life has meaning and purpose I whoops sorry these are for me so I'm having to transpose a little bit you are worthy of love exactly where you are you can change and still honor who you have been you are learning to trust yourself again your mind is soil and you choose what grows there you release the need to perform for approval you are allowed to rest you are becoming whole you choose growth over comfort you forgive yourself for surviving the best way you knew how you do not have to stay tethered to old realities your attention shapes your experience you can create a better reality starting now yes you can you are not trapped by your past the way back method right awareness is transforming your life you're awake and ready to heal you choose peace over poison you release bitterness from your spirit you are worthy of radical forgiveness you honor your conscience your voice mottos you no longer abandon yourself to fit in you can pause before reacting that temper can fade away you are learning emotional freedom you choose authenticity over appearance you trust the process of becoming awesome that is you're awesome you are healing layer by layer you can begin again you do not need to fear your emotions you are safe to be honest your story has purpose you choose life-giving thoughts you release toxic narratives you are stronger than fear you choose gratitude today you are not your worst moment your failures become wisdom you choose alignment over approval you can change direction at any moment but your inner world matters so much you deserve peace in your soul you are becoming aware of what no longer serves you so let it go oh you are capable of deep healing you release shame you choose compassion towards yourself you are learning to observe instead of react your thoughts are powerful seeds you choose to plant good seeds you are not alone in this journey you are allowed to grow slowly you choose forgiveness today your value is not determined by public opinion you release the fear of rejection you choose courage over conformity you are becoming emotionally honest your soul deserves honesty you can trust yourself to make better choices you choose awareness over distraction you can love others without losing yourself you choose healing over hiding you are courageous and can face the scary things you are becoming more conscious every day you choose thoughts that create life your heart is capable of renewal you can interrupt and do unhealthy cycles you are worthy of peace and rest you no longer need to live in survival mode that's reality now yes for you you choose growth even when it's uncomfortable you have no fear you release offense and resentment you can protect your peace without hardening your heart you choose to become present at all times your awareness is expanding you trust the quiet voice inside yourself you choose intention over autopilot here's a big one you are not broken you are becoming more genuine and congruent you choose connection over isolation you can rewrite destructive inner narratives that's powerful worth thinking about you are capable of meaningful change you choose to nourish your mind and spirit you release what poisons your soul you are learning to live in alignment you can stop harmful patterns with one decision you are becoming the person you were meant to be you choose truth over illusion your life blesses others you choose to live awake you are powerful you can choose differently today you trust that healing is possible and happening you are learning to love yourself honestly you release fear-based thinking you choose to cultivate good mind soil you are worthy of healthy relationships you choose authenticity even when it's difficult your presence matters in this world you create beauty from pain and you choose the best reality now so those are the ones that i had scripted i have many more and we're just gonna freestyle for a little bit take these glasses off because helps me read but otherwise they're not great and i i hope so far some things like have made you uncomfortable hearing them about yourself you are incredibly worthy you are needed you are a good friend you are a good person you release bitterness you are not afraid to go to the scary places inside you have help you are so lucky things just fall into place for you so you do amazing creative tasks this i can't tell you and i could go on and on because you as part of the yup i got you podcast community are making a difference and you know even words right now that you need to say to yourself that feel uncomfortable and the more uncomfortable they feel the more you need to say them i heard chase hughes some of you are probably familiar with him he's been over social media a lot and he has said something that has impacted me profoundly and i learned to do this a while ago but his emphasis has just made it even more powerful in my life you and me need to radically forgive ourselves he says forgiveness guilt and shame are just of no purpose in the future they hold us back that stuff happens you look at that stuff i'm not saying ignore it you look and what i say i made a mistake but i'm changing and i let go of it it tethers you to a reality you don't want to be a part of it and so part of my daily practice is even not recording but when i know things that i've done that i fall short that i've maybe eaten stuff that i knew i shouldn't have or drank too much alcohol or watched like edgy content and i just say tom wasn't the best choice i forgive you i release guilt and shame if you hold on to those you're only going to get so far look at them assess them learn from them and then release them and saying things like tombo you're awesome and i say this every day tombo i love you tombo your voice needs to be heard tombo you're you're a good dad tombo you're you're a good husband i say to my body thank you for serving me well today you've expended your resources for me it means a lot i'm gonna give you rest one of the most powerful ones for me and you'll laugh but i have to give myself permission to rest i have had a belief that i don't deserve rest and so every day i listen to myself say i deserve rest and you know i often come home or if i have a day off i tell adrian i was like just gonna lay down or i'm just gonna sit down for a moment my body appreciates that affirmation i also tell my body that i'm gonna treat it well so you get it you get what i'm talking about here this is so powerful this is probably one of the most powerful tools and this app just makes it easier you can do this on your own and you can even go online and you know you can type in like circumstances you're dealing with and ask for affirmations to get you started and then you can create your own but this changes the structure of your belief this is an internal inner world amazing incredible remodeling this is among the other things that i've shared a powerful path to the best reality now living a satisfying meaningful life so as i'm wrapping up here i just got to tell you you are amazing thank you for listening if you're listening to this podcast you are part of a big change thank you for doing the hard work and as always i got you i do i got you