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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Lauren Taylor

Jonny Wilkinson has some great advice for combatting negative self-talk

Negative self-talk can plague even the most successful of people, and Jonny Wilkinson has shared how he’s learning to fight it.

“It’s amazing what comes out of me sometimes – very black and white, very conditional, very, very critical,” the England rugby legend admits. “We go about acting on behalf of this incredible voice in our mind, but if we stopped to ask, ‘Hold on, who are you?’ – there’s nothing there.

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