Healthy Life Tip: Use “Yet Flippers” to turn I can’t into I can.

From Andrea DeGruchy

Andrea shares a practice that she names “Yet Flippers”. In her household, both the kids and parents practice this little verbal trick for self-advocacy. It’s simple. If you start to talk about something you’re lacking in, such as, “I can’t do (fill in the blank)”,  then you add: “yet I can do (fill in the blank with something else).” 

“I can’t clean the whole house today, yet I can clean just the kitchen.”

This small shift in language helps reframe perspective from negative to positive. It strengthens self-belief. Just as we strive to be kind and encouraging to the people we love, we can offer that same supportive, empowering messaging to ourselves.