Fidget Spinner explodes in boy’s hands! Mom claims son generated too much power from constant spinning. “There should be a warning on these things!” she says.

Baby switched with Hatchimal at hospital. Parents unaware until it hatches and does not look like them! “We are devastated!” says the would-be dad.

Marketing companies are now using cell phone signals to manipulate brain waves — causing consumers to buy non-essential products! “We must have answers. We’ll get right on this as soon as we finish shopping!” states FCC spokesperson.

Do you believe these stories?

Probably not. I sure hope not. Of course, I made the stories up. (Though the amount of energy my kids can generate with their fidget spinners makes me wonder if this one could actually be true!)

You do, however, believe in other fake news. And I’m not talking about National Enquirer type stuff. Or how Trump is really Putin in disguise (you’ve never seen the two of them together have you?). Or how Clinton intentionally lost her election so that SNL would have better political material (she’s on NBC’s payroll you know!).

I’m talking about the trash in your head. The fake news that resides between your ears.

The news that says:

“Abandoned and Lost: You have no true friends and if you did they'd leave you, too!”

“Failure, Failure, Failure: At least you’re good at that!”

“Success: All you're capable of is the ‘suck’ part!”

We believe in fake news all the time — it's exactly how fear shows up in our lives. A nice little story with a crafty headline that plays right into our doubts and worries.

You don't have to believe everything you read (or hear in your head).

What fake news is in your head? These stories can be re-written.

You can write the headlines that you want to read about for your life. You can craft the stories that you want to live.

Seriously. Take out a piece of paper. Open up a blank doc file on your computer. Write the headline that you want for your life. Write a short paragraph that inspires you.

The more that you do this, the more you’ll retrain your editor (your brain) to give you the content you want. The new content then becomes the stories for the new life you'll be soon living.

Go write an inspirational headline and start working on the amazing content!