Affirmations are one of the most powerful resources at our disposal… because the words that we tell ourselves influence how we feel at any given moment. Affirmations are positive phrases that we use to rewrite limiting beliefs that we hold about ourselves.
Let me tell you something straight from the heart: if affirmations are new to you, they will feel silly at first, but with time and practice… they work.
Practicing Affirmations
The key to affirmations is to practice reciting them every single day. Like I said before, at first, it may feel ridiculous and weird, but with time they work.
When I first started with affirmations, I began with the affirmation “I am enough,” and it was honestly so hard to believe at first. Within a matter of months, with daily practice of my affirmation and embodying it into my life, I believed this so thoroughly that I challenged my mindset even more and began with the affirmation, “I am more than enough.”
Today, I believe that absolutely wholeheartedly. In the moments when I need to be reminded, I have my affirmations in my back pocket.
Where To Put Your Affirmations
Place your affirmation (or affirmations) wherever you’ll see it regularly throughout your day, such as…
- Your coffee maker or teapot
- Your bathroom mirror
- Beside your bed where you’ll see it first thing when you wake up
- On your desk or computer screen
- Inside one of the pantry cupboards that you open daily
- Inside your planner or journal
How to Create an Affirmation
Want to try creating an affirmation of your own? That’s great! Whenever your affirmation can be personal, it’s only going to be more effective. Here are my tips for creating your own affirmation. Make sure that it is…
- Realistic and Attainable (example: if you’re afraid of public speaking, creating an affirmation that you’re an award-winning TedTalk speaker may feel like too much of a stretch. This doesn’t mean you can’t do it! I would just suggest working up to this with smaller steps first, like “I share my voice to empower myself and others.)
- Empowering
- Believable, Yet Challenging (We want to have our affirmation be realistic and believable, as I explained above. But it still needs to push us… to drive us.)
Need some inspiration for where to start? Try one of these!
10 Confidence-Boosting Affirmations
I am enough, and I always will be
I already have everything I need within me
Joy and happiness are my birthrights
I am abundantly joyful and rich in love
I love myself fully and unconditionally
I am the master of my mind
There is no one else on this entire planet with the exact set of gifts as I
I am beautiful inside and out
I can handle this; there’s nothing I can’t handle!
Vulnerability is brave and a sign of strength; never a weakness.
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