You’ve probably seen affirmations in books or online and perhaps even tried repeating them for a few days without seeing much in the way of improvements in your life. Wouldn’t it be great if you could experience more positive personal changes from affirmations?
Making affirmations work for you starts with a clear understanding of what they are:
An affirmation is a positive statement written as if you are saying it, and addresses a personal characteristic you may have, wish to have, or want more of. Many affirmations also include content that prompts your mind to ponder the characteristic in self-reflection.
This process will help you experience the greatest benefits from reading affirmations:
- Make an
effort to clear your mind before reading an affirmation. Ensure you have
enough time, like 15 minutes or so, to read, process, and reflect on the
affirmation. Then, read through the affirmation.
- Are you
familiar with all the words used in the affirmation? If not, look up any
questionable words. Think about how these words relate to the topic.
- Re-state
the affirmation in your own words. This step increases your understanding
and retention of the content as your mind mulls over the concepts.
- You could say something like, “I think this
affirmation is describing the best ways to talk about your feelings with
another person. It focuses on being honest and not being afraid to share how
you really feel.”
- Endeavor to apply the affirmation to yourself. Do you behave, think, or feel as the affirmation suggests?
- If you identify that you already handle the
subject matter as it’s portrayed in the affirmation, then the affirmation
confirms this quality in your mind and helps boost your self-confidence.
- If you believe you respond in less than positive
ways to the situations described, what can you learn from the affirmation?
- Reflect on the positive methods in the
affirmation to help develop those methods in your own life. Strive
to apply the information in similar situations in the future.
- Recognize
that an important function of an affirmation is to encourage you to look within
yourself. Effective affirmations usually state you’re skilled at something
or can emotionally deal with situations in healthy ways.
- Achieve self-improvement with affirmations. For people like you, who seek to live the most fulfilling life possible, affirmations can provide an endless array of self-improvement topics upon which you can reflect.
- Affirmations confirm the great qualities you
already have and help you develop and strengthen the characteristics you want
to add to your repertoire.
- The combination of self-reflection and
repetition enables the affirmation to reach your sub-conscious mind and changes
your beliefs and actions, one thought at a time.
- Discover
new and exciting qualities about yourself. Because life is often a rocky
pathway, engaging in ongoing self-discovery can help you better navigate the
bumpy parts of your journey by figuring out things about your personal
qualities and ways of relating.
When you use these strategies, you’ll not only discover new knowledge while reading affirmations, but you’ll also learn to apply the new information in your own life in ways that strengthen and benefit you.
Known as the Transformation Catalyst™, Eva helps thought leaders and spiritual entrepreneurs worldwide become game changers in their field by integrating Inner Guidance with proven strategies to achieve breakthroughs in their business.
She is an avid supporter of the Milo Foundation, an alternative for homeless pets, the Unstoppable Foundation to bring sustainable education to children and communities in developing countries, and Kiva to support entrepreneurs in underserved communities around the world.
Transformation catalyst and business mentor, Eva Gregory helps established thought leaders and spiritual entrepreneurs worldwide become game changers in their fields by integrating Inner Guidance with proven strategies that are working today to achieve breakthroughs in their businesses.
She is an avid supporter of the Milo Foundation, an alternative for homeless pets, the Unstoppable Foundation to bring sustainable education to children and communities in developing countries, and Kiva to support entrepreneurs in underserved communities around the world.
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