How Can Positive Thinking Affirmations Help You?

Positive thinking affirmations have the power to silence your negative thoughts and put you in a positive frame of mind.

You can create an affirmation to find love, body image affirmations, self affirmation sentences, healing affirmations, affirmations for self-esteem, or whatever you choose.

They work by repetition - when you repeat affirmations with belief, your subconscious picks up on them and starts acting as if they were true. Yes, you can "fool" your brain to help you out and be on your side!

Did you know that you can even use an affirmation to change your life? Find out more by following the link.

Tailor-made affirmations

Do not just repeat any affirmation that you find. Rather, tailor-make them to your needs and adapt them to your personal circumstances.

For example, if you have had issues with your health, you may like to focus on positive thinking affirmations to improve your general well being.

The words used in affirmations are very important and make a difference. You want your affirmations to work, so you want to choose the right words. Check this page for the best affirmation wording. Find out as well why you would like to use affirmations stated in a positive way.

What is the key point of positive thinking affirmations?

There is just one thing that you must do when you repeat your affirmations, and that is...

...believe them (or at least give them a chance). They won't work if at the back of your mind you say to yourself, "Yeah, we'll see if this works..."

Fully believe your affirmations. Fully feel good as you're saying them (find out more about the positive feeling). Feel as if they were true already and you were just stating the obvious. Fake it if needed, nobody is watching!

Positive thinking affirmations to uplift you:

I love myself

I am talented

I am a good listener

I believe in myself

I am creative

I grow stronger every day

Life is friendly to me daily

I can achieve what I want

People feel relaxed around me

I am a calmed person

I dare to be myself

My body feels healthy and at ease

I am able to relax at any time

I deserve to have peace

I am loved

I have the confidence to handle problems

I am trustworthy

I face every day with a kind spirit

I am caring

I have infinite possibilities

I am self-assured

I have confidence

I inspire others with my actions

I make the most out of my opportunities

I acknowledge I have good people around me

I am a winner

I control my temper

My mind is clear and I think with clarity

I have the ability to handle difficulties

I am my best friend

I take the time to enjoy my family

I am intelligent

I learn from my mistakes

I care for myself

I am flexible

I enjoy the gifts that life brings me daily

I love change and I grow with it

I am kind

Every day in every way I am getting better and better and better.

My aspiration is...

When I first started practicing positive thinking affirmations I found that sometimes affirmations created thoughts of contradiction in my mind and made me feel bad, as if I wasn't living up to my own expectations.

There I was, saying to myself "I am calm and peaceful", while the little voice in my mind argued "Well, don't you remember this argument you had just yesterday? You weren't exactly calm then."

Luckily I found a way of expressing affirmations that would leave me feeling good and full of hope. Pema Chodron in "Start where you are" talks about aspiration, and so I took the formula "My aspiration is...".

For instance:

• My aspiration is to lighten up

• My aspiration is to be more loving

• My aspiration is to transmit peace

Now there was a difference. When you say "My aspiration is to be peaceful" you accept the fact that you haven't been peaceful in a given moment, but that is Ok because what you go towards is to be peaceful, and that overrides your "mistakes" from the past.

Try this formula! It gives quite a lot of hope, specially when the situation is really difficult or you feel stuck.

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