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The Power of Positive Affirmations

Positive affirmations are statements that confirm your worth and potential. Positive affirmations empower you by showing you what you want in life and helping you believe that it’s possible. They also help encourage you to stay on track when there seems to be little hope of getting back on track again. Read on for more information about the power of positive affirmations!

What are positive affirmations?

A positive affirmation is an expression of faith, hope, and love that you use to confirm your worth. They are statements such as "I am a confident woman" or "I can be happy." 

1. They help you believe in yourself

Positive affirmations help build self-confidence. Affirmations that you believe in will make it easier for you to trust yourself and feel good about your abilities. Let's say someone tells you that they're confident in themselves. At first, they might not be able to convince themselves with their own thoughts because they haven't been told what they're capable of doing before. However, if the person repeats over and over again that they are confident then it becomes true for them. 

2. They help increase your willpower 

There is nothing more disappointing than giving up on something because it seems too hard. Positive affirmations empower people by giving them the strength to push through even when discouragement sets in. By using affirmations every day, people find the strength within themselves that is needed to continue working toward their goals.

3. Boost Self-Esteem & Confidence Affirmations can build self-esteem and confidence by being repetitious, positive messages designed to give insight into how others view you. When you hear "I am valuable," "I am smart," or "I am capable" repeatedly, those thoughts start becoming part of who you are because they're continuously reinforced by your own words. This is why repetition is an important step in the affirmation process--it’s vital that these thoughts become familiar to your subconscious mind.

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When to use positive affirmations

Positive affirmations are most effective when they’re said as often as possible. When you start to use positive affirmations regularly, it becomes a part of your everyday life and helps you feel confident in yourself. As a general rule, make sure that you’re using positive affirmations every day for at least 3-4 weeks before you try it on more challenging goals. This will help establish the pattern needed for the affirmation to take root and change your behavior.

How to use positive affirmations

Positive affirmations are statements that reaffirm your worth and potential. The key is to make sure your affirmations are personal and true to you. Here are some tips for making them effective: 

- Be intentional about what you want in life. 

- Make these affirmations specific to yourself or your situation. 

- Be confident, but not arrogant or condescending, when using them. 

- Keep it short and simple so it’s easy to remember. 

- Repeat the affirmation often and in a positive way to reinforce the idea that it’s true for you! 

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The importance of using positive affirmations every day

Though positive affirmations can be used as a tool to help you feel more empowered and motivated, they also have the potential to encourage you to stay on track. Positive affirmations are powerful because they remind you of what’s possible in life, especially when there seems to be little hope of making progress. They give you a clear perspective by helping you see that your life is worth living. If there is no hope in your future, then it would be easy for negative thinking to take over and overwhelm everything else. Positive affirmations are an effective way of dealing with those thoughts while still feeling like life has meaning and purpose. This is why they are so valuable; they provide hope when one might not exist otherwise.

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An exercise to help you practice your new skills

If you feel like affirmations are not working for you or you want to work on your skills in a more structured way, try this exercise: Make a list of 3-5 things that make you feel great about yourself and write them down. Go through the list and find an affirmation that is related to each one. For example, if your affirmation is “I am loved”, find an affirmation like “I am beautiful” or “I am appreciated”. Read these affirmations and say them aloud at least twice every day for 3 days (once in the morning, once in the evening).

Conclusion

"Every day when you wake up, you're given an opportunity to change your life. I believe in you." -Oprah Winfrey 

In a world full of negativity, we need to find a way to bring positivity into our lives. This is where positive affirmations come in. Positive affirmations are positive statements or phrases that you can recite to yourself or say out loud when you feel down or stressed. The power of positivity lies in repetition - so you need to say them every single day!

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