Positive affirmations are constructive
phrases used to confront unhelpful (negative) thoughts. Practicing positive
affirmations can be simple. All you need to do is pick a phrase, and repeat it
to yourself. You may choose to use positive affirmations to motivate yourself, encourage
positive changes in your life, or boost your self-esteem. If you frequently
find yourself getting caught up in negative self-talk, positive affirmations
can be used to combat these often subconscious patterns and replace
them with a better lifestyle.
Self-affirmation has three key ideas behind
it. First, with self-affirmation, you keep up a flexible, moral, and capable
narrative about yourself. This makes up our self-identity. Self-identity is not
the same as having a rigid and strictly defined self-concept. Instead of
viewing yourself in one “fixed” way, your self-identity can be flexible. You can
see yourself as adopting a range of different identities and roles. This means you
can define success in different ways, too.
Second, self-affirmation argues that
maintaining self-identity is not about being exceptional, perfect, or excellent.
Rather, you just need to be competent and adequate in different areas that you
value in order to be moral, flexible, and good. Third, you maintain
self-integrity by acting in ways that authentically merit acknowledgment and
praise. In terms of positive affirmations, you don’t say something like “I am a
responsible person” because you want to receive that praise. You say it because
you want to deserve that praise for acting in ways that are consistent with
that particular personal value.
To have any kind of
impact on your self-esteem, your self-affirmations should be positively focused
and targeted at actions you can take to reinforce your sense of self-identity.
Use your real strengths
(or strengths
that you consider important) to guide your affirmations. There are no hard and
fast rules about timing or frequency when it comes to practicing
self-affirmations. Just believe them whether you repeat them internally (or
externally). Below are many examples for you to use:
·
By
being myself, I bring happiness to many other people.
·
I
accept and love myself completely.
·
I
am a responsible, successful person.
·
I
am confident and capable at what I do.
·
I
am creative, unique, and gorgeous.
·
I
am fine with just being me, and will not judge me.
·
I
am going to trust myself and my instincts.
·
I
am important and a valuable person.
·
I
am kind and good to the person I see in the mirror;
·
I
am liberating myself from fear, judgment, and doubt;
·
I
am not afraid to keep going, and I believe in myself.
·
I
am on a journey, ever growing and developing.
·
I
am resilient, strong, and brave.
·
I
am responsible for looking after me.
·
I
am safe, and everything is good in my world.
·
I
am working every day on the best me that I can be.
·
I
believe in myself as a person, trust my own wisdom, and in all my capabilities.
·
I
choose only to surround myself with supportive and good people;
·
I
choose to be happy;
·
I
choose to rise above the hurtful things that might come my way.
·
I
deserve to see myself as amazing.
·
I
do not need to rely on others judgment for acceptance.
·
I
forgive myself when I do the wrong thins (as well as others).
·
I
have come this far, and I am proud of myself.
·
I
love who I am, and who I am becoming.
·
I
opt to rise above negative feelings.
·
I
release negative feelings and thoughts about myself.
·
I
treat others with respect.
·
I
will always do my best.
·
I’m
gifted with and surrounded by amazing family and friends.
·
If
people don’t accept me, I’m fine with that.
·
Inside
me, I feel calm, and nobody can disturb this peacefulness.
·
My
anxiety does not control my life. I do.
·
My
goals and desires are as worthwhile as everybody else’s.
·
My
life is taking place right here, right now,
·
Nobody
but me decides how I feel.
·
Things
will get better.
·
This
is just one moment in my life that does not define who I am;
·
Through
courage and hard work, I can achieve anything that I set my mind to.
·
Through
my contributions, I make positive changes to the world.
·
Whenever
I fall down, I get back up again.
“Practice
rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals,
not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond
to a higher level.” (Alexander
Haig) [i]
[i] Adapted from: “Positive Daily
Affirmations: Is There Science Behind It?” by Catherine Moore
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