What are affirmations?
Affirmations are a creative and easy way to make us feel good and achieve the goals we want.
Affirmations are positive, helpful and inspiring statements that can help you overcome negative self-sabotaging thoughts and consequently behaviours!
Everything we think and all of our self-talk is actually an affirmation! We have on average between 50,000-70,000 thoughts a day, with 80% of those thoughts being negative and a significant portion of these thoughts being repetitive. (Anywhere between 80-90%)
We are affirming things without even realising and unfortunately, with statistics of negative thoughts as high as they are, we are living in a culture where dreams are seen as impossible to reach and change impossible to make.
Affirmations, help us choose healthier and more productive ways to think, and when we think positively we feel positive which in turns affects our behaviours and life choices. The way we think, is a choice, and affirmations help us to make this choice.
So how do affirmations work?
When we repeat an affirmation over and over again, we are sending a message to the part of our brain called the Reticular Activating System. This files the message as being important and as a result, your brain helps you recognise how this is true for you and how you can work towards your goal or affirmation!
Furthermore, because they are extremely positive, they hold a positive vibration that when repeated over and over have the power to change the human psyche and help us to feel amazing. When we are in a state of positivity, we attract positivity!
It takes 21 days to change a mindset and what you think, you will become, what you think about, you will achieve!