Start your week off in the right way - with Positive Affirmations

When was the last time you looked in the mirror and told yourself how great you are?

It can feel a little bit awkward being your own cheerleader and congratulating yourself on your personal and professional achievements, but taking the time to overcome self-sabotaging thoughts isn’t stupid, it’s productive!

How affirmations work

Positive Affirmations are declarations of intent. They help you focus your energy on what you want as though it already exists. (That’s why they’re written in the present tense!)

The statements can relate to any area of your life, from parenting to work to exercise, and the really exciting thing is that the more regularly you read or say your affirmations out loud, the more likely you are to change your thought patterns so that they becomes your reality.

The Law of Attraction is all about focusing your mind on what you want rather than what you don’t want

So, with the use of affirmations we can reduce our negative thoughts and can start to cultivate a more optimistic, confident and resilient mindsets instead.

Science Based?

Affirmations have been scientifically proven to work in hundreds of pieces of research - take this study, for example, which showed that spending a few minutes thinking about your strengths before a high powered meeting (such as a performance review or an interview) can help to calm your nerves, increase your confidence, and improve the likelihood of a successful outcome.

Nobody can promise you that by practicing your positive affirmations you’ll suddenly win the lottery or find your dream husband overnight. But you will become more positive, more confident and more resilient, and in turn, that will improve your chances of living a happier and more successful life.

We can’t control the things that happen to us, but we can control the way that we react to them. And by using positive affirmations, we can get better at focussing on the good stuff, bouncing back from the bad stuff, and having the confidence to go after what you really want in life.

3 Postive Affirmations For The Week Ahead