Positive Daily Affirmations and Why You Need Them

Practising positive affirmations can be extremely simple, and 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 more adaptive narratives. Generally speaking, affirmations are used to reprogram the subconscious mind, to encourage us to believe certain things about ourselves or about the world and our place within it. They are also used to help us create the reality we want—often in terms of making (or attracting) wealth, love, beauty, and happiness. Here are a couple of positive affirmations you start practising with: - Saying “no” is an act of self-affirmation, too. - Sometimes the work is resting. - There is growth in stillness. - There is peace in changing your mind when it is done in love. - There is poetry in everything, if I look for it. - There is room for me at the table. - There is something in this world that only I can do. That is why I am here. - There is strength in quiet, there is vulnerability in being loud. - I am peaceful and whole. - I am proof enough of who I am and what I deserve. - I am responsible for myself, and I start there. - I am safe and surrounded by love and support. - I am still learning so it’s okay to make mistakes. - I am understood and my perspective is important. - I am valued and helpful. - I am well-rested and excited for the day. - I am worthy of investing in myself. - I belong here, and I deserve to take up space. - I do not have to linger in dark places; there is help for me here. - I do not pretend to be anyone or anything other than who I am. - I do not rise and fall for another. - I do not rush through my life, I temper speed with stillness. - I embrace change seamlessly and rise to the new opportunity it presents. - I embrace the questions in my heart and welcome the answers in their own time. - I grow towards my interests, like a plant reaching for the sun. - I have come farther than I would have ever thought possible, and I'm learning along the way. - I have everything I need to succeed. Please note, affirmations can be more effective when they carry emotional weight. You need to want this change to happen, so every affirmation that you choose to repeat should be a phrase that's meaningful to you.