It might seem that life is just a matter of dealing with what is thrown at you. However, if you want to take control and create the life you want, the best place to start is to love yourself. Psychologists have said for years that people who value themselves and have high levels of self-esteem are happier in general and have better coping skills than people with negative feelings toward themselves.
Affirmations Work Wonders
Affirmations are sayings you often tell yourself. For many people stuck in negative thought patterns, affirmations seem trite and false, since they are more comfortable with the negative messages they tell themselves. However, turning negative thought patterns into positive ones can make a huge difference in how you see yourself.
Affirmations are messages that are heard and understood by the subconscious. The subconscious functions without a filter. It does not differentiate between what is accurate and what is false. Instead, it simply listens to what it is fed and integrates it into your thought process.
There are many ways to use affirmations to build your self-esteem. You can start by writing up a list of affirmations for yourself that confirm the message you want your subconscious to absorb. Here is a list of examples:
- I am a valuable person.
- I am a loving person.
- I love myself.
- I am generous.
The primary goal in writing affirmations is to help you identify the qualities in yourself that you value and ways you can build your self esteem. If you have problems coming up with a few of these qualities, think of characteristics that you value in others. One of the wonderful things about affirmations and the subconscious is that by telling yourself you have these qualities, you begin to exhibit them in your behaviors. Remember, the subconscious does not have a filter and absorbs what it is repeatedly told regardless of the accuracy of the statement.
Using Affirmations
When you have your list of affirmations that you want to integrate into your subconscious, you can begin to use them. Often, you will need to use affirmations for several weeks before you begin to feel a shift in your thoughts. However, once you begin to see positive changes within yourself, you may decide that affirmations can help you in other areas of your life.
Affirmation Method #1 - Make an audio file of your affirmations and listen to it several times a day. The best audio files are ones you do yourself. Hearing your own voice is more effective than listening to someone else's voice because your subconscious immediately recognizes your personal authority. One of the best times to listen to your audio file is right before you go to sleep, when you are relaxed and you mind is receptive.
Affirmation Method #2 - Write your affirmations and place them where you can see them regularly. You can write your affirmations on sticky-notes and place them around your bathroom mirror and repeat them to yourself as you go through your morning and nighttime routines.
Affirmations are a great way to increase your self-esteem. The more often you repeat positive messages to yourself, the better you will feel about yourself. You will find that you love yourself more and you will begin to behave and act in positive ways that reflect the loving messages that you are sending to yourself. By using affirmations, you can take control of what you think and feel about yourself instead of being at the mercy of what others tell you
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