Benefits of Positive Affirmations

What are Positive Affirmations?

Positive Affirmations are statements that you can say in your head or verbally to validate, confirm, and build yourself up.

You may have read affirmations before that look like.

I am getting better and better every day.
I am enough.
I deserve to be loved.
It is okay to make mistakes.

How do they help?

Engaging in positive affirmations exercises triggers the brain’s reward center. This activation produces a similar experience to other circumstances that you enjoy. Practicing positive affirmations additionally activates parts of the brain that evoke happiness and optimism.

Positive affirmations combat negative self-talk, self-doubt, and stress. Positive affirmations can restore self-competence by allowing individuals to reflect on sources of self-worth, such as their core values.

The use of Positive Affirmations can expand a person’s viewpoint and reduce the impact of negative emotions.

Tips for Creating a Positive Affirmation

• Make it positive
• Keep it brief
• Use present tense
• Make affirmations for yourself, not for others
• Affirm what you want–not what you don’t want

It can also be helpful to add these strategies, but they are not entirely necessary

• Start with the words “I am.. “
• Use an action word ending with “–ing”
• Include one emotion or feeling word

Tools:

Mobile Apps like I am.

Check out some of the resources for Positive Affirmations here.