Affirmations:

The queen of affirmations in my world was Louise Hay. She put out a variety of resources for affirmations back in the day including recordings, apps, and books. Listening to Louise talk in affirmations about loving my body really helped me to turn the tide on how I used to think about my body. I went from negative, nasty self talk about my body to a much more loving perspective. Here is a link to one of her books:  Love Yourself: 100 Empowering Affirmations to Celebrate You. (Disclosure: Some of the links are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.) There are also YouTube sessions out there now of her recordings with affirmations as well. Worth a search if you find listening to a calming voice with uplifting messages helpful.

What is an affirmation? To me, it’s a saying that you either write down, read, say in your mind, say out loud, or even record yourself saying and listen to that helps you. Of course our dear friend Mirriam Webster will have a more formal definition that you can grab if it helps. 

Below I’ll share four affirmations I’ve used over the years and how I used them. I often make up my own now and add more details, but it helped to start small. It might help to disclose that it’s possible I have a tendency to get caught in thought loops or spirals, like at night when a thought pops up and then it is all that is on your mind? Well, insert an affirmation there to replace those darned things because most of the time they are things that are not helpful to think about anyway! My desire to stop negatively spiralizing thoughts…you might want to call it by another name; ruminating 😉 is one of the reasons I began using affirmations. Let’s go through them.

Everything will work out better than I can imagine.

This affirmation comes in handy when you are emotionally drained, sad, or having a hard time seeing the light of any situations. I was pregnant with a cheating husband, not sleeping, staying at someone’s house, and was trying to figure out life. During that time, it was difficult to imagine a bright future. I used this affirmation to relieve the pressure of having to imagine a beautiful future. It allowed me to help myself believe that things would work out, even though I couldn’t tell how. I would repeat this affirmation at night over and over in my head. My trigger to start it was if I found myself thinking negative unhelpful thoughts. If you give this one a try at night it could just help you get some zzzzs. Instead of counting sheep put your affirmation on repeat!

Money comes to me easily and freely.

I love using this one all the time. It came to me after I got divorced. There was a bit of a financial hit post divorce because I wanted out out out. This mantra helped me rebuild my income and I still I use it anytime I get paid or pay a bill. It’s super fun to use even when you find money on the sidewalk or get your direct deposit from work. You know, talking about this one reminds me to share with you the pie thing. If someone having money makes you feel like they are stealing from a pie which gives you less pie to try to eat, consider changing that mindset to thinking of money like constantly flowing sunshine. If someone gets a lot of sunshine on the beach they aren’t taking it from you, you can have just as much light as they can. Only with money, no sunscreen required!

I always have all of the information I need when I need it.

This one helps when you feel you need the dirt. If you feel something is being hidden from you and you have the urge to go and dig around to find out. Use this one to remind yourself to let go and trust that you do and will have all of the information you need in life.. I used this a lot when the ex was telling me I couldn’t prove that he was cheating. Now I use this if any old feelings of insecurity pop up in my current relationships both at work and home. It helps to remind me that information does come to us as we need it in the way it needs to come. It helps me let go of any impulses to push or dig when in reality doing that won’t help anything. (Note, sometimes digging is helpful or necessary, it’s up to you to know when that is for you. )

My body is lean healthy flexible and strong.

This is one I use when working out. When I’m in the zone of exercise, I might start thanking my body for being able to walk, run, bend, etc. Other times I used this affirmation when I find that I’m feeling a bit “less than” about my body. It helps to remind me of the amazingness to have a body that works and is healthy!

Make them yours

The thing about affirmations is just keep them positive and you’ll benefit. Some of you who are more accustomed to using affirmations will know a lot more about adding specifics, removing any limiting believes, visualization. That is awesome sauce for sure. Each of us comes to the points we need and if you are new to using affirmations, you’ll find that the exact right ones come to you at the exact right times, which is a pretty cool affirmation in and of itself!