This series introduces a new, hypnotherapy based method that you can use now and throughout the year to help set and achieve the goals your desire. Part 1 covered an exercise to help you get in touch with goals in different areas of your life. Part 2 helps translate your goals into an inspiring and motivating vision board. Part 3 is about using Affirmations to influence your subconscious mind and harness its power to help you reach your goals.

What’s dancing in your head? We have self-talk in our heads all day long. What you are saying to yourself can make a real difference. Is your self-talk negative or positive? Do you constantly criticize yourself? Berate yourself for what you may not have yet accomplished? OR Are you telling yourself “I am powerful!”, “I am successful”, “I am a winner”?

One way to counter that negative self-talk is by creating a set of positive affirmations that you can use all day long. Affirmations are very easy to write. Just remember to keep them positive and begin with an “I” statement. You do not have to believe your affirmations yet; they are about goals and aspirations. They are a way of sealing in ideas that you would like to have be true. “I am a permanent non-smoker.” “I easily achieve and maintain my weight management goal.”

You can choose one affirmation each day to focus on. Make that your mantra for the day. If you are going to be flying tomorrow and you are anxious, make your mantra for that day something like, “I love to fly and I am looking forward to my vacation in Bali.”

You can use AFFIRMATIONS to:

Motivate yourself
Keep your mind focused on your goals.
Make positive changes in the way you think, feel and act.
Influence the subconscious mind and harness its powers to help you reach your goals.
Shift your mindset and life experience to a more positive, energetic and active world view.

The best time to repeat affirmations is the last thing at night and first thing in the morning. Each evening our subconscious mind “Takes over” as we prepare for sleep. This is the time when your subconscious mind is most available for programming. As we are sleeping, the mind uses dreaming to deal with all the things that have happened during the day. When you read your affirmations out loud before falling asleep, they enter your subconscious and begin to make changes.

When you write them as well, another part of your brain is engaged and the affirmations are even more effective.

When you wake up in the morning, you still have some access to your subconscious mind. Read the affirmations again to set the stage for your day. Even better? Say them out loud in front of a mirror.

I offer each of my clients a copy of my book and journal, The Power in Affirmations. Clients use this as part of their daily practice to reinforce their personal Affirmations and track progress toward their goals. The journal also contains space to write what you are grateful for each day. This is another way to focus on the positives in your life.

If you would like to work together on setting your goals and designing your affirmations for 2021, please contact me.

Sincerely,

Cinda

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For another look at affirmations from a different perspective -

https://www.mindtosucceed.com/positive-affirmations-self-esteem.html

The science behind affirmations - does science believe they work? https://positivepsychology.com/daily-affirmations/