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Affirmations are similar to affirmative prayers, except you're not directing them to the universe, but merely reciting positive statements with the intent to switch your focus from fear to love, peace, joy, confidence, or any additional empowering feeling.
For affirmations to be really effective, they have to repeated often throughout the day – or even better, on an ongoing basis for longer periods of time.
You are able to utilize affirmations written by others or write your own. Authoring your own affirmations is simpler than you might think. Merely consider the feeling you wish the affirmation to trigger inside you and word the statement so that it is in present tense.
For instance, if you feel nervous about an upcoming meeting, you may produce an affirmation that states: “I feel calm, confident and focused”. State this affirmation again and again till you truly do begin to feel calm, confident and focused.
One basic issue with this approach: your subconscious might feel resistant and keep returning to the reasons why you're afraid. Therefore, you'll engage in a sort of tug of war with your subconscious where you continue saying how calm and confident you feel, and your subconscious keeps replying, “You are so full of it! You know you’re truly frightened!”
If this does occur, you‘ll be able to feel it because the affirmation will feel like a lie each time you recite it. If you continue saying it anyhow, you‘ll likely feel progressively more nervous as you go along.
One effective solution is to turn your affirmation into a statement of witting choice. Instead of saying, “I feel calm, confident and focused,” you may say, “I choose to feel calm and centered.” This helps bypass your subconscious objections, as you're not denying your awful feelings; you're merely acknowledging that you choose to feel otherwise.
A different solution is to relieve the pressure you feel by centering on a gradual process of transformation, instead of stating the affirmation as fact. Illustration: “With each passing moment I'm feeling calmer and more in control.” Or, “I'm beginning to feel a little less agitated now”.
If you find that you're still struggling to make affirmations work for you, there's still a different option that may be effective when the others have failed. Try saying what you WANT, instead of worrying about what you don‘t want.
For instance, “I want to go into that meeting feeling really selfconfident, really centered and very resourceful. I wish to know instinctively how to address the questions I'll be asked, and I wish to leave the meeting feeling like I made a strong favorable impression.”
As you state these words, attempt to tune into the feelings of what you're saying. Imagine feeling proud of yourself, positive in your abilities, and knowing that the meeting went well. This method ought to have a positive effect on your frame of mind as you'll have reinforced your vision of the outcome you wish, instead of continuing to perpetuate the fear.
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