Affirmations are an amazing tool to have when you are ready to make effective, strong, positive change in your life. They can help transform and squash negative thought patterns, while getting us on the road toward a big goal or achievement. Also, they are constant reminders of how we want to feel, behave, be. I like to think they help my brain work in technicolor!!
If you have a BIG goal in mind (anything from weight-loss, to improving your self-esteem), affirmations can really really help get you there. Constructing a solid affirmation is mega important! Here are some quick tips to help you get started on yours:
1.) Open your heart and pour it on into your affirmation! What would it actually *feel* like to reach this goal, or see this change occur in your life?! Probably pretty effing amazing, right? Seriously. So, close your eyes, and imagine it happening…feel the excitement bubble in your stomach, and let the giddiness fill your chest. Work from that spot when you write it.
2.) Try starting it with “I am…” or “My”. Using these words tap into your self-conscious to plant a seed of change. These words also keep the affirmation very personal so that you “feel” it in your guts and heart when you say it!
3.) Be as specific as possible. Clarify your goal to make it as vivid and tangible as possible, and create a phrase that really just does it for you, and can get you worked up and ready to fly! Feel free to add specific dollar amounts, or pounds, inches, dates, etc.
4.) Present tense only, please. When you do this, you are treating the goal as if it already exists/has come to be, instead of pushing it off into the future. ”I am at my ideal weight, and I love how I look!” is much more powerful than, “I will be at my ideal weight and will love how I look.” See what I’m sayin’?
5.) Keep it poz’, as in, “positive”. Make sure your phrase states something you *are* doing/being/achieving/experiencing, and not something you are not. ”I am energetic and happy” instead of “I am not lazy, and I am not sad.” No brainer, right? 
You can also use ones written by Affirmation Maven Priestesses like Florence Shinn if you find one that resonates. One of my faves (courtesy of this fine woman) that I repeat 9 times every single a.m.:
“I AM NOW DILUGED WITH THE HAPPINESS THAT WAS PLANNED FOR ME IN THE BEGINNING.”
It really gets to me on a deep level, and I swear I see neon loveliness with sprinkles when I say it!
I’d llllove to read some of your favorite or spankin’ new affirmations! Send’em over! And if you want feedback on yours, do let me know!
cool photo from: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-02/fly-brainbow-illuminates-connections-among-brain-cells-technicolor
