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Saying Affirmations Isn’t Enough
Affirmations are helpful. They assist in creating intentions for our lives, opening ourselves to possibilities and opportunities, and forming a positive mindset.
But they aren’t enough. Repeating a statement such as “I love and approve of myself” or “I am enough” or “I am aligned with the energy of abundance” are uplifting and mood-enhancing, but they aren’t going to help us love and approve of ourselves, feel we are enough, or feel abundant unless we truly believe them.
It is essential to incorporate other practices that can help us create affirmations that are helpful and life-affirming. I’m including a practice I have learned about to create effective affirmations.
How Did Affirmations Become Popular?
Affirmations are statements we say to ourselves on a regular basis to enhance positive thinking, bring about self-empowerment, improve performance, reduce stress and anxiety, and create uplifting feelings, among others (Dunn, 2019).
Affirmations are ubiquitous now, but they were originally part of the self-help, self-development, and positive psychology movements. They were popularized with the rise of New Age and New Thought through people such as Louise Hay in her book You Can Heal Your Life in the 1980’s and Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret in the 2000’s as well as…
