Have you noticed that people are already starting to get a sour face when you mention positive thinking?
How did it acquire such a bad reputation so quickly?
My question would be: Has the people that are turning their heads the other way, tried affirmations or positive thinking?
And, Do you think the same person that rolls their eyes at the idea of "positive thinking" is the same person who truly tried "thinking positively"?
Here is what I say.
I challenge anyone to commit to producing you own present powerful affirmations, listen to the them daily, write them daily and think only mostly positive thoughts and see how your perspective of life and your experience of it changes.
You can read some of my other posts, "What are affirmations and why do they work?" and "5 simple ways to make your own powerful affirmations".
Here is the dilemma. It takes practice and retraining of the mind to think positively. It doesn't happen over night.
If you can tell me how to change every single thought I have into a positive wonderful thought over night, tell me how, and I will owe you a fortune.
Until then, training the mind to think positively through affirmations is one of the best ways I have found to truly impact the quality of life.
Hypnotherapy is another way that works but requires some investment as affirmations do not.
The bottom line is that, you have to remove your negative beliefs and not only think positively but in order to "live" authentically positive and attract preferable circumstances to you, you must have and create BELIEFS that are positively aligned with what you want.
If you can reprogram your mind to have positive beliefs about yourself and your life, I personally guarantee it will dramatically change your experiences in life.
Unfortunately there is no over night fix, it takes time and dedication to do this.
But its exciting, and as you start to release negative beliefs and adapt more positive powerful ones you will feel your life changing and beautiful shifts within your perception.
I am personally addicted to reprogramming my beliefs and subconscious mind, the process is inexpressible.
You should try it sometime. ;o)
Namaste,
Tiffany
Showing posts with label affirmations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label affirmations. Show all posts
What are affirmations and why do they work?
I am not a scientist or doctor but I will describe what affirmations are to me!
Take it or leave it.
Through out the years of focusing on personal growth and development, it became evident that no matter how much you worked on some "issues" and how much you focused on it them, you always seem to fall back into old habits.
I know I sure do. And it can be frustrating and confusing.
But why does this happen?
From everything I have studied and experienced here is a short version of what I have learned.
Our minds are built on everything experienced in the past. Our upbringing, childhood, and all other past experiences have built certain beliefs that we operate from daily.
Some of these beliefs can hinder or even prevent us from obtaining things we want today.
Without going into a long drawn out explanation. If you believe you were meant to be fat, or you don't deserve a good partner or life is always hard for you this is what will be true for you.
This is what you will experience, this is what your mind searches for and looks for.
AND IT WILL FIND ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT SUPPORTS THAT BELIEF.
No matter how hard you work at changing your habits or patterns you must change the belief that causes those habits and patterns.
Affirmations can be one way to do that! Yes, this is just one tool you can utilize to transform your beliefs. But it is one of the most powerful tools I have come across.
If you have a belief that life will always be hard. Create a positive affirmation to counter that negative or limiting belief. Such as "Good things come easy to me" "Good things always happen to me", "I love my life", etc...
Think of it as weeds and flowers. Your positive beliefs are flowers and your negative beliefs are weeds. Water (your thoughts, writing, affirmations, etc.) the flowers, not the weeds.
Every time you repeat a positive present affirmation, you care fertilizing that flower.
Here is the problem, every time you think, write, say, anything negative, you are watering that weed!!!!!!
"Watering" the flower makes it stronger!
As the flower becomes stronger than the weed, what info/experiences do you think your mind is looking for and supporting?
So what do you think you will start experiencing?
As you start to change your perception the "weed" will slowly wither away, it will gradually have less and less "water" to keep it alive and will eventually die.
This can be a slow process depending on how deeply ingrained the negative beliefs are. Although some limiting beliefs could be changed rather quickly.
However if you think of every thought, every action of either watering a "weed" or a "flower" you will see change immediately.
And why would you want to spend one more second "watering" a "weed" that makes you feel bad?
Every single time you say, write, or think positive powerful affirmations you are planting "seeds" of empowerment in that area of your life.
Pretty soon those affirmations become automatic beliefs which you will eventually truly believe about yourself and your life.
And remember
"Whatever you believe, is true for you"
"Your thoughts create your reality"
How many years have you spent watering those "weeds" and most of the time automatically?
I think its time to plant some flower then water them, because you deserve to be happy!
Leaving you with this:
"Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny."
- Unknown
Take it or leave it.
Through out the years of focusing on personal growth and development, it became evident that no matter how much you worked on some "issues" and how much you focused on it them, you always seem to fall back into old habits.
I know I sure do. And it can be frustrating and confusing.
But why does this happen?
From everything I have studied and experienced here is a short version of what I have learned.
Our minds are built on everything experienced in the past. Our upbringing, childhood, and all other past experiences have built certain beliefs that we operate from daily.
Some of these beliefs can hinder or even prevent us from obtaining things we want today.
Without going into a long drawn out explanation. If you believe you were meant to be fat, or you don't deserve a good partner or life is always hard for you this is what will be true for you.
This is what you will experience, this is what your mind searches for and looks for.
AND IT WILL FIND ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT SUPPORTS THAT BELIEF.
No matter how hard you work at changing your habits or patterns you must change the belief that causes those habits and patterns.
Affirmations can be one way to do that! Yes, this is just one tool you can utilize to transform your beliefs. But it is one of the most powerful tools I have come across.
If you have a belief that life will always be hard. Create a positive affirmation to counter that negative or limiting belief. Such as "Good things come easy to me" "Good things always happen to me", "I love my life", etc...
Think of it as weeds and flowers. Your positive beliefs are flowers and your negative beliefs are weeds. Water (your thoughts, writing, affirmations, etc.) the flowers, not the weeds.
Every time you repeat a positive present affirmation, you care fertilizing that flower.
Here is the problem, every time you think, write, say, anything negative, you are watering that weed!!!!!!
"Watering" the flower makes it stronger!
As the flower becomes stronger than the weed, what info/experiences do you think your mind is looking for and supporting?
So what do you think you will start experiencing?
As you start to change your perception the "weed" will slowly wither away, it will gradually have less and less "water" to keep it alive and will eventually die.
This can be a slow process depending on how deeply ingrained the negative beliefs are. Although some limiting beliefs could be changed rather quickly.
However if you think of every thought, every action of either watering a "weed" or a "flower" you will see change immediately.
And why would you want to spend one more second "watering" a "weed" that makes you feel bad?
Every single time you say, write, or think positive powerful affirmations you are planting "seeds" of empowerment in that area of your life.
Pretty soon those affirmations become automatic beliefs which you will eventually truly believe about yourself and your life.
And remember
"Whatever you believe, is true for you"
"Your thoughts create your reality"
How many years have you spent watering those "weeds" and most of the time automatically?
I think its time to plant some flower then water them, because you deserve to be happy!
Leaving you with this:
"Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny."
- Unknown
5 simple ways to make powerful affirmations that work
After working with affirmations myself for several weeks now I can tell you that they can be very powerful.
Remember every thought you have and thing you say you are affirming something to yourself.
Now lets make some powerful changes in your life, you are affirming things every second of the day as you think. Why not make sure those thoughts are helping you instead of hindering you!
Let's get started!
Here are 5 ways to have a powerful start with affirmations.
1) Write them in present tense.
- This one is very tricky. I suggest you write them all out and then have someone check them for you. I had created a list of about 100 affirmations and I double checked them. I then had someone else check them and they found several affirmations that were still not in the present tense! This is very crucial, you want to STATE THEM AS IF THEY ARE ALREADY TRUE!
Example - I will lose weight! or I will no longer eat unhealthy (WRONG)
I am losing weight! (OK)
I am at my perfect weight! or I enjoy eating healthy food! (PERFECT)
2) Write them with "feeling: words.
Anything that invokes emotion or passion when you state it or hear it will work that much better.
Example - I bought my own home (NON EMOTIONAL)
I enjoy living in my new home. I love my new home, it's beautiful! (EMOTIONAL)
3) Focus mainly on changes about yourself or perception
Example - Instead of saying something like "My house is organized" say " I am an organized person". Focus on you and your perception not your environment. If you would like to find a different job. Do not say " I found a new job." Say "I am making money doing something I love." or "I enjoy my job, my job is fulfilling and rewarding."
4) Record them in your own voice and listen to it daily
If you don't want to hear your own voice yet, there is plenty of software that allows you to enter text and they will create it for you. However it is much cheaper (could cost you nothing) to do it in your own voice. You can just make a short 5 minute recording at first and listen to it on your way to work.
Later you might want to record affirmations for different situations. I have different tracks, one for work (which I listen to before work), one for my relationships (which I try to listen to before I spend time with my boyfriend or even a lot of time with family), one for when I am on my way to the gym or I am hungry and craving fried food when I know I want to be eating something healthy, etc..
You can play with this but start out slow, don't overwhelm yourself or you might not end up doing anything at all!
5) Pick one main affirmation and write it everyday for 21 days.
This might seem small at first but it will make a huge difference. I will give you the first one I used. "I love my life". That affirmation has so much emotion behind it, it is very quick to write and say but is also very very powerful.
Write it 10 times a day for 21 days. Remember it takes 21 days to create a habit. You are not creating the habit of writing it, but the habit of your subconscious mind thinking it. That is our ultimate goal.
Remember don't worry too much about the details, I will show you ways to fine tune them later.
And remember as soon as you hear yourself thinking negative things, repeat one or two of your affirmations to yourself (doesn't have to be out loud). You want to affirm the good things and cancel out the negative things you think or say.
Just thinking the affirmations will change the way you see life.
Also you can leave a comment or message me if you have any specific questions.
"What we think, We become" - Buddha
Remember every thought you have and thing you say you are affirming something to yourself.
Now lets make some powerful changes in your life, you are affirming things every second of the day as you think. Why not make sure those thoughts are helping you instead of hindering you!
Let's get started!
Here are 5 ways to have a powerful start with affirmations.
1) Write them in present tense.
- This one is very tricky. I suggest you write them all out and then have someone check them for you. I had created a list of about 100 affirmations and I double checked them. I then had someone else check them and they found several affirmations that were still not in the present tense! This is very crucial, you want to STATE THEM AS IF THEY ARE ALREADY TRUE!
Example - I will lose weight! or I will no longer eat unhealthy (WRONG)
I am losing weight! (OK)
I am at my perfect weight! or I enjoy eating healthy food! (PERFECT)
2) Write them with "feeling: words.
Anything that invokes emotion or passion when you state it or hear it will work that much better.
Example - I bought my own home (NON EMOTIONAL)
I enjoy living in my new home. I love my new home, it's beautiful! (EMOTIONAL)
3) Focus mainly on changes about yourself or perception
Example - Instead of saying something like "My house is organized" say " I am an organized person". Focus on you and your perception not your environment. If you would like to find a different job. Do not say " I found a new job." Say "I am making money doing something I love." or "I enjoy my job, my job is fulfilling and rewarding."
4) Record them in your own voice and listen to it daily
If you don't want to hear your own voice yet, there is plenty of software that allows you to enter text and they will create it for you. However it is much cheaper (could cost you nothing) to do it in your own voice. You can just make a short 5 minute recording at first and listen to it on your way to work.
Later you might want to record affirmations for different situations. I have different tracks, one for work (which I listen to before work), one for my relationships (which I try to listen to before I spend time with my boyfriend or even a lot of time with family), one for when I am on my way to the gym or I am hungry and craving fried food when I know I want to be eating something healthy, etc..
You can play with this but start out slow, don't overwhelm yourself or you might not end up doing anything at all!
5) Pick one main affirmation and write it everyday for 21 days.
This might seem small at first but it will make a huge difference. I will give you the first one I used. "I love my life". That affirmation has so much emotion behind it, it is very quick to write and say but is also very very powerful.
Write it 10 times a day for 21 days. Remember it takes 21 days to create a habit. You are not creating the habit of writing it, but the habit of your subconscious mind thinking it. That is our ultimate goal.
Remember don't worry too much about the details, I will show you ways to fine tune them later.
And remember as soon as you hear yourself thinking negative things, repeat one or two of your affirmations to yourself (doesn't have to be out loud). You want to affirm the good things and cancel out the negative things you think or say.
Just thinking the affirmations will change the way you see life.
Also you can leave a comment or message me if you have any specific questions.
"What we think, We become" - Buddha
Thirty day Challenge
I had posted a few weeks ago about the free thirty day challenge with Ed Dale and I wanted to give an update on that. Thirty Day Challenge
So far we are still in pre-season. We have had 6 lessons in pre-season and I am on the fifth one!
YAY, for me!
Ed Dale just introduced twitter and Twhirl. If you have twitter already you can reach me @Tiffylove
Here is one link to a video of Ed Dale's showing how to sign up for twitter, which is actually self explanatory at Twitter.com but if you would like to see a video on it Click Here.
The best way I can describe it so far with almost no knowledge of using it yet, is it appears and is used almost like an instant messaging system at first. However your posts are picked up by google, they can also be used like email and is like using an social networking site all in one, plus much more (this is my experience with it through Twhirl).
It has major advantages in internet marketing.
Once again if you sign up, you can add me @tiffylove
I would love to hear your opinion of twitter, however Twhirl just makes twitter a million times better. You can download twhirl at twhirl.org. First you want to create a twitter account.
Before I start posting more about the thirty day challenge and everything I will be learning I would like to post a few blogs on affirmations.
Affirmations have become a very big part of my life, I have a book I highly recommend plus some tips and techniques.
I will try to get that posted within the next few days.
Until next time.
Namaste,
Tiffany
So far we are still in pre-season. We have had 6 lessons in pre-season and I am on the fifth one!
YAY, for me!
Ed Dale just introduced twitter and Twhirl. If you have twitter already you can reach me @Tiffylove
Here is one link to a video of Ed Dale's showing how to sign up for twitter, which is actually self explanatory at Twitter.com but if you would like to see a video on it Click Here.
The best way I can describe it so far with almost no knowledge of using it yet, is it appears and is used almost like an instant messaging system at first. However your posts are picked up by google, they can also be used like email and is like using an social networking site all in one, plus much more (this is my experience with it through Twhirl).
It has major advantages in internet marketing.
Once again if you sign up, you can add me @tiffylove
I would love to hear your opinion of twitter, however Twhirl just makes twitter a million times better. You can download twhirl at twhirl.org. First you want to create a twitter account.
Before I start posting more about the thirty day challenge and everything I will be learning I would like to post a few blogs on affirmations.
Affirmations have become a very big part of my life, I have a book I highly recommend plus some tips and techniques.
I will try to get that posted within the next few days.
Until next time.
Namaste,
Tiffany
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How is my life still so busy?
No complaints here though.
Things have been great. I think I am barely catching up on sleep, plus I have been back to my gym routine.
I started my commitment to eating healthier as well, this past Monday.
I have been reading A LOT.
I also have been working on affirmations. I bought some software but it really wasn't for me, I think I mentioned it in another blog.
So I decided on just normal recording software.
I have my list of affirmations, and while writing them I was provided with evidence about how powerful they could be. I highly recommend taking time to do affirmations.
Through the process, I have learned quite a few techniques that will really have an impact if your interested in using affirmations.
Those posts to come.
Another new event, I bought my boyfriend a new camera for his birthday and decided to buy one for myself as well.
The camera is able to take pictures extremely close to the subject which has caused me to take a deeper look at things lately.
Kind of funny how things work, there are some pictures on my myspace page.
Namaste,
Tiffany
Things have been great. I think I am barely catching up on sleep, plus I have been back to my gym routine.
I started my commitment to eating healthier as well, this past Monday.
I have been reading A LOT.
I also have been working on affirmations. I bought some software but it really wasn't for me, I think I mentioned it in another blog.
So I decided on just normal recording software.
I have my list of affirmations, and while writing them I was provided with evidence about how powerful they could be. I highly recommend taking time to do affirmations.
Through the process, I have learned quite a few techniques that will really have an impact if your interested in using affirmations.
Those posts to come.
Another new event, I bought my boyfriend a new camera for his birthday and decided to buy one for myself as well.
The camera is able to take pictures extremely close to the subject which has caused me to take a deeper look at things lately.
Kind of funny how things work, there are some pictures on my myspace page.
Namaste,
Tiffany
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