What are affirmations?

Image pink background with text What are affirmations?

Part 1/4

Have you ever wondered what an affirmation is or what it’s supposed to be? or How could it possibly help? or How the heck do you write one anyway? or why would you even use affirmations?

In this mini series of posts those questions will be answered and more!

But first, why the heck am I so obsessed with affirmations anyway?

That is a great question. I have always liked a good affirmation. They are positive. They are hopeful. They can get your mind out of a negative spiral. Honestly, I have dabbled in them here and there when it was convenient or I just wanted to think something more positive. But it has been this past year that has me obsessed with them. So. Many. Shitty. Things. So many shitty things happened to me this past year I truly needed a mental and emotional reset and that is where affirmations have truly helped me.

Let’s see, I worked my ass off to complete my masters in counseling to start working for a company that wanted to literally run their employees into a blob of nothingness, so I quit. I found out I have 2 brain aneurysms. And to top it off I discovered a lot of crappy things about my spouse and filed for divorce. So here is what all that did to me, mentally and emotionally, it destroyed me. Negative thinking doesn’t even cover it. I was down in a deep dark hole of sadness, grief, feeling sorry for myself and thinking my brain would rupture any second and I would die. All that really messes with you.

So, I quit the job, removing myself from the toxic environment was a great step. I spent a heck of a lot of time in nature, journaling, meditating and crying (not all in nature, but pretty much everywhere). I filed for divorce, the relief was physical and emotional. I saw more doctors and learned my brain is stable, just no running or roller coasters, like I would run anyway haha. I started writing affirmations, meditating on them, writing them in my journal, repeating them when I wake and before I sleep. And wow, they work. They really work. My dark, sad, self deprecating thoughts began to shift. Light started creeping back into my brain and my life. Dare I say I am starting to feel happier and like my self again?

I am learning that affirmations are more than just a positive sentence. When they mean something to you they truly are motivating, nurturing, encouraging, inspiring and healing.

Stay tuned for more on affirmations and in my next post I will explore why do affirmations work?

Love,

CB