How To Create Your Affirmations: The Complete Guide

 If you want to change your results you need to change your actions and

if you want to change your actions you need to change your thoughts

keep it always in your mind because that’s how your mind works

The primary reason that you’re lacking the result you crave is because

you don’t have the supporting thoughts that going to lead you to take the action that leads to it

According to science neuroplasticity is the ability of your brain

to create new connections between neurons, and new neuropathways,

to rewire itself to new circumstances or things we want in our lives, and to learn

= meaning you can create anything and be anything

So, changing your thoughts is the base of change & the result you want

You have two levels to change your thoughts the conscious level and the subconscious level

In the conscious level, you can choose the thought you want to have and think but it won’t make an effect in your life unless you move them into

the subconscious level, where they have a permanent home of neuronal pathways & connection that then make it easier for your brain to act on them & thus create the result you want to have and be what you want to be

That’s where affirmations come to help you 

Affirmations are thoughts you don’t believe yet. they either help you in general or about a specific thing you want to create or be in your life 

affirmations=beliefs you want to have that you don’t already belief

Affirmations Types Based On Ladder Beliefs

If you want to make it easier for your mind to accept these new thoughts choose one that feels good to you

How do you know? (I got you 😉 ) Through coming up with a bunch then try them and see how they feel, do you feel good when you say them? do you feel resistant to them? don’t choose them. do you feel okay, good when you’re saying them? if so, choose those

Also, choosing ones that are too positive that you feel unbelievable will make you undergo a negative spiral when you say them because of the cognitive dissonance of having two contradictory beliefs in your mind.

your brain will start to oppose them loudly which will make it harder to accept them & will take longer to believe them

This only applies to a specific goal, dream, or career but for the general ones you can have them positive

Before we dive into how to create yours for your business & life. I want to talk about ladder beliefs which will help you create better affirmations in general that your brain accepts and thus acts faster

Ladder Beliefs

there are three types of beliefs that are not linear meaning each one has more than one variation

1-Neutral Beliefs: are the easiest for your mind to accept unlike positive beliefs, don’t raise a negative objection “no, you don’t kind of thought”(cognitive dissonance) from your mind.

There are levels for these beliefs you can go through until you reach the positive one (the one you really want to believe)

eg. I am considering the possibility that I can start an online business. I can learn how to start & build an online business. I can see myself having a business soon

2-Positive Beliefs: the ones that you really want to believe, they are not easy to accept if you don’t believe them already or have some ladder or bridge belief that leads you to them

eg. I can start an online business

3-Negative Beliefs: the ones you believe and want to change. they don’t help you produce the results you want and be the person you want to be

eg. i can’t start an online business. I never creates an online business

So, you aim for neutral and move through it until you reach the positive belief through affirmations

How To Create Your Own Affirmations?

There are two types:

1- the general, feel-good, that helps you have a great perspective, and look and gives you general changes

Example:  everything happening for my own good. my success is inevitable

2- the one about a specific goal, a dream you want to have & Achieve 

Example: I am on my way to creating my online business. I am on my way to build a successful career…etc

THE PROCESS:

1- identify a thought belief you want to change

2- come up with thoughts ideas

criteria for the affirmations(how to write the affirmations?)

• the start with “I” or equivalent
• in the present tense
• focuses on what you want not on what you don’t want

3- try them and see how they feel to you and how they feel in your body in your body

Do you feel good? Do you feel resistant? do you feel neutral?

Choose the one that feels good or at least doesn’t cause resistance or negative counter talk from your mind

4-finally repeat them daily by reading them, writing them, listening to them…

Example: I am choosing to believe that I can build a successful business, I choose to believe that I can

Want help creating yours download the free guide here on how to create affirmations it has exercises & step-by-step guide with examples to help you come up with yours

Why Do You Need To Have An Affirmation Routine?

You must practice these thoughts repeatedly so, you can create those neuropathways and change your life

Having a routine/habit will make it easier for you to practice them without forgetting

Making it a habit to say them, listen to them, write them is very important

As a habit, you can make them part of your morning, and night routine, or

When you wake up or before you go to sleep

An affirmations routine simply it’s the time and place where you practice them consistently. it doesn’t need to be a routine by itself but it could be part of an existing routine

you’re already doing like your morning or night routine

like just reading them when you wake up or before you go to sleep. One day you write them or you could listen to them instead of reading them

an affirmation routine example: writing 5 an affirmation 5 times, reading it 3 times, and listening to it before you sleep

my routine now: I read my affirmation in the morning as part of my morning routine

so, you can have a separate routine or make it part of an existing routine

I have been using affirmation since high school. They made a huge difference in my life

I learned about them from the book Headstrong by Tony Buzan and I just wrote some and started reading them out loud them but didn’t know how powerful they are  until I looked back into my life and saw how they came true in my life

They came true because my mind sought every opportunity to get me to achieve, create& be what I thought

These Are The New Ones That I am Using Right Now

For business

Day after day I become a better coach, teacher, entrepreneur, creator

Thank you for my 10k revenue this year

I am going to celebrate the 10 women who signed up for my coaching service by November 30th 

For health

I have strong, healthy, well-functioning body systems, organs,tissues and cells

I am healthy in and out

I have youthful DNA

For connection

I am going to make friends online

From this moment on I am more and more confident

I am considering the possibility that i can start, finish, move through conversations with strangers and people I know

these just examples to help see that you can use them in any area and give a glimpse on what I am working on right now

Why Is It Going To Help You In Business and Career

It’s going to help you reprogram your mind to what you want to think

The more you repeat the thought the more it becomes permanent and things start shifting, Opportunities become visible, and your brain will direct you toward them then you can take action and finally get the results you want

Once I decided to start to start my business I was so afraid, so, I created an affirmation to help me and started saying it to help me achieve that goal

the affirmation I used is “I am in my way to build a meaningful online business”

simple, neutral isn’t positive because at the time I still didn’t believe I can do it subconsciously (how do I know you ask? Because I wasn’t taking any substantial action toward it)

but I made my decision and what made this neutral is that I don’t have a business or I can but I am in my way to making it which is easier for the mind to accept.

after that, I started learning about business,how to start and what to do

in the beginning, I truly needed to learn because I knew nothing. that’s okay if you are too but you must stop by choice knowing you won’t know everything but enough to make the next moves then truly take action and continue learning along the way

I took a big step for me after learning enough which is starting my blog with the intention of making it a business but I didn’t figured everything out yet

but the more I say this affirmation & take action( wasn’t fast or big but consistent) while learning the more get closer to my goal

How To Use Affirmations? How do I Use Mine?

The most obvious one is by reading it 5- 10 times per day at least you can go higher which is better 

-By writing them 10 times or more the more you do it the more It helps reprogram your mind faster

-By listening to them. Record them then listen to them when you wake up or before you go to sleep or both

-By writing them where you can see them. write them on a sticky note and put it where you can see it repeatedly or as often

or you can use an index card where you write them and carry them with you or instead write them in a note app on your phone

When To Use Affirmation

When you wake up or before you go to sleep because you’re so close to your subconscious mind without resistance

also, after meditation or any relaxing ritual/activity where the resistance and the conscious mind is at ease

these are the best times to get to your subconscious mind easily which will make it easy for your mind to accept and take in

The Following Affirmations Are Some Of My Favourites That I Got From Various Resources & Where I Got Them From

“My success is inevitable  and I am always on the right path”

“I impact the world in a way that only I can”

“It’s safe for me to become wealthy and successful”

“I will figure out how to build the business of my dreams. it will come to me and I trust that process”

By Kathrine Zenkina @ manifestationbabe

“If I persist I’ll succeed “

“I am going to celebrate X”

By Sam Laura Brown @samlarabrown

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Before you go, don’t forget to download your free affirmation guide here

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to your success

Wafaa