I'M HAPPY WITH WHO I AM AND WITH WHAT I DO

I'M HAPPY WITH WHO I AM AND WITH WHAT I DO

Please try to remember to repeat this sentence
to yourself ALL DAY today,
here and there ...

In every odd moment you can ...

That's your goal with each sentence Every Day.
Repeat it, repeat it, repeat it.

Breathe it in, and breathe it out.

OK, So what does this
particular affirmation really mean?

What does it mean to be Really Happy
with Who You Are?
And with what You Do?

For me, sometimes I find it to be a challenge.

Sometimes those negative voices inside me
just want to "have their way" with me.

This affirmation helps me to get grounded.
To get solid.
What about you?

What might be possible for you if you
REALLY FELT This Affirmation Strongly?
REALLY BELIEVED IT? You don't "have to" believe it yet ...

At least not all the time!
But it could be a nice place to begin,
Couldn't it?

So, Try telling yourself this
affirmative statement
all day long today, and whenever you can in the future.

I'M HAPPY WITH WHO I AM AND WITH WHAT I DO

I'm looking forward to talking with you
again soon!
"YOU ARE A Miracle!"

RAISING THE FLAG OF HUMANITY

RAISING THE FLAG OF HUMANITY
by Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.

I was recently watching the BBC World News present a beautiful story that brought tears to my eyes. It was about a fourteen-year-old Iraqi boy named Taha Saadi, who lives in Falluja. Taha lost his father as a result of the sectarian violence, but this beautiful young man didn't have thoughts of revenge; instead, he had an idea to try to counter the hatred and killing in his country.
His idea was to gather his school friends and together they would write multiple messages of peace and love, and then seal them in used plastic bottles to be sent down the Euphrates, a river that cuts through Iraq. Why the Euphrates? He knew that most Iraqis, no matter what sect, drank from the water of the Euphrates. Therefore the bottles would be gathered up by members of all the sects. He was inspired by the fact that there was only one flag in his country...the Iraqi flag. And it seemed right to him that all Iraqis should be united in love and caring for the common good.
And so he made it happen. He and his school friends created wonderful letters, pictures and symbols of peace and unity. They then rolled up their offerings and sealed them inside the plastic bottles they had collected. Then, arm-in-arm, the group of boys walked to the river. They gathered on the bridge which had been the sight of much violence, and, together, they threw their bottles into the river with the anticipation that Iraqis of all sects would read their messages, come to their senses, and ultimately unite the country. The look of hope and love on their faces as they threw their bottles into the water would bring tears to anyone's eyes.
While Taha had the philosophy there was one flag that should unite all Iraqis, you and I know that there is another flag that unites us all...and that is the flag of Humanity. Why don't we follow Taha's lead? I propose that wherever we live in this big, wide, beautiful world, that we all create our own messages of peace and love, and while we don't have a river to unite us all, we do have our jobs or the internet or our involvement in the community or our families...or whatever...to reach out and touch the world with messages of peace, love...and a caring for the whole of the human race. Taha and his friends started it...let us all follow in his footsteps. Who knows? Miracles happen!
Thank you, Taha, for the incredible gift you have given us all. Your message has gone further than the Euphrates. I, and all those who read this, will help you get the message of peace and love out to the entire world. We will help you raise the flag of Humanity.

THANK YOU FOR BEING IN MY LIFE.

Whether or not you are in a relationship, the sound of love, as described in this article, can become a part of your relationship with everyone around you. When it does, love will come pouring in from all over your world. Trust me on this one.
MAKING VALENTINE'S DAY A YEAR-ROUND CELEBRATION!by Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.
It was exciting news. My husband Mark's son was getting married and Mark was asked to be the best man. He knew that, as is customary, he would be called upon to give a little talk. For months prior to the wedding, he thought about what special advice he could give to send the bride and groom on the pathway toward a wonderful life together.
The time finally came for him to deliver his talk, and the words that came out of his mouth were moving, funny and wise. But what created a very special moment for the entire room was when he gave the bride and groom the seven magical words that they were to say to each other daily. And these words were...
"Thank you for being in my life."
Certainly all the guests at the wedding were very moved. At the end of Mark's talk, as everyone stood and began toasting the bride and groom and each other, you could hear the words, "Thank you for being in my life" reverberating throughout the room, accompanied by a tangible sense of love and appreciation. Mark spoke from experience, because these are the words that continue to bring a feeling of blessing into our hearts as we, in our own marriage, repeat them daily.
For many of us, Valentine's Day is a special day, but only a day, which focuses on our showering our mate with words of love. That's beautiful, but I suggest that we need to make the sound of love a year-round habit. We need to create a "Valentine's Year" during which time we learn to inject the sound of love into all of our interactions with each other. As I describe in The Feel the Fear Guide to Lasting Love, there are so many ways to do that. But "Thank you for being in my life" is a good way to start.
Mark and I have learned that those two simple, but deeply important, words, "THANK YOU" represent a monumentally grand way to celebrate love. Yet, as we look around, we notice that they are words too seldom spoken in many relationships. Anger and resentment often get in the way...and the wonderful words "Thank you" are seldom uttered. Many would rather bite their tongue than utter any words of thanks. I can guarantee that this lack of appreciation of what our mate actually does for us signals the ultimate death of the relationship.
On the other hand, appreciation of what is good causes our anger to diminish and our love to grow. Think about it: The words "Thank you" mean we have been given something. By definition, the more we say "Thank you" the more we feel our abundance. And if we say these words often enough, we begin feeling incredibly blessed. We focus on what is there, not what isn't. You can see that...by not repeatedly saying "Thank you" we are hurting ourselves just as much as we are hurting the one we claim to love! Consciousness of all the beauty that our mate brings into our lives is an important ingredient of a beautiful life.
Too many of us withhold our thanks for the simple reason that we fail to notice the many things our mate does for us. Wouldn't it be great if a red light would go on every time our mate did something for us? Little things. Big things. A cup of coffee...a kiss on the cheek...helping to put money in the bank...raising the kids...and on and on and on. So much is taken for granted. Just think of all the so-called mundane tasks that your mate does in the course of everyday life--all ex-pressions of his/her love and deserving of your thanks. "But, Susan, that's his/her job." Then, how about, "Thank you for a job well done." I suspect that as you begin saying "Thank you" to your mate for doing his/her "job", it will melt his/her heart--and yours.
Trust me when I tell you that a beautiful love can't exist when we take the blessings of our union for granted. So begin right now by appreciating all that your mate does in your life. Don't let another day pass before you say, "Thank you for being in my life." And do as Mark and I always do, add the words, "I love you." As we shower our appreciation and love onto our mates, we become happier, healthier...and our relationship thrives.
And remember, if you are not in a relationship...begin saying "Thank you" to the world around you. Just practice... practice... practice...until your words of thanks have become a beautiful habit. You will begin drawing love toward you from all over the place. The Law of Attraction in action!
I WISH YOU A WONDERFUL VALENTINE'S YEAR...AND...THANK YOU FOR BEING IN MY LIFE. I LOVE YOU...

Create Time For Self-Compassion

Create Time For Self-Compassion
Being Gentle With Ourselves

During those times when our lives are filled with what seems to be constant change and growth, it is important to remember that we need to be gentle with ourselves. Since it can be easy to use our energy to keep up with the momentum of our lives, we may not be aware of the fact that we are much more likely to run ourselves down. When things seem to be moving quickly, it is especially essential that we make a point to slow down and be gentle with ourselves.

It might be difficult to notice what is happening to us for we may be so caught up in the whirlwind of our lives that we lose sight of the direction in which things are heading. Being gentle with ourselves doesn’t mean that we don’t accomplish things. Instead it means that we honor ourselves on an ongoing basis and take care of the needs of our bodies.

This means different things to different people. For instance, it could mean having a session with a healer; taking a remedy, herbs, or vitamins; or getting extra sleep. Putting our energy into ourselves in this way helps create space for a more positive, loving, and accepting view of our lives. By setting the intention to do so, we will be more cognizant of our energy levels on a daily basis and more able to replenish them as needed.

The more we are able to treat our bodies with gentleness, the more tenderness and compassion we will call forth into our lives. Learning to understand and pay attention to what our self needs will in turn allow us to fill our lives with unlimited loving and healing energy and to truly take care of the things that mean the most to us.

How To Maintain A Sense of Humor

Developing a sense of humor about life’s challenges is an effective coping technique that can actually lead to better overall health as well as simple stress management. That’s because, aside from the health benefits of laughter (which are numerous and significant), having a sense of humor about life’s difficulties can provide a way to bond with others, look at things in a different way, normalize your experience, and keep things from appearing too overwhelming or scary. Properly developed, a good sense of humor can keep people and relationships strong. Here’s how to develop yours:
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: Ongoing
Here's How:
Start With a Smile.
Studies show that having a smile on your face can release endorphins, which make you feel better, and can lead you to actually feeling more happy (rather than just looking more happy). If you are able to put a smile on your face, the laughter will come more easily, and the stress will melt more readily.
Take A Step Back.
When you’re in the middle of a difficult situation, it can seem overwhelming. If you try to see your situation as an observer would, it’s often easier to recognize what’s funny. For example, Lucy Ricardo (of the television classic, I Love Lucy) may have found nothing funny in getting locked in a freezer, having a fight with a fellow grape-squasher in a vineyard, or getting drunk while filming a television commercial for Vitamedaveggemin, but watching these scenarios can be hilarious. Sometimes imagining how you would look in a sitcom can be the secret key to finding the humor in a situation.
Value The Extremes.
If your situation seems ridiculously frustrating, recognize the potential humor in just how ridiculously frustrating and annoying it is. In your imagination, take the situation to an extreme that becomes even more ridiculous until you find yourself amused. For example, when you’re waiting in a long line at the store, you can imagine that hours pass, then days, visualizing yourself accepting visits from loved ones from your new home in this ultra-long line, holding your children’s birthday parties in aisle seven so you can be there to enjoy them…you get the picture.
Have A Funny Buddy.
Find a friend with whom you can laugh, and let the relationship work for you! You can each share your frustrations, and laugh about them in the process. Even when your friend isn’t there, you can lighten your mood in a dark situation by thinking about the retelling that will come later.



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Make It A Game.
You can have a ‘most annoying boss’ contest with your friends, or try to count how many times the same potentially frustrating event happens in a day. (I was cut off in traffic 7 times today—I’m almost up to 10!) This works well for predictably or repetitive annoying situations that you can’t control; you can begin to value them in their own special way instead of letting them upset you.
Watch Funny Shows and Movies.
One of the factors that drive the popularity of shows like The Office or Everybody Loves Raymond, or movies like the classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, is that they take somewhat universal situations that many people find frustrating and push them a little further, pointing out the silliness of it all. Realizing that some universally annoying situations are actually funny, can help you endure them with a smile—even if it’s a wry or ironic smile.
Read Funny Books.
Read humorous essays like those of Dave Barry or David Sedaris, both of whom are able to take events, ranging from annoying to upsetting to even tragic, and find the humor—each in his own unique way. Also recommended are the humorous tidbits in Reader’s Digest, as well as classic humor books like Jerry Seinfeld’s SeinLanguage. Reading others’ humorous interpretations of life can help you find your own style of seeing the world in a different light.
Visit Funny Websites.
I love About.com’s Political Humor site, as it very effectively takes the normally frustrating and annoying (for me) world of politics and brings it to a very funny place. (The site can also serve as a reminder of how to see the humor in other situations in life.) I also recommend About.com’s general site, and David Letterman’s archives of Top 10 Lists for a good laugh.
b]Join Funny Clubs.
Oprah did a segment on Laughter Yoga that intrigued me, and I researched a club on my own, finding it to be a terrific place to enjoy a good laugh. Whether you’re taking the laughing seriously or laughing at the silliness of it all, taking part in the exercises of laughter yoga with other humor-participants can be a very effective way to get back in the practice of getting some more giggles into your day.

Attitude, Self Talk and Stress

Can Your Self Talk Create Additional Stress? Yes!
It’s well-known in the therapeutic community that negative statements from others can erode our sense of self-worth. Children tend to believe negative assessments of them from teachers and parents, and develop a compromised self-concept when criticized on a regular basis. Researchers estimate that it’s necessary for the ratio of negative-to-positive comments be at least five to one for a relationship to be healthy and survive long-term. For these reasons, we’re taught not to let others put us down, but sometimes the person eroding our sense of self-worth and limiting our potential is us! That’s right, our self talk, or the words our inner dialogue uses when we think, can increase our stress levels, limit our potential, and color our experience with a negative pen.
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Here are some more detailed reasons why this happens, with links to resources you can use to change your mind and turn self-sabotage into self-mastery:

Language Colors Experience
Though it’s not clear as to this occurs, it has been found that the types of words we use can alter expectations and even our perceptions of reality. For example:
If you’ve been told that a difficult person is ‘a nightmare to work with’, you will probably perceive that person as more frustrating than if you’ve been told they’re ‘particular’ or ‘somewhat demanding’.

If your dentist tells you, ‘This will hurt. A lot!”, you will probably find a procedure more painful than if you’ve been told ‘You may experience some discomfort.’

Research has found that people who speak different languages may see the same things differently based on the words their language uses to describe these things. For example, research has found that language can affect the perception of color. (People who spoke a certain language that classifies blue and green as different shades of the same color were less able than English speakers to differentiate colors that toed the line between blue and green.) These effects influence the right brain more than the left, but the influence is clearly significant.
As it subtly colors what you perceive and what you dwell on, negative self-talk can alter your experience of stress in the following ways:

Increased Perception of Stress:
When your self talk is negative, you may perceive things as more stressful. For example, when you tell yourself something is ‘difficult’ or ‘unfair’, it becomes more stressful to deal with than if you tell yourself it’s a ‘challenge’, or even a ‘test’. Using self-talk that is optimistic rather than pessimistic has stress management benefits, productivity benefits and even health benefits that have been proven by research.

Self-Limitation:
If you say “I can’t handle this”, you more likely can’t. This is because your subconscious mind tends to believe the thoughts it hears. You can limit your abilities by telling yourself you “can’t”, that “this is too hard” or that you “shouldn’t even try”.

Limited Thinking:
When you tell yourself you can’t handle something (or some other self-limiting thought), you tend to stop looking for solutions. For example, notice the difference between telling yourself you can’t handle something and asking yourself how you will handle something. Doesn’t the second thought feel more hopeful and produce more creativity? Negative self talk tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy!
Stopping negative thoughts and creating habitually positive internal dialogue can reduce stress and empower you. Here are some resources to help you change negative self talk into positive self talk.

MY HABITS ARE CHANGING

My Habits Are Changing!”

"Sunny ... I Love Your I'm A High Achiever CD For Many Reasons... It's simple. A Lot Of Self-Help Material Makes You Wade Through A Hundred Pages Or Two Hours Of Talk Before The Author Cuts To The Chase ... Your CD Just Goes. It' Short. It's To The Point. It Does What It Is Supposed To Do, And Doesn't Waste A Lot Of Time Going On And On About How It Is "going to" Help Me. Instead, It Gets Right To The Helping. I Can't Tell You Enough How Refreshing That Is. Not Only Do You Cut To The Chase, You Don't Even Waste A Moment TELLING Me That You Are Cutting To The Chase. You Just DO IT. Ahhhhhhhhh! The CD Doesn't Go On And On As To WHY It Will Work. You Just Stick It In And Get Engaged By The Affirmations. No Dilly-Dallying. One Source Of Pain For Many Of Us Is Having Been Told So Many Times That Something Will Help Us And Then Being Let Down, Again And Again. In That Way, Just Hearing The Author Tell Me: 'This Is Going To Help You' Causes Me Anxiety Because It Feels Like Those Other Times Where I Was Asked To Believe And Was Disappointed. Your CD Is Different. It Just Gives You What You Need And Lets The Healing/Growing Begin. Thank You Again. You Know, My Habits Are Changing And Starting To Look More And More Like The Affirmations. That Is Great. Little By Little Is Ok With Me. It's Probably The Only Way. And it feels good." ~ David Smith ... San Jose, California, USA

Positive Affirmations Can Be Fun!

Positive Affirmations Can Be Fun!
Positive affirmations are a great tool to reprogram your unconscious mind from negative thinking to positive. The idea is to take positive statements of what you would like to see manifested, and repeat them enough so that they’re part of your way of thinking and seeing the world; this operates in the same way that negative self-talk does, but in a way that benefits you. To come up with your own positive affirmations, use the following guidelines:
Look At Your Intentions: Think about what you are trying to create in your life. This means, look at the end product, and the behaviors, attitudes and traits you would like to see yourself develop in order to get there. Would you like to feel more peace? Would you like to practice more healthy lifestyle habits? Would you like to be a more supportive friend? You might want to write in a journal and brainstorm to figure out what’s important to you and get to the heart of what you want to create in your life.
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(A good starting point is to imagine your ideal life, pretend a fairy has given you three wishes, or try to visualize what you were put on Earth to be.)

Create Statements: Once you get an idea of what you’re aiming for, try to put that idea into a few simple statements that reflect the reality of what you want to create. Phrase the statements as if they are already true, not that you would like them to be true. For example, the affirmation, “I am feeling more peaceful each day,” would be better than, “I want to feel more peaceful.” This is because you are programming your subconscious mind to believe the statements, and that helps manifest them into reality. You’re not trying to want something, you’re trying to make it so.

Be Sure They’re Positive: When making positive affirmations, be sure they’re positive! This means saying what you want to see and experience, not what you don’t want to see and experience. For example, instead of saying, “I don’t want to feel stress,” or even, “I’ve stopped feeling stress,” use, “I’m feeling peace”. Sometimes your mind doesn’t register the negative, and it just hears the concept, “stress”, which is what you’re trying to avoid.

Use Mine: If you’d like some ideas for affirmations designed to reduce stress in your life by increasing peaceful thoughts, feelings of safety, and fostering a stronger sense of self-efficacy, you can check out my Stress Management Affirmations, or you can discover them the fun way by playing Affirmation Hangman. (If you’re going to play the game, don’t look at the list until afterward, or guessing the affirmations in the game will be too easy!)
Once you’ve found your affirmations, here are some fun ways to introduce positive affirmations into your life:

Repetition: Probably the most popular way to harness the power of affirmations is to simply repeat them to yourself on a regular basis. Repeating them mentally several times in the morning or evening can be effective; repeating them aloud is even more effective because you hear them more clearly that way.

Do-It-Yourself Recording: You can make a recording of yourself repeating positive affirmations and play it as you drive, get reading in the morning, or do other activities. Talk in a calm voice, maybe play your favorite soothing music in the background, and you have a recording tailor-made especially for your needs!

On Post-Its: A fun way to use affirmations is to put them on post-its that you place around your house (on the fridge, on the bathroom mirror, and other places you’ll likely see them) to give yourself positive messages throughout the day. This technique can be effective on its own, or can be used with other affirmation techniques as a reinforcer.

Self-Hypnosis: To really increase the effectiveness of affirmations, you can use them with self-hypnosis. This is a way to really cement them into your subconscious thinking much more quickly than repeating them in your normal conscious state. (Here’s more information on the benefits of self-hypnosis and how to use self-hypnosis for stress management.)

This day I vow to truly know God’s presence by conscious contact with the Divine within me.

This day I vow to fully commit to being the instrument through which God reveals new, creative, innovative and extraordinary forms and conditions.

Meditation Meditation is vital for helping you reconnect with your inner-self, giving you the quiet time you need to experience your journey of self discovery. There are many different meditation techniques but I am going to outline the straightforward classic sitting meditation form for you here. Meditation should last at least 20 minutes, as you become more experienced you may choose to extend your meditations. A great way to start and have some fun, is to join a local meditation group. If you are trying it on your own, start by finding a quiet, safe place where you will not be disturbed, meditation should be done in silence, however if your prefer you can put some gentle quiet music in the background. You can sit cross legged in traditional meditation style on the floor or if you find this uncomfortable, use a comfortable chair instead. The most important thing is to be comfortable and well supported. If you are sitting on a chair it is best to keep both feet firmly on the ground. Your eyes should be at least partially open, if you want to close your eyes, the room must be brightly lit to allow enough light to pass through your eyelids to keep your brain alert. Meditation means that you are in a relaxed state, but your consciousness is fully alert and awake, if there is insufficient light, the brain is likely to relax and you will fall into a light sleep, which might be pleasant, but will be ineffective as a meditation. Drinking herb tea or hot water before a meditation session can help you relax and facilitates your self-awareness. Avoid overeating or consuming cold drinks before meditating. When you are sitting comfortably, just relax, let go, do nothing. Let your thoughts gradually quieten down. Try to be aware of your breathing, gently let your breathing become deep and regular. Gradually focus your attention on a point just behind and below your naval, this is known as the �hara� point. Just be conscious of this point, pay passive attention to it. Try to be detached, if a thought comes to you, then just observe it, do not add to it with any active participation. Remain detached and passive, acknowledge the thought but do not dwell on it, do not engage with it, just observe the thought and then let it go. You will experience, relaxation, increased awareness, mental focus, clarity and a sense of peace if meditation is practiced regularly. Meditations is a great stress buster! The following physiological effects of meditation have been documented * Reduced blood pressure * Lower pulse rate * Decreased metabolic rate * Changes in the concentration of serum levels of various substances. When you first try meditation it is common to feel a little foolish or self-conscious. Let those feelings go, this is serious vital work for you, this is your time to discover the real you, your authentic self. Above all be relaxed and enjoy your experience.

WILL AFIRMATIONS HELP ME?

Positive Affirmations

Positive Affirmations work. This page explains how and why positive affirmations can be used to manifest your needs and bring positive and permanent change to your life. You will also learn how to Create and supercharge your own affirmations.

What are Affirmations?

Every thought you think every word you say is an affirmation All of our self-talk or inner dialogue is a stream of affirmations. We are continually affirming subconsciously with our words and thoughts and this flow of affirmations is creating our life experience in every moment. Our beliefs are just learned thought patterns that we have developed since childhood, many of these work well for us, but others may now be working against us, they are dysfunctional and may be sabotaging us from achieving what we believe we want. Every affirmation we think or say is a reflection of our inner truth or beliefs. It is important to realize that many of these "inner truths" may not actually be true for us now or may be based on invalid or inappropriate impressions we constructed as children, which if examined as an adult can be exposed as inappropriate.

Our subconscious uses the behaviour patterns we have learned to automatically respond and react to many everyday events in our life. This is essential to our survival, we need to be able to respond quickly to events around us which would be impossible if we had to re-examine every aspect of things every time something simple happens. Our learned responses and thought patterns enable us to automatically respond to circumstances quickly and easily. Problems arise however, if at an early stage some of the foundation beliefs on which many of the others are built were formed from a skewed perspective, maybe the strategy was appropriate for a perceived difficult circumstance, however often such beliefs are totally inappropriate for succeeding in the real world as adults.

You can use "Positive Affirmations

", which are usually short positive statements targeted at a specific subconscious set of beliefs, to challenge and undermine negative beliefs and to replace them with positive self-nurturing beliefs. It is a kind of "brainwashing" only you get to choose which negative beliefs to wash away. The way these statements are constructed is extremely important. Later I will show you how to construct you own affirmations. It is important to remember of course that everything we say and think is a positive affirmation, using positive affirmation statements forces us to keep focussed on our inner goals and reminds us to think consciously about our words and thoughts and to modify them to reflect our positive affirmation.

Do affirmations work

YES! Affirmations really work. You will be hard pushed to find any self help program anywhere that does not include affirmations, even the ones that appear to pooh-pooh affirmations include them under some slightly different guise. And the reason for this is, they work. The more determined you are to make your changes, the more you are prepared to accept change and let go of the past, the better they will work for you.

Why affirmations work

By choosing to think and say positive affirmations as true, the subconscious is forced into one of two reactions - avoidance or reappraisal. The bigger the issue the bigger the gap between the positive affirmation and the perceived inner truth and the more likely that one is going to experience resistance. This is where the subconscious finds it easier to stay with its perceived inner truth and avoid the challenge using any means at its disposal to avoid examining the issue. You will recognise this reaction by a strong negative feeling inside as you state the positive affirmations. Equally if your experience a sense of joy and well being, your mind is instinctively responding to something it believes to be true. When you get this emotion, you know your affirmations are working!

Continually repeating affirmations with conviction and passion will chip away at even the strongest resistance. However there are a number of additional techniques you can use that will super-charge your affirmations and magnify their effectiveness many fold. I will outline these techniques for you later. Once the resistance is broken, your subconscious is able to re-examine the core belief and patterns you have been working on. The effect can be startling and things can change very quickly as the dysfunctional beliefs get identified and replaced by your own new inner truth. Depending on how deep into your consciousness these beliefs lay, every other learned pattern and belief that relied on the original belief as a premise, becomes unfounded. The subconscious has to re-examine them all, this can lead to a period of introspection. If you find yourself experiencing serious resistance or have identified an area of trauma in your life, I strongly urge you to seek professional support, the journey you are embarking on will release you from the past but having proper support around you as you go through the process will make it so much easier.

Because affirmations actually reprogram your thought patterns, they change the way you think and feel about things, and because you have replaced dysfunctional beliefs with your own new positive beliefs, positive change comes easily and naturally. This will start to reflect in your external life, you will start to experience seismic changes for the better in many aspects of your life.

How quickly do affirmations work

From day one, there will be affirmations you love and enjoy saying, these affirmations are likely to be very effective for you and you are likely to start experience changes almost immediately. Others will feel very negative, almost like a big lie, this indicates resistance and these areas may take longer to impact. How quickly you can resolve an issue like this is like asking how long is a piece of string. It depends on the issue, how deeply the belief is held and how determined you are to bring about change in that area of your life, the latter being perhaps the most important of all. If you are truly ready and want to make changes, the quicker those changes will come for you. People have made cognitive changes in their beliefs almost instantaneously, once you are prepared to embrace and accept a change and you believe it to be right for you from your very heart, then that change will happen. So it is not really a question of time, more a question of how accepting of change you can be.

Our free affirmation program uses affirmations extensively to target negative thought patterns, it runs for a minimum three months during which time if you have done everything we would definitely expect you to have started experiencing positive changes.

However, you should be under no illusion that by embarking on this process you are starting a journey for your lifetime. As you see and experience the techniques working for yourself will be driven to explore your inner-self further and other techniques. As you make your changes in one aspect of your life, other issues will pop up that you may want to deal with. The joy is, you would now have the knowledge and skill to deal with these issues effectively.

Will Affirmations help me?

Yes. No matter what aspect of life you're dealing with or who you are, affirmations will not only make you feel better about yourself and your life. But if used correctly, they can manifest real change in your life. Changing the way you think, reprogramming your mind and removing the old negative beliefs that have been sabotaging you again and again throughout your life. They can enable you to achieve the life you've always wanted for yourself!

POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS

Affirmations for Health

• Every Cell in my body vibrates with energy and health
• Loving myself heals my life. I nourish my mind, body and soul
• My body heals quickly and easily

Affirmations for Abundance

• I prosper wherever I turn and I know that I deserve prosperity of all kinds
• The more grateful I am, the more reasons I find to be grateful
• I pay my bills with love as I know abundance flows freely through me.

Affirmations for Love

• I know that I deserve Love and accept it now
• I give out Love and it is returned to me multiplied
• I rejoice in the Love I encounter everyday

Affirmations for Romance

• I have a wonderful partner and we are both happy and at peace
• I release any desperation and allow love to find me
• I attract only healthy relationships

Affirmations for Weight Loss

• I am the perfect weight for me
• I choose to make positive healthy choices for myself
• I choose to exercise regularly

Affirmations for Self Esteem

• When I believe in myself, so do others
• I express my needs and feelings
• I am my own unique self - special, creative and wonderful

Affirmations for Peace and Harmony

• All my relationships are loving and harmonious
• I am at peace
• I trust in the process of life

Affirmations for Joy and Happiness

• Life is a joy filled with delightful surprises
• My life is a joy filled with love, fun and friendship all I need do is stop all criticism, forgive, relax and be open.
• I choose love, joy and freedom, open my heart and allow wonderful things to flow into my life.

Affirmation of the Day:

Affirmation of the Day:

I am healthy, strong, and beautiful.This information is not meant to replace any medical treatment. It is offered here as a service. Use this information at your own risk. No guarantee is made towards validity. This is my personal belief on how affirmations works for me.

I've enjoyed using affirmations for several years. It is free, easy and usually effective. For myself, it is the simple repeating a positive phrase in front of the mirror, in the car, or writing it on paper. Whenever I catch myself thinking something I don't want, I try to "change that thought" to be a new one. Here are some techniques I use with affirmations to change my behaviors. Feel free to modify them for your own use as I have for mine.
Lorraine V.

Mirror Affirmation Technique:
This technique is great for helping you see yourself as beautiful. I learned this from Louise Hay books and modified it for my own use.

Stand in front of the mirror, preferably in underwear or unclothed. Start at one end of your body & work to the other end finding as many nice things to say about your body as you can. For example: "I love my ears. They hear well and enable me to listen. They have a beautiful shape. I love my wonderful ears."

Doing this techniques helps you find and appreciate more of you. All of your body does important functions. Your eyes see, ears hear, nose smells, and heart pumps blood. The idea, of course, is to build a more positive overall self-image.

Anywhere technique:
Whenever you catch yourself thinking something you would rather not, here is a technique that works rather well. It is based on NLP techniques.

Hear the phrase you said diminishing in volume until it disappears, then hear the phrase you want to say grow louder.

Alternately, you can see the "picture" of what you didn't like go spin away from you and have the picture of what you do want spin towards you.

In this way we lessen the importance of the negative thought and give greater importance to the positive thought.

Writing Technique:
I call this technique "Giving the problem to Spirit". Scott Adams used a version of this technique to change his life. It worked well for him, perhaps it will work for you.

Simply sit down at a table and write what you would like in your life 15 times every day. An example is: "I am healthy, happy, wise and free". When you are done know that the universe is taking care of it.

Some people will take that writing and tuck it into a revered place, such as their bible, or some other place of respect. Don't just toss it into the junk drawer. That means that you are disrespectful of your thoughts.

Trash Can Technique:
Good for getting rid of negative thoughts. Be sure to replace them with positive thoughts and affirmations.

Whenever you find something you don't like. Write it down and throw it into the trash. By doing this, you are telling the universe, I want to be done with this problem, please help me work through it and be done with it.

A related technique is the "burning bowl" ceremony. Write two lists. One is for all the thoughts and personal traits that youi want to get rid of. The other is for the positive thoughts and traits that will fill the vaccuum created by the departing thoughts. Then light a fire in a bowl and put the bad list in, and tell the world (doesn't have to be load, though it could) that you release these thoughts.

Meditation Technique:
Look for divine inspiration while repeating your affirmation

Sit quietly and ask your inner guide, universe, God, and/or guardian angel (whatever fits your belief system) for insights, help and guidance. Then quietly repeat your affirmation for 10-15 minutes. Sit quietly fo 5 minutes afterwards for any insights.

Here's a very cool system for instant meditation.

Exercise Technique:
Very nice for active people and for many healh related goals.

Repeat your affirmations while exercising. Such as, "I am strong" or "I am really improving" and so on. Soon they will be part of your thought process. Repeating these affirmations becomes self-fulfilling since you will have more fun and see more results. Because of that we'll tend to stick with the program and maybe even work harder.

Integration Technique:
A technique for actively working on your goals

While repeating your positive affirmation, actively think of ways to integrate your affirmations into your life. For example: if your affirmation is "I have a great xxxxx": find ways of loving your xxxxx, improving your relationship with xxxxx, and best ways of achieving xxxxx.

Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!

WHY AFFIRMATIONS ARESO POWERFUL!

AFFIRMATIONS RUNDEEP, DEEP, DEEP“I choose the path of trust. I understand that I have little control in the external world. But I do have control of my reactions to it all.”Susan JeffersOne of my favorite tools for pushing through my fears and other negative emotions is the positive affirmation. (This is no surprise to those of you who are familiar with my work!) I have used affirmations for such a long time (over 30 years!) that I often find these uplifting and soothing thoughts roaming inside my mind throughout the day keeping me in an upbeat, loving state. And if I find myself fearful or upset about any situation in my life, I simply begin repeating an appropriate affirmation over and over again until peace envelopes me like a warm blanket. Delicious!As I explain in Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, an affirmation is a strong, positive statement telling us that “all is well,” despite what the negativity of the mind may be saying to us. With constant repetition of this uplifting and soothing statement, the voice of doom and gloom that roams through our mind is replaced with thoughts of peace, power and love. Yes … all is well.I believe that one of the reasons that affirmations are so powerful is that, by replacing negative thoughts with positive thoughts, we are actually moving ourselves from the weakest part of who we are (the Lower Self) to the Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful! 5strongest and most loving part of who we are (the Higher Self). I can’t think of a better place to be!Another reason that affirmations are so powerful is that they are much more than meets the eye. While an affirmation is only one sentence in length, it has a very deep meaning. As I see it…An affirmation is an encapsulation of a whole wealth of life-affirming thoughts that remind us that we are inherently powerful and loving and there is nothing to fear.Let me give you an example: On my desk sits a little picture frame in which I have displayed one of my favorite affirmations…IT’S ALL HAPPENING PERFECTLY!When I am feeling fearful or upset about any situation in my life, I have only to notice my “reminder” sitting right before me and I begin repeating this affirmation over and over again. As I do, I can actually feel my body relax as the negative feelings disappear and I truly embrace the thought, IT’S ALL HAPPENING PERFECTLY.You may be thinking, “Susan, how can it be happening perfectly, when so many things don’t turn out the way we want them to turn out?” A good question. And when we explore the deep, deep meaning of this affirmation, we find the answer. For me, IT'S ALL HAPPENING PERFECTLY! is a shortened version of…My mind cannot see the larger picture, the Grand Design. I don’t know why life is happening the way it is, but I will simply trust that all things happen for a reason. Therefore, even if a certain situation is not going the way I want it to go, I will relax and focus on how I can learn and grow from it all. In this way, I become a stronger and more loving person. Yes … IT’S ALL HAPPENING PERFECTLY! Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful! 6You can see that, with this deeper meaning in mind, the frequent repetition of this simple yet very profound thought, IT’S ALL HAPPENING PERFECTLY!, can create a wonderful sense of peace.By the way, you don’t even have to believe the affirmations you are saying for them to have a positive effect—body, mind and soul. For example, maybe you don't feel that IT’S ALL HAPPENING PERFECTLY!, even knowing the deeper meaning. Amazingly…It has been demonstrated that just saying, thinking or writing positive thoughts make us stronger in every way whether we believe the words or not.,Amazing, indeed!I have also made another very interesting and important discovery…If you say affirmations often enough, you will ultimately believe them.The reason for this is that affirmations are a form of “acting-as-if”. If you act-as-if long enough, your mind lets in the possibility that something is so. And, ultimately, you are able to embrace the reality that it really is so.Another example from my own life: There was a time when I really didn’t believe that my life made a difference. I had very low self-esteem, indeed. To help myself, I began attending self-help workshops. (In fact, I became a workshop addict!) It was at one of these workshops that I learned the value of affirmations. I was skeptical at first, but I thought, “Hey, there is no harm in trying.” One of the affirmations I then began repeating daily over and over again was, “MY LIFE MAKES A DIFFERENCE”, even though I definitely didn’t believe it was true.Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful! 7And then one day it happened and it was so breathtaking that, even to this day, I remember the moment well. What was it that happened? I was enveloped with a life-changing realization: “My life really DOES make a difference!” And tears of joy rolled down my face. And it is this profound realization so many years ago that has guided my actions ever since as I focus on putting my best into everything I do. And, if you think about it, it all started by my repeating an affirmation that I really didn’t believe.This was a lengthy way of telling you that, whether or not you believe the affirmations I present to you in the next section, the mere saying of them will create an energy shift toward giving, loving and embracing. And there is a bonus:As you begin repeating affirmations over and over again, keeping their deeper meaning in mind, your interaction with the outside world subtly changes. For example, when you say the affirmation "I AM POWERFUL AND I AM LOVING AND I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR" often enough, you begin to act differently, stand differently, and react to the outside world differently. You become more loving. And the amazing thing is that you are teated differently! You definitely draw a healthier, more loving energy into your life. Affirmations are very powerful indeed. rYou may be thinking, “Oh, Susan, I’m too busy to add something else to my schedule.” Not to worry! The proper use of affirmations takes absolutely no time away from your day. How is this possible? Because…All you are doing is replacing the negativity in the mind with healthy thoughts of peace, power and love.Read that again! These positive thoughts, which are simply replacing the negative thoughts, can be repeated while you dress, shower, and exercise, while you are sitting at your desk, or taking care of your children, and, of course, as you are going off to sleep.Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful! 8The key is to remember to say them!To this end, I suggest you write your favorite affirmations on post-its and put them in your car, on your desk, on your mirror, by your bedside, and so on, so that you are reminded to say them. You can get very creative about this.One of my students made it a practice to place on each page of a notebook just one affirmation. Each day as she was driving to work, she would pick an affirmation from one of the notebook pages, repeat it ten times, and then flip the page to the next affirmation which she would repeat ten times…and on and on and on. She continued this process until she reached her destination. By the end of her trip, she felt very powerful and loving, indeed! I might add that ultimately she changed her life dramatically. (I should also say that she assured me she did this exercise in her car with driving safety in mind!)Bad habits are hard to break (and negative thinking is definitely a bad habit!) but break these bad habits, we can. In the beginning, it is best to use affirmations intensively until they become part of your every day thinking. Again, this is easy since, as you now know, affirmations take no time out of your day; they simply replace negative thinking with positive thinking. A very good exchange, indeed!Let me now offer you 10 affirmations with their deeper meaning as I see it. (As you become more familiar with the deeper meaning of affirmations, you may be inspired to create your own that are based on your own life experiences.)As an experiment, I urge you to repeat each affirmation, silently or out loud, 10 times after you read the deeper meaning. This is very important. And I have made it easier for you to do this by arranging the page in a way that reminds you. (How quickly we forget!) Now let me make a prediction:Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful! 9After reading the 10 affirmations…having understood their deeper meaning…and having repeated each affirmation 10 times, you will definitely feel uplifted as the energy in your body moves in the direction of peace, power and love.I believe that once you see their positive value, you will make affirmations a part of your daily life, as I have made them a part of mine. After all, who can resist replacing the voice of doom and gloom in the mind with thoughts of peace, power and love?! Not me…hopefully, not you. Onward!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful! 10II.10 AFFIRMATIONS AND THEIRDEEPER MEANINGCopyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.111.(Affirmation)ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.(Deeper Meaning)Step-by-step, I have the power to change all that is not working in my life. With each step I take, I am on the pathway to the best of who I am. Sometimes I go a bit off-course, but I always find my way back again. Peace comes from realizing that all that needs to be done will be done. I just start from the place where I am right now and take it one step at a time. In so doing, I pull myself out of the rut of inaction. I trust the wisdom within my being to show me what needs to be done. And I will do it...one step at a time. I take a deep breath and relax. Yes…(Repeat 10 times)ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.ONE STEP AT A TIME IS ENOUGH FOR ME.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.122.(Affirmation)WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!(Deeper Meaning)Within me, I have the power to handle anything that ever happens to me. Instead of fear, I feel only faith. I know I have a huge amount of strength within me and I will always find the good that ultimately comes from all that happens in my life. I will learn from it all, grow from it all, and use it all as a means of reaching the best of who I am. Every situation in my life offers me the opportunity to become a more powerful and loving human being. Yes,(Repeat 10 times)WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT!Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.133.(Affirmation)I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.(Deeper Meaning)I need never feel alone. I don’t wait to be invited, I invite. I don’t wait to be complimented, I compliment. I don’t wait to be thanked, I thank. I don’t wait to be loved, I love. I am a source of comfort and joy to all who know me. I love and appreciate without any expectation of getting love and appreciation back. My reward is in the giving. From the depths of my being I am radiating all good things everywhere I go. Smiles, hugs and caring are the order of the day. I know that my life has value and I will not let this loving energy remain within me. Instead, I shall give it away with a sense of gratitude that I have so much love to give. In this way, I feel truly blessed. Yes…(Repeat 10 times)I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.I REACH OUT AND INVITE OTHERS INTO MY LIFE.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.144.(Affirmation)I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.(Deeper Meaning)Today I choose to notice all the blessings in my life. I put aside all stressful thoughts and focus on what is beautiful now…my health, my home, my loved ones. I will also pay close attention to the “little” things…that soothing hot shower, that kiss from a loved one, the fact that my car started, the warm rays of the sun, good food, the sunshine, the flowers that grow, the magnificent sunset and all other aspects of life that nourish my soul. I will no longer take things for granted. I fill my life with “I have had this” moments which add up to a life well-lived. I am not missing a thing. I worry less and less about the future as I appreciate life to its fullest NOW! I am truly blessed. Yes…(Repeat 10 times)I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.I FOCUS ON MY MANY BLESSINGS.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.155.(Affirmation)I LET GO AND I TRUST.(Deeper Meaning)I have no control over the future. Therefore, the pathway to peace is for me to do my best in all things and then let go of the outcome. I take a deep breath and affirm my trust that whatever happens is for my highest good and the highest good of all concerned. I will look for and find the great learning that can come as a result of all outcomes in my life. In so doing, I am filled with a sense of peace. I focus on enjoying the present with the sureness of heart that I can handle whatever happens in the future. I have nothing to fear. Yes…(Repeat 10 times)I LET GO AND I TRUST.I LET GO AND I TRUST.I LET GO AND I TRUST.I LET GO AND I TRUST.I LET GO AND I TRUST.I LET GO AND I TRUST.I LET GO AND I TRUST.I LET GO AND I TRUST.I LET GO AND I TRUST.I LET GO AND I TRUST.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.166.(Affirmation)I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT-AS-IF I DO.(Deeper Meaning)I pick up the mirror and ask, “How can I be more helpful here?” Whether it’s in the home, in my place of work, in my community or in the world, I do my best to radiate loving energy in the form of a kind word, a helping hand, material resources, or whatever is called for. In so doing, I learn the meaning of self-respect and happiness. Wherever I am and whatever I am doing, I commit 100% to helping the world around me. As I do so, I feel joy entering every cell of my being. It is the joy of knowing that I can improve the world in my own special way. My life makes a difference and there is so much I can do in this very needy world. Yes…(Repeat 10 times)I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT AS IF I DO.I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT AS IF I DO.I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT AS IF I DO.I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT AS IF I DO.I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT AS IF I DO.I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT AS IF I DO.I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT AS IF I DO.I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT AS IF I DO.I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT AS IF I DO.I KNOW THAT I COUNT AND I ACT AS IF I DO.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.177.(Affirmation)THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.(Deeper Meaning)I stand tall and take responsibility for my experience of life. I blame no one for how I am feeling today. I can’t control the world out there, but I can control my reactions to it all. I can choose to be the “victim” or I can choose to be the creator of powerful and loving thoughts, despite what is happening in my life. I have the strength to act and react to all situations in a healthy and life-affirming way. As I do, I watch the quality of my life getting better and better. Yes…(Repeat 10 times)THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE DEPENDS ONLY ON ME.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.188.(Affirmation)I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.(Deeper Meaning)As I go through each day, I touch the world with love. I give the best of who I am to family, friends, work, community…and to myself. As I do, I am filled with a sense of light and joy. With a smile, a helping hand, a sparkle in my eye, and an open heart, I embrace all those around me. As I do this, I feel the beauty in my life. As I focus on the light within and radiate it out to a needy world, I feel centered and whole. I constantly ask myself, “How can I be more loving here?” And I act accordingly. Yes…(Repeat 10 times)I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.I RADIATE LOVE WHEREVER I GO.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.199.(Affirmation)I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.(Deeper Meaning)I constantly remind myself of the Universal Law, “Like attracts like.” Therefore I am creating an energy of love within me that attracts what is perfect for my highest good. As I take a deep breath and send my loving energy out into this world, in the form of words, thoughts, and actions, I can feel all good things flowing back to me. I nod my head up and down instead of side to side. I let go of my resistance and allow in new possibilities. I say “YES” to it all. Yes…(Repeat 10 times)I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.I AM DRAWING TO ME ALL GOOD THINGS.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful!Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.2010.(Affirmation)I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!(Deeper Meaning)As my inner sense of power grows and grows, a feeling of joy envelopes me. It makes my heart sing to know that I have so much to give and so much to embrace. With each step I take, I am reminded of the purpose of it all…to give love and receive love, and to be a meaningful part of creating a better world. Yes…(Repeat 10 times)I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!I AM POWERFUL AND I LOVE IT!Why Affirmations Are So Powerful! 21IIIONWARD TO THE BESTOF WHO YOU AREI will wager that if you did as I suggested earlier in the book—which was to read the affirmation…read the deeper meaning…and then repeat each affirmation, silently or out loud, 10 times—you are definitely feeling more uplifted. And amazingly all that you did was to replace any negativity in your mind with beautiful thoughts of peace, power and love. Hopefully you can now understand that…An affirmation is not just a sentence; it represents a way of life…a way of seeing, feeling, believing, and acting. It helps transport us from the weakest part of who we are to the most powerful part of who we are.Imagine how you would feel if you transported yourself daily from the weakest part of who you are to the most powerful part of who you are. You can do this by repeating each day the enclosed affirmations and their deeper meaning until one day the uplifting thoughts appear automatically in your thinking…even as you go through difficult times.If it sounds as though I am trying to get you hooked on affirmations, I definitely am!!! Affirmations have contributed to my life enormously, and I truly wanted to share what I have learned with you. To that end I created not only this little book, but also the following, all of which I’ve made available to you on my website, www.susanjeffers.com…Copyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful! 22~~~ A series of affirmation CDs. (INNER TALK FOR PEACE OF MIND,INNER TALK FOR A CONFIDENT DAY and INNER TALK FOR A LOVETHAT WORKS).~~~ A daily affirmation that appears on my website.~~~ An affirmation “mini-course” that appears in Feel theFear and Beyond. (Affirmations are discussed in myother books as well.)~~~ A book for adults to read to children titled I CANHANDLE IT: 50 CONFIDENCE BUILDING STORIES TO EMPOWERYOUR CHILD, (of course, based on one of my favoriteaffirmations, "Whatever happens, I'll handle it!")~~~ I even have created coffee mugs and other products withthe affirmations “FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY”,“IT’S ALL HAPPENING PERFECTLY!”, “SAY ‘YES’ TO THEUNIVERSE” and “LIFE IS HUGE!” (The coffee mug on my desknot only holds my pens, it is always reminding me to “FEEL THEFEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY”.)Yes, I am definitely trying to get you hooked on affirmations…a) I encourage you to learn as much as you can about them.b) I encourage you to collect them.c) And I encourage you to use them regularly in your daily life.(I’ll be using them right along with you.)Eventually you will find yourself picking the perfect affirmation for different situations that are happening during your day. For example, if you are a bit nervous as you make your way to an important business meeting, you will choose an affirmation of confidence such as “I LET GO AND I TRUST” or “WHATEVER HAPPENS, I’LL HANDLE IT.” If you are spending the day with your loved ones, you will choose an affirmation of caring such as “I RADIATE ONLY LOVE” or “I TAKE IN ALL THE LOVE AROUND ME.” There are so manyCopyright © 2006 Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.Why Affirmations Are So Powerful! 23wonderful affirmations that you can weave into your thinking to beautifully handle all that is happening in your life.As you begin collecting your favorite affirmations and making them a part of your everyday life, you will notice that little by little, the “habit” of thinking negatively will be replaced by the “habit” of thinking positively. You will learn that when you fill your mind with all good thoughts instead of the voice of doom and gloom, your life will be enhanced in so many ways. You will be uplifted as you learn to react to all things that happen in your life in a positive, powerful, loving and peaceful way. Affirmations—a powerful tool, indeed!From my heart to yours,Susan

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

AFFIRMATION OF THE DAY

Affirmation of the day
I keep my heart open to receive all the riches before me.
"I love affirmations! If you use them often enough, so will you! Right now, repeat this affirmation ten times (even if you don't believe it!) and continue to do this throughout the day.