“Affirmations can help us offer ourselves care and compassion, and change our self-talk.” In other words, they can help counteract negative or critical thoughts. Words of affirmation can be thought, ...
Dr Moses says the key is to use a positive affirmation that is relevant to you now. So, if you’re feeling lazy and overweight and you try an affirmation like ‘I can run five miles a day’ it ...
Ms Lisa Tang, clinical psychologist from Annabelle Psychology, said that these positive affirmation words or phrases work “almost like building a shortcut to the affirmative message in our minds”.