An affirmation is a short, simple statement. Similar to the way physical exercise is good for your body, positive affirmations increase the number of feel-good hormones in our brains. Positive thoughts create positive emotions, they repeated over and over again, they begin to change your pattern of thinking which can ultimately change your life.

Research has shown that humans have around 50,000 thoughts a day. Using affirmations daily has been proven to increase positive thinking rather than negative.

Here are a few examples:

1. I breathe in relaxation, I breathe out tension.
2. I am capable of solving any problems that face me.
3. I am free of anxiety and am living a calm life.
4. I am ridding my mind of negative thoughts and filling it with positive ones.
5. Anxiety might make me feel uncomfortable but I am in charge of my mind and body.
6. I am more and more calm with each deep breath I take.
7. I am attracting positive energy into my body.
8. I am free of anything that weighs me down.
9. I have everything I need for a happy life.
10. I have the ability to overcome anxiety.
11. I am safe and in control.
12. The feelings of panic are leaving my body.
13. My mind is clearing and I am in control.
14. I am freeing myself from stress.
15. I am relaxing each part of my body.
16. I am ridding my mind of negative thoughts and filling it with positive ones.
17. I am calmer and calmer with each deep breath I take.
18. I am now in control.
19. My body is calm.
20. All is well in my world.

Take one or two of these affirmations, or make up some of your own and say them to yourself regularly throughout the day. Pin them up somewhere that will remind you how important it is to train your brain daily.

Being positive and using affirmative statements can change your life dramatically in a great way.  Like most things, it will get easier the more you do it.

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