Positive self-talk improves your mental and physical health, but it can feel awkward to execute. Enter this advice.
“You walk into a HomeGoods and see the poster or frame that says ‘be you’ or ‘believe’ ... you can’t just buy affirmations from a home store or Target and put it on the wall and think everything is going to be hunky-dory,” she said.Instead, she emphasizes that affirmations have to be tailored to each specific person and their needs, and rarely will a retail item accurately convey this. “You cannot just say a blanket statement like ‘you’re the best,’” she said.
It can obviously be awkward to walk around in an open area, or even in your house with other family members, chanting your affirmations. If this is the case, Patel recommended finding an “ideal” space free of distractions. For some of her clients, that means in the bathroom, alone in the morning and evening, looking in the mirror.
“Essentially a self-affirmation is a belief, so you can think it or you can write it,” she said. This can be a form of journaling, whichWriting down your thoughts and beliefs can be just as powerful as speaking them out loud.You can also place Post-it notes with your affirmations in obvious places, especially areas where you might be feeling stressed. Consider your car, refrigerator, mirror, laundry room, or work computer as potential places to place and read your self-affirmations.
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