Yesterday I spent part of the day doing the homework my Hypnotherapist gave me. I was to write out POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS for ALL the things I have told myself or that others have told me over the years, and change them into positive affirmations. I have ALWAYS been a fan of Louise Hay’s “You can heal your life book”, and have used affirmations in my past, but it wasn’t until my session with Nate that I REALLY saw just how powerful words can be (and sometimes not even words but how people speak them or the actions they do which are sometimes louder than the actual words). I was shocked at how many things came to the surface to be healed during our session on Friday (no wonder I am feeling off as I am releasing so much “junk”). My homework requires me to say positive affirmations 2x a day to counter act all the negative things I or others have been saying to myself. I can honestly say that I can feel a tiny bit of difference already in one day. The minute a negative thought creeps up inside me, I replace it with the opposite (e.g. I am scared = I AM COURAGEOUS) – trust me it’s NOT easy at first and I have to repeat them over and over till the voice gets silenced. I truly feel EVERY school should have a course in affirmations to build confidence in all our kids.
I encourage you all to take an hour or so to sit down and think of all the things that have been filling your head over the years (Fat, Scared, Useless, Ugly, Lazy, Dumb etc.) and write a list of the opposites. Place them somewhere you will see it daily and repeat them to yourself over and over until those negative thoughts fade away. (Thanks to Nate, I was able to go deeper than I ever could on my own to see the root cause of these words and peel the onion layers away)
Note: I some of my words start with “I” e.g. “I LET GO” rather than “I AM”
I encourage you all to take an hour or so to sit down and think of all the things that have been filling your head over the years (Fat, Scared, Useless, Ugly, Lazy, Dumb etc.) and write a list of the opposites. Place them somewhere you will see it daily and repeat them to yourself over and over until those negative thoughts fade away. (Thanks to Nate, I was able to go deeper than I ever could on my own to see the root cause of these words and peel the onion layers away)
Note: I some of my words start with “I” e.g. “I LET GO” rather than “I AM”