Positive Affirmations
One of the best ways of tapping into your subconscious mind is with the use of positive affirmations. Affirmations bypass your conscious mind which has a tendency to examine and judge everything, while affirmations move you straight to your subconscious mind.
Used consistently for a sustained period of time, positive affirmations can successfully reprogram your self-talk to make it more positive and upbeat. This unleashes the power of your subconscious to help you achieve your goals because you will have removed the blocks created by self-doubt and a negative self-image.
Using positive affirmations in this way is simple, yet it does take time.
The only tools you need are a pen and a piece of paper
Make a list of the biggest issues you want to address.
Decide which are your priorities -- determine which issues rise to the top of your list.
Allow those that are only minor obstacles to drop to the very bottom of the list.
From your Priority List, pick the one issue that stands directly between you and your goals. You will only want to work with one issue at a time.
This issue may be self-confidence, doubt, fear, or anything that stands in your way.
Find or create two or three positive affirmations that speak to you and addresses the issue. There are plenty of affirmations available online, in books, or trust yourself to write them on your own.
The only requirements are: a) these affirmations must be positive and b) they need to resonate with you. If either of these are not true for you, this method will not be successful. |
Next, you are going to start speaking aloud, thinking, or writing each of these affirmations 3-5 times a day.
No less than three times per day.
It may be helpful to establish a routine such as once in the morning, once before bed, and once sometime during the day.
Many people speak them aloud in front of a mirror or while driving.
You can think of them in silence when you are around other people.
You can use any combination of speak/think/write throughout the day.
The more you use positive affirmations, the better and faster they will work. You must be consistent and use the affirmations every day, 3+ times a day, for them to work effectively.
Over the course of weeks or a few months, these affirmations will sink into your subconscious and slowly reprogram your self-talk and your self-image. The negative thoughts they are replacing will slowly fade and eventually become extinguished entirely. When you see success with one issue, you can move on to the next.
