How to Craft Affirmations for Holistic Support
Using affirmations can be a powerful tool for emotional support. These are simple, positive statements we repeat to ourselves consciously—think of them as little messages to guide the mind and release blockages. Whether you’re new to affirmations or looking to refine your practice, these tips can help make them more effective and tailored to you.
Key Ingredients for Effective Affirmations for Balancing Your Energy Field:
Present Tense Only: Always state affirmations as if they’re happening now. Instead of “I will be at peace,” say, “I am at peace.”
Stay Positive: Frame every affirmation as a positive statement. Swap out words like “not” or “don’t” for what you truly want to embody.
Use Your Name: Personalize affirmations with your own name—it creates a deeper, subconscious connection.
In Your First Language: Always use your home language as that your mind is most familiar with it and it will feel most natural to you. This helps the mind absorb the message even more.
Examine Your Deepest Fears: Take some time over a two or three day period to think about what some of your insecurities are and what they boil down to… For example, if your hair is dry and you’re worried about it, what is the actual fear here? That people will not love you because of your dry hair…? So take time and feel into these fears and then flip them into a positive statement.
For example: If, after my reflection process, I realized that my deepest fear was being unloveable (a very common one), I would design my statements to repattern my brain to understand that I am deeply worthy of love regardless of the way that I look, the things that I have, etc.
Cover All Angles: Repeat your affirmations from different perspectives: “I, You, He/She/They.”
Check out this example affirmation using three tenses:
“I, Julia, am calm”
“You, Julia, are calm”
“He/She/They, Julia, is calm”
The ‘I’ perspective helps us heal what we believe about ourselves; the ‘you’ perspective helps us heal what others believe about us; and the ‘he/she/they perspective allows us to heal what we believe others think about us.
The most common topics to address are as follows:
Birth Trauma
Parental Disapproval
The unconscious desire to die, including being accident prone, having health problems, unhappy relationships, lack of love, support, and concepts of abandonment.
Beliefs in any physical, spiritual, mental, or emotional limtation.
Repetition Matters: Affirmations need time to settle in. Repeat each one daily for a minimum of eight days to make it stick. Ideally, you would work with them for 28-100 days.
Make It Fun and Flexible
How you repeat affirmations is up to you. You can write them down, say them aloud, sing them, or even chant them. Try affirmations while running, dancing, or swimming—whatever makes it feel fun and natural. You can also record yourself doing affirmations and then play the recording while you sleep.
Why Affirmations Work
Every time you say an affirmation, you’re inviting your inner therapist to the table, ready to help work through emotions, negative thoughts, or limiting beliefs. It’s like giving your subconscious a chance to let go of what’s no longer serving you, making space for growth on emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental levels.
Give it a go, especially if they feel a little awkward at first—the resistance might mean it’s exactly what you need. The more uncomfortable you feel, the better they are working!
If you have any questions about how to design affirmations that will be the most effective for you send us an email at julia@zendennewport.com.