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61 – How Positive Affirmations Can Change Your Brain and Your Body

December 8, 2023

Your brain and your body respond to your words. When you introduce positive affirmations into your day, you can rewire the neural pathways in your brain to change the way you think. But don’t just take my word for it. Test out the quick experiment I share in this episode. Within 5 minutes, you’ll see how it works for yourself.
 
Some of the things I share are how positive affirmations can change your body, the benefits of positive affirmations, and examples of positive affirmations you can incorporate into your life starting today.

 

Key Takeaways:

 

  1. Repeating positive affirmations creates new neural pathways in the brain, making positive thoughts and feelings more natural.
  2. Positive affirmations reduce stress, improve performance, and increase psychological well-being.
  3. Choose affirmations that are realistic, present tense, and affirm what you believe you are capable of.

Quotes:

“When you repeatedly think something, you are strengthening that pathway in your brain.”

“Positive affirmations reduce stress, reduce rumination, and reduce the negative affects stress can have on your health.”

“Positive affirmations are linked to better psychological well-being and reduced anxiety.”

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