Creating your own affirmation

An affirmation is a word, phrase or quote that can be used to help you through a difficult situation or to give you a boost of self-belief. Saying an affirmation for long enough can bring the ability to assimilate its meaning into your own being.

For an affirmation to work, it needs to be meaningful to the person saying it.
For example: I will not give up, as I haven’t tried all the options yet.

This affirmation could be effective if you’d benefit from a good dose of conviction in order to keep on keeping on. However, if your hopelessness is stronger than your hope, the affirmation is likely to be counter-productive.

The following affirmations are matched to a theme. If you like any of them, take them and repeat them over and over until they are well and truly inside your head. If you can make up your own affirmations, all the better.

• “I can get through this. This is not the end of the world.”
• “I always do the best for myself, no matter what.”
• “I will walk into the day and I will find something worthwhile within it.”
• “I trust myself and my abilities.”
• “I know this is a temporary state. I know there are people out there who care for me.”