Have you ever used affirmations for confidence? You may use success affirmations or positive sleep affirmations but what about affirmations on confidence? If you’re not using any, it’s time to be your own hype person!
Affirmations are powerful tools to change your thoughts, actions, and behaviors.
They are an additional tool that you can use to help get yourself into a positive mindset. If you need to build your self confidence, affirmations are great for boosting self-esteem.
Do positive affirmations really work?
Yes and no! You may be scratching your head right now wondering why we gave a mixed answer. In order for affirmations to work, the individual using affirmations must already be in a good mindset.
According to Psychology Today, an affirmation can work because it has the ability to program your mind into believing the stated concept. Positive Affirmations can also help to reduce stress levels!
In order for affirmations to work, it’s important that you are in a good space mentally. You must be ready and willing to accept affirmations and you must have a genuine belief in what you are saying or writing.
If someone is not doing well mentally, we suggest speaking with a therapist before trying out affirmations. Therapy is a great tool that will help you maintain a healthy mental space.
Now to the fun stuff, how to write your own affirmations for confidence.
A Step by Step Guide to Writing Affirmations for Self-Confidence
Start by writing down what you want to change
Think about what you want to change. Maybe you’d like to feel confident in your body, maybe you aren’t confident when speaking your mind. Write down a few things that you’d like to change from a negative to a positive.
Think about why it’s important to make this change
Look at what you wrote down.
Think about the reasons why you are not confident – if it’s a belief that you built from the past, it’s time to let that go. If you were told that you are too short or too tall or too skinny, this can impact your self confidence.
Time to let go of limiting beliefs
It’s important to change your way of thinking so you can live life to your full potential. When you think negatively, you’re missing out on life. You have so much to offer the world and you were born to impact others in a positive way by embracing yourself and your gifts.
Think about the negative things that you wrote down and why it’s important to make a change. Use this exercise to start writing your own affirmations.
Choose an affirmation that will work for you
In order for affirmations to work, they can’t be absolutely crazy. You need to believe that they are true and you need to feel comfortable saying them. That’s why we like to start with the list of things you’d like to change.
Using an affirmation like – I am a supermodel may not work for everyone. We aren’t all built like supermodels and that’s okay because we are all special and unique.
If you need to start with something that is easy to say and easy to believe, you can start with something like – I am grateful for my body and everything it does for me. If you don’t have the best relationship with your body, start there.
Expressing gratitude is a great way to ease into affirmations. Eventually, you’ll be able to say – I love my body and I’m so proud of how I look.
Start Affirmations with “I” and use the present tense
If you want to start loving your body, use the present tense to declare this. Act as if it’s currently happening even if you need to work on this.
If you want to work on other areas of self esteem, you can use an affirmation that is focused more on confidence and less on physical appearance to start.
An affirmation such as – ‘I am confident in myself, my abilities, and my future’ is another example you can use.
By acting as if the affirmation is happening, you prepare yourself for it to happen and you adopt a mindset that it’s already taking place.
As you build up your affirmation writing skills, you can use affirmations that don’t start with “I”.
Repeat it every day until it becomes part of who you are
It’s important that you write affirmations that you believe to be true because a major part of building your confidence through affirmations is being about to believe what you say.
Make this part of your morning routine. Say affirmations in the shower, on your morning walk, or when you first wake up in the morning.
We love morning affirmations because it will get your day started on the right foot. Practice them every day and watch your mood change.
Create more complex affirmations as you go
Sometimes affirmations can seem funny to people. Once you get used to the hang of things, work on building up your affirmations. Embrace a huge goal and work it into your affirmation routine.
13 Examples of Affirmations for Self Confidence to Help You Start Writing your Own Affirmations
We wouldn’t leave you without sharing some self-confidence affirmations that we’ve created. Check out our list below:
- I am blessed beyond measure and possess many skills that allow me to have a successful life
- Every day I learn and grow so that I can become the best version of myself
- I attract positive experiences, relationships, and opportunities into my life
- I am a good person who is worthy of love and happiness
- I embrace my emotions and I allow myself to express my feelings freely
I am grateful for all that I have and I’m ready to receive more
- I am confident in my body and I choose to speak positively about myself
- I am the creator of my life and every day I am building something beautiful
- I am empowered, confident, and free to be my true self
- I exude positivity, confidence, and happiness
- I live a life that inspires others
- I achieve anything I put my mind to and I’m confident in my abilities to achieve my goals
- I am excited about my future and everything that’s to come
Final Thoughts
Affirmations are another fun tool in your personal development tool belt. What type of affirmations will you write? Let us know in the comments section if this helped you to write self-esteem affirmations 🙂