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How to Teach Children Self-Affirmations That Build Confidence and Emotional Resilience · Stacked Intent: Your Guide to Authentic, Intentional Living

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  SPEAKER_00: Hello, my name is Becca Stackhouse Morten, and I am ready for you to tune in each episode with your ways to become you.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the Stacked Intent Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Stacked Intent Podcast today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we're gonna just discuss and drop some tips on how you can intentionally stack your life with some self-affirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we talked about how you can do it as an individual.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we're gonna really focus on how you can help your child kind of learn some self-affirmation and what are some things that you can help them do to create those why benefits and creating that practice of self-affirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that first area is why is self-affirmation important?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, it's important to us, but it's also important to children because when they come up with an affirmation and a mantra for themselves, they begin to learn to support themselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so they begin to learn how if they're having some negative thoughts or having some hard times or learning something or a challenge, they start to learn how to regulate and give themselves a self-affirmation and a mantra, and they don't necessarily need you to help regulate that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so you help your kid gain some positive self-affirmation of gaining that confidence, growing their mind, and you help them learn to believe in themselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, if you happen to be a teacher in a classroom, these positive self-affirmations you can help them create, help create that supportive environment within the classroom that you're teaching in.
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  SPEAKER_00: When we are helping kids see their strengths and what makes them special, it happens over and over and over again.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so as they grow and as they learn, they start to learn this way of seeing themselves and being able to find that positive light.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, because self-affirmations affect our neural pathways, and we are able to change those areas and make them a little more positive and happy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, when we talk about the benefits of self-affirmation, those are awesome.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it helps improve our moods.
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  SPEAKER_00: It has been shown that positive affirmations help improve our mood by reducing negative thoughts that go through our mind, as well as helping you become aware of a pattern.
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  SPEAKER_00: So being able to help kids learn to be aware of those patterns as they age and go through stages, you are helping them learn how to regulate their own moods.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, as we do that, we help them to create a self-confidence in your children, and they are able to help themselves in creating positive moods and believing in themselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are both so important and then improves your health.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it can, it's been shown that it gives better sleep, it can decrease the stress and increase well-being, it can help that physical and emotional health, and it can even increase that ability to exercise, and it can still have an impact even on children.
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  SPEAKER_00: It helps maintain a positive self-view.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if we can start that in a young child of a positive self-mood or view, they're gonna be able to really see themselves in positive lights instead of some of the negative lights that get fed to us from our outside world.
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  SPEAKER_00: It also can help improve an academic performance.
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  SPEAKER_00: So those can be very important.
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  SPEAKER_00: So practicing these self-affirmations is such an important key.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you start by teaching your child to learn what self-affirmations are for themselves, so you are able to help your child in affirming themselves by looking directly at the daily or weekly of affirming themselves through these positive statements.
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  SPEAKER_00: You could also teach them the notice when they're having a negative thought so they start to be able to recognize those patterns that are helping happening within our minds.
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  SPEAKER_00: So make it visual, create a board or have them write out some positive qualities or goals they're working on completing or have completed of themselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: You could do this on a whiteboard in their room, on a mirror in their bathroom, uh, create a wall that they can add these.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can make it an individual thing in their room, or you can make it a family thing there where it's in a family area.
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  SPEAKER_00: But create something that helps make it visual.
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  SPEAKER_00: That helps us see it, write it, and kind of implement it into our lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then story time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Storytime is important for numerous reasons.
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  SPEAKER_00: But story time with your kids, you help give them words, develop skills, create a bond, but it also might be where you're able to explore some what-ifs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, that story time is a bonding time, and it's a time that your child is able to reflect, and they're typically able to learn.
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  SPEAKER_00: So be open to helping them explore those what-if moments.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's talk about some positive affirmations that you can help for your kids and their well-being.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you may be able to do it of things like there you're looking for positive affirmations.
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  SPEAKER_00: So everything's fine, my voice matters, I accept who I am, my happiness is up to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, anything is possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can take deep breaths with every breath.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can feel strong.
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  SPEAKER_00: I only compare myself to myself.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am proud of myself.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can make a difference.
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  SPEAKER_00: I get better every single day.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can ask for support.
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  SPEAKER_00: I would want to be friends with me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some that can help confidence are I am healthy and I am happy.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am unique and special.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have amazing abilities.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some to start the morning for your kids.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am grateful for my family.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am excited to go to school.
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  SPEAKER_00: Life is a beautiful gift.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will make the most of this day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Self-esteem ones can be things like I am brave, I am smart, I am important, I am creative, I'm honest, I'm helpful, I am loved, I am happy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today I will shine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some that you as a parent can say to your child are you are accepted and you are loved for who you are.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are loved, protected, and safe.
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  SPEAKER_00: You will make a positive impact on this world.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can always feel comfortable sharing your thoughts, ideas, and feelings.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are a natural winner.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those are just some that you can share with your kid on daily, or just when you feel like they need some positive reinforcement of learning their self-affirmations.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so self-affirmations can help in so many of a plethora of ways for your children.
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  SPEAKER_00: So self-affirmations are important, they have great benefits, but you do have to practice them regularly and daily.
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  SPEAKER_00: So here is your call to action for our kids' self-affirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: I challenge you to create a visual with your child or children on a few positive affirmations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Use a whiteboard, use your refrigerator, create some positive qualities and goals that you and your kids see that they have.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make sure they're helping identify this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then on Instagram or Facebook, share it and tag stacked intent.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now for yourself, go download the 30-day self-affirmation challenge and for the next 30 days, practice the habits of a daily incorporating of one of the squares into finding the best way to show your self-affirmation to create a positive routine in your brain.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the show notes is that link created.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you guys for joining me today on our kids self-affirmation edition.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, if you want to go back and listen to the one for yourself, you will need to go check out episode 25.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you guys and have a good one.
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  SPEAKER_00: That brings us to the end of this episode of Stacked Intent.
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  SPEAKER_00: Until then, this is Becca, and don't forget, enrich your life by being intentional.
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