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How Daily Self-Affirmations Build Confidence, Self-Worth, and a Positive Mindset · Stacked Intent: Your Guide to Authentic, Intentional Living

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  SPEAKER_00: Hello, my name is Becca Starkouse Morton, 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 where we're going to discuss drop tips on how you are going to intentionally stack your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey guys, I am Becca Stackhouse Morrison, the owner of Stacked Intent, and today we're going to look at how you have some self-affirmation techniques and how you're daily doing some self-affirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that is the relationship that we are going to look at today.
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  SPEAKER_00: So our objectives are going to be why is self-affirmation, benefits of self-affirmation, and some tips on how you can practice some self-affirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's start.
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  SPEAKER_00: Why is self-affirmation something that's important?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, it's because it is something that can reflect what your core values are and what you look at is your self-worth.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's important for us to find these affirmations that are positive, because if we don't find the ones that are positive, then we're very likely to find the ones that are gonna self-sabotage, create self-doubt, create some fears, or they might even let those negative thoughts take over in your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: So because self-affirmation can be a neural pathway that you're creating some of those positive changes and creating some happiness within your brain, identifying what is the actual situation in your life, what is actually that current thing happening that you can acknowledge what your own abilities are, that you can help yourself thrive through, and you can help yourself push through.
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  SPEAKER_00: So even if it is a tough situation, you might be able to seek out what your own abilities are to find some self-affirmations within that tough situation.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's gonna create a strong enough way to handle what's tough.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're gonna be writing a situation out, and you might find ways not to let those situations get to you as deeply.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then you might be looking at what you have survived.
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  SPEAKER_00: So what have you done is just as important of finding that why to finding self-affirmation as where you are headed, but also looking at a denial, if you are denying a situation that you're in, then that's not going to be a healthy coping strategy for you to find some positive and growth and strengthen.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so it's finding ways not to live in the denial or in that space, and so finding ways to give your brain the ability to create the pathways for that self-affirmation, and then giving your brain a bit of imagination can also help create some positive images, even if it's something like you're going in for a job interview, creating a confidence of I really got this, instead of I don't think I'm gonna get this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, it's being intentional with those thoughts and being intentional with yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then that second part is finding the benefits of self-affirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are so many benefits out there, but one is that it definitely can improve your mood.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it has been shown that positive affirmations can help to improve your mood by reducing the negative thoughts you're allowing to live within you, as well as it might help you become aware of some of what your own patterns are.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did you also know that having some self-affirmation can help improve your health?
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  SPEAKER_00: So it has been shown that self-affirmations can improve you physically and your emotional health.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it can take both of those and give some positive outlooks there by only looking at your self-affirmations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, you can also possibly look at how it might increase your exercise routine because you know it is recommended that we get 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if we're looking at some positive self-affirmations, then getting that exercise is gonna increase a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_00: It also is gonna give us a positive impact on our sleep.
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  SPEAKER_00: It can also help to decrease your stress, but at the same time increase your overall well-being.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help you to maintain a positive self-view and improve, if you're in school, some academic performance by looking at that self-affirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're not in school, it could help you improve a skill or knowledge with some of that self-affirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can really work on this with your self-practice of self-affirmations.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so this can be by you starting by knowing that there isn't a one size fits all for affirmations or methods.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, you have to take the time to figure out what method is gonna fit you best.
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  SPEAKER_00: It may be that you have to find what consistency works for you by making that positive self-affirmation a part of your day-to-day life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, you're also gonna want to look at combining your affirmations with an action.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because this is an important part of making sure that your self and your affirmations are followed with an action.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because, like most things in life, our words, if they don't meet our actions, how much value do they really carry?
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  SPEAKER_00: So, if you can't even carry that value to yourself, you may find the same thing happening.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, this is a key because it helps boost what your motivation is, it may also help boost what your confidence is by taking some action within yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: You also, with these self-affirmations, want to make sure that you are getting personal, specific with your traits, and on how you are having that affirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make sure that you are patient with yourself because self-affirmations may not be something that come natural to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you may have to give it some time to really let self-affirmation start to have a positive effect on your day-to-day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did you also know that saying these out loud to yourself and on a mental repeat are both gonna help?
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  SPEAKER_00: But hearing them out loud, it is gonna be more impactful than just saying it in your mind is said through a lot of research.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because then we're hearing it out loud as a mental thing, of having that self-affirmation of things like I am successful at what?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or I am strong with my boundaries.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have become an unstoppable force of nature.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am intentional with my life by making my day-to-day self-affirmations a priority.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today's goal is today I will make you proud by.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember that all those examples are really talking about what you're doing for yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: Did you also know that writing your positive affirmations on a sticky note or a note card and placing them throughout your house, office, car, or wherever you're gonna see them throughout the day can really, really help you on a day-to-day basis.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, within all of that, here are five different points when you are really looking at self-affirmation of ways that you can get started and ways that you can keep it a priority in your day-to-day life.
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  SPEAKER_00: So start with three to five minutes at least twice a day.
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  SPEAKER_00: So when you get up in the morning, set a three-minute clock and repeat each affirmation to yourself at least ten times.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can also involve someone that you have a close relationship by asking to help them, help you be held accountable for those self-affirmations.
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  SPEAKER_00: So have them check in with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, how are those self-affirmations going?
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  SPEAKER_00: And be willing to hear when you may not be following them and they might have a temper trick for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make it a part of your routine.
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  SPEAKER_00: You get up and brush your teeth every morning and go to bed every night and brush your teeth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do your three to five minute affirmation right there in that routine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember to always be patient with yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a process.
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  SPEAKER_00: Creating any kind of daily habit or any kind of self-affirmation that's positive, it can take time.
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  SPEAKER_00: So be patient.
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  SPEAKER_00: So remember that we talked about why self-affirmation is important and it's important because it creates a positive self for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: The benefits are great.
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  SPEAKER_00: They give you a positive environment, they can really help increase your exercise, they can help give you the outlook that helps you get through really tough situations.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember that you do have to practice it daily for your self-affirmations to be helpful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here is my challenge from today's podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it comes with a self-affirmation challenge for the next 30 days.
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  SPEAKER_00: The habit of incorporating one of the squares on the challenge into finding the best way to show your affirmations to create a positive routine in your brain and create a positive self-affirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: So head over to the show notes and download the 30-day self-affirmation challenge from Stacked Intent.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you guys for tuning in to today's episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I hope that you have found some intentional aspects of implementing self-affirmation into your day-to-day routine.
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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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