Affirmations are an effective way to plant positive messages into your subconscious. It is one of the
most effective ways to change a limited or negative belief. You must be careful of what you affirm as
it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you continuously say “this is never going to work,” then it is
highly probable that things never will.
Repetition of an affirmation changes the neural pathways in your brain over time to produce the new
belief. Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz, MD, PhD, a practicing neuropsychiatrist and associate professor of
psychiatry at the University of Vermont School of Medicine says, “We can rewire the patterns in our
brain with cognitive behavioral therapy or affirmations. Affirmations change the way our brains are
wired and the brain lights up differently.”