Some friendships are only meant to be in your life for a few months or a few years. Some friendships last a lifetime. How can you tell what kind of friendship you have? It’s not easy. You can’t foresee the future. All friendships feel like they are very important when they are occurring. That’s what …
There are many different reasons you may be feeling sad at night. Loneliness is definitely one of them. But, ruminating on your day and your future, not having solid goals and dreams in your life, and doing things that contribute to your sadness also contribute to your feeling sad at night. Following are some affirmations …
All affirmations can help you to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts). For instance, when you think, “I suck!” which is an ANT, you can replace it with a more positive affirmation such as, “I am really good at learning how to do things!” All ANTs can be killed by having the right positive affirmations in …
Almost two years ago, my Miniature Pinscher became really sick one night. The next day we found out that he had two tumors – one on his adrenal gland and one on his prostate. He was bleeding internally by his adrenal gland tumor. That night we visited him at the clinic, and one of the …
If you want to become vegan, but find yourself having a hard time getting started or failing time and time again, these affirmations are for you. I tried to go vegan twice before I finally stuck with it, and what I realized very quickly was that being vegan is a mindset. It’s very important to …
You were close once, but now they never call or answer your calls. They don’t come to your family’s functions. They don’t seem to want to see you. And there’s nothing you can do about it. It can hurt to have no say in the demise of a family relationship. But, sometimes people make choices …
Do you feel judged? There’s an endless amount of ways we can feel judged in life. We can feel judged for not having kids or not getting married. We can feel judged by our boss, friends, family, doctors, neighbors, or therapists. We can feel judged when we order something at a restaurant that’s not conventional! …
You need to love yourself more. One of the biggest things I’ve learned is that you cannot depend on other people’s love to make you feel good about yourself. There is a chance that you might be surrounded by a bunch of people who don’t love you one day, and you will need to love …
I’ve always been someone who is a different thinker. When I was a kid and started to understand words and their meanings, other kids saw meat as food, because they were told it was food, but I saw meat as dead animals. For instance, when I was served chicken, I refused because I didn’t want …
At some point, we all start to look for meaning in life. The daily grind is no longer enough and we look for what the point of our lives is all about and why we should feel good each day. After all, what’s the point of getting up and doing life when there is no …
Be Extraordinary is a course on Mindvalley that teaches you how to attract and create the life you want. It’s not focused on the law of attraction, although, it teaches you to become someone who can attract the life you want. The real focus is on giving you new insight into life, your abilities, and …
Sleeping in late has always been an issue for me. When I was a kid, I woke up at 2 pm every day of summer vacation. On school days, I woke up one minute before I had to get out of the house and that habit stayed with me for over a decade. In other …
Overeating is bad all around. It can make your stomach hurt, add pounds of fat to your body, make you unhealthy, and make you feel bad about yourself. In the end, there is absolutely no upside to overeating. That’s one affirmation that can really help you to stop overeating. When you believe there is no …
Whether it’s your job that sucks or the people around you, it can be hard to cope at work when it’s difficult. There are many days that you may want to quit on the spot and there are many days that you may want to act so inappropriately that you could get fired. Calling in …
It sucks to be stuck on something negative. It takes up your time, energy, and happiness. You can’t be fully present and enjoy the moment. That’s why it’s important to overcome something that’s bothering you as quickly as you can. The release will help you feel a million times better. Following are some affirmations that …
It’s not fun to be around a paranoid person and it’s not fun to be a paranoid person. If you are feeling paranoid and want to stop being paranoid, it’s time to take action so that your relationships, happiness, personal growth, and success can expand. According to experts, paranoia is a disorder of the mind …
When you say something out loud and acknowledge it as truth, you are declaring it… you are affirming it. And whether you call it an affirmation, a declaration, a statement, or a proclamation, it will impact your life in some way. It will impact how you feel about yourself, what you do, and what you …
Some people hear ‘be yourself’ and think that gives them a free pass to be a bully or a jerk. That’s not what being yourself is all about. It’s about staying true to yourself and doing what makes you feel good, happy, and fulfilled. When you stay true to your morals, do what’s right, and …
Breaking up hurts, but it really hurts when you can’t let go of your ex. I’ve experienced this over and over again. There’s a pain in your heart, a hole in your life, and a hope that you will get back together. That hope makes it hurt when you see your ex having fun without …
Binge eating is a nasty thing. Not only do you feel unhappy that you did it, but you often feel physically bad as well. If you do this on a regular basis, then you may feel powerless, guilty, shameful, and not capable of controlling yourself. It’s important to know that you are not powerless. You …
It’s not a secret that communication in a marriage is very important. You need to be able to speak kindly and honestly. And you need to be able to tackle issues as they arise and work through them. But, there’s another aspect of making a marriage work that is VERY important, and it’s called self-talk. …
Everyone has an opinion. Many people think that their opinion is the right one, so they are pretty convincing when they give it to you. But that doesn’t mean that it is right for you. If you let their opinions stop you from doing things that you want to do, then you are letting their …
When I think of sociable people, I think of my best friend’s father. He will talk to anyone, anywhere, and he does it with good intentions, a sense of humor, and a genuine interest. Naturally, he is well liked by everyone he meets and he has a huge social life full of friends, fun, and …
For most of us, our arguments fade away into time and we lose the intensity and hurt we felt around them. But, sometimes there is one argument that won’t dissolve away. It feels like it just happened, and it can affect our mood, relationships, and the present moment in a big way. There is no …
In an article I wrote about attracting love, a guy commented that he had zero chance of attracting someone so why bother looking. That affirmation – I have zero chance of attracting someone – is going to keep him from finding his soulmate in many different ways. Mostly because he’s not going to allow someone …
I have never met one person who hasn’t been stressed out because of their family. Some families are worse than others, but everyone has to deal with conflicting beliefs, habits, and behaviors on some level. If you are stressed out because of your family for any of the following reasons, you can use affirmations to …
No more wishing you could eat in moderation. Today is the day that you start affirming to yourself that you CAN eat in moderation, you LIKE eating in moderation, and you WILL eat in moderation. When you do that, you will stop struggling with your eating and start enjoying foods in moderation. Use the following …
We know that positive affirmations can help you retrain your brain and help you develop new and better beliefs about yourself and what you are capable of. But, sometimes we forget to say our positive affirmations. Sometimes we don’t have time to say them. And some days we are just not in the mood to …
How you talk about yourself matters in life. It can affect your happiness, productivity, and success. It’s interesting because we all know what we should start saying to ourselves, but we don’t necessarily pay attention to what we should stop saying to ourselves. Whether you are looking in the mirror and talking to yourself, or …
If you want more abundance in your life, you need to start thinking differently. The way you think now has had an impact on your abundance, so if you don’t feel like abundance is in your life, then you want to think thoughts that have a different impact. Positive affirmations for abundance will help you …