Episode 150 – Are We Using Affirmations Right?

Edward finds after 4 years of living in his apartment that he is finally starting to nest. Edward has stated before that he has struggled with connecting to his space. While he has things of his around the house, he shares with us that most of it was just put somewhere to occupy space. Pictures on the wall were put up because that’s where the nails already were. Edward found in the last few weeks that he is starting to want to make his apartment really his own. When Jason asks what changed or why it took so long, Edward discusses how he feels his life was so seasonal he was waiting for another shift. Edward feels that he is really feeling more at home. In the world of mental health and spirituality people speak about Affirmations as if they were the most amazing tool. Some people swear by them, and others say they are useless. As it turns out both can be true. Edward brings us this segment as someone who used to use affirmations only to find that they made him feel worse. At the same time his friends would use them and see results. Affirmations are used not only to change our views of the world and ourselves, but also to change our brain. Edward started looking into why he was having issues with using them and shares the information which has led him to start again, this time with success. It is not only in the way that we use them, but how we feel about them that matters. Where they come from in our psyche, how we phrase them, and even some very specific words we use can be important. Edward and Jason also discuss how many people start at the end with out ever going through the beginning. Come along down the rabbit hole and discover some ways that affirmations can fail, how to fix that, studies that show we have been using them incorrectly or inefficiently, and the way they tie to the body allowing us to see which ones we need to move forward in our life.