How to Make Affirmations Stick

Written By Sarah Epstein

Affirmations have long been a part of the self-help toolbox, offering a way to address your most deeply rooted insecurities by reminding yourself that you are loved, you are worthy, and you are beautiful. Affirmations include variations like putting a hand on one's heart, looking in the mirror, and leaving Post-It notes around your home with the desired message. The thinking goes that, with time, you can convince yourself of your own OK-ness through repetition. You can fake it till you make it and then, one day, become it.

 
 
 
Sarah Epstein
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