Words have power and positive affirmations are a way of using certain words to shift your thought patterns and bring power, energy, love, compassion, and a whole host of other bright elements to your inner voice. Simply saying your positive affirmations aloud every day has been proven to boost your mental health but if the idea of saying them aloud is too daunting, you can also write them down or use them in meditation practice as a mantra. Using self affirmations as a daily practice is essential as the whole point is to manifest these beliefs into reality. Our internal voice can be mean, judgemental, and overly critical and by catching yourself when your inner mean self is ruling the roost you can start to become more aware of which self affirmations you may need to adopt. Perhaps your inner mean self is always putting your appearance down or telling you that you are a terrible decision-maker. It’s time to change that story.