Hey there, Dasha here. Welcome or welcome back to think positive daily affirmations.

If you've not yet been listening, I want to very quickly bring up a speed on what the podcast is all about.

And if you have been listening, this will be a brief reminder of the purpose here.

I found an online article at the Chopra Center, Chopra.com, titled How to Use Affirmations

to Transform Your Life Story by Adam Brady.

This article's first sentence is really all you need to know about affirmations.

It states the story you tell yourself about who you are and what you can do shapes your

reality.

Now let me share just a little bit more of this post.

One of the most intimate aspects of your day-to-day reality

is the ongoing conversation you have with yourself.

Your self-talk or internal dialogue provides a steady stream

of linguistically structured thought

that can help you define, evaluate,

and derive meaning from your life and reality. A vital component of the internal dialogue

is affirmation, declarative statements of what you believe or hold to be true. An affirmation

is a foundational means by which you create your reality, structure your worldview, and confirm your beliefs.

Every day, knowingly or unknowingly, in the form of affirmations, you give your subconscious

mind instructions about who you are, what you can do or be, and what your life means.

These instructions have tremendous power. They can help lift you up to your full potential

or keep you mired in limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behavior. Again, that excerpt was from a

longer article by Adam Brady of the Chopra Center at choper.com in an article titled

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