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How To Build Your Confidence By Being Your Own Cheerleader
Day 4 of Building Self Confidence Does talking to yourself sound like a weird idea? It’s really not. Talking to yourself is not only a common occurrence but is ubiquitous. Every human being talks to themselves all the time! Self-Talk Surprised? It’s true. Most people just don’t notice it. You have a torrent of thoughts running through your head at all times, or at least while you’re awake. This cascade is called your self-talk. Almost all of it concerns yourself -who you are, what you are, what you want for lunch, the itch on the back of your right ankle. It’s the former things that are important where self-confidence is…
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How To Build Your Confidence With Affirmations And Power Poses
Day 3 of Building Self Confidence Affirmations and power poses are a quick way to boost your confidence temporarily before an important event such as a job interview or a big meeting. You can build your confidence permanently using affirmations as well if you practice them regularly. Here’s how to use these techniques. Speaking Affirmations Find a quiet place with a mirror. Look yourself in the eye and repeat any (or all) of these affirmations several times. Speaking them aloud is preferable, but if you can’t find a place where you can be alone and don’t want people to hear, repeat them silently. More positive affirmations at Improve Your Life…
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How To Build Your Confidence By Acknowledging Your Accomplishments
Day 2 of How to build your confidence A good way to boost your confidence is by looking back at your past successes. No matter how much you’ve done (or feel like you haven’t done) in your life, you’ve accomplished some things and come a long way down some of life’s paths. You may doubt this if you’re currently struggling with self-confidence. It’s hard to see the stars when you feel like you’re trapped in a cave. That’s understandable. But you can overcome this feeling. There are two ways to do this. Both involve a pen and paper. Sit down in a quiet place where you can be by yourself.…
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20 Life Quotes for Instagram by Buddha
Are you looking for life Quotes that you can use on your Instagram? Buddha is an excellent person to quote. Below I will share some of my favorite Life Quotes by Buddha.
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How Self-Care Can Make You More Confident
Day 1 of Building Self Confidence It can be hard to take care of ourselves when we’re going through a rough patch. When our self-confidence gets low, our self-esteem takes a hit, or we get outright depressed, personal hygiene and self-care are often the first things to go. Stop the Loop This makes us feel even worse and starts a self-reinforcing feedback loop of negative feelings and lost confidence. Focusing on personal hygiene and self-care stops this loop, which is why it’s one of the first lines of treatment for depression. Who is self-care for? You don’t have to be depressed or even insecure to benefit from this technique. Researchers…
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Improve your Mind with Physical Exercise
We have all heard endlessly about the many benefits of exercise and why we need to do it. It will improve our lives, lengthen them, make us healthier, and so on. It also has many mental health benefits, of course. Those of us who are disinclined to exercise probably are not moved by these benefits, or we would already be doing it. If you do exercise, there are strong reasons for you to consider doing it in the morning. Exercise releases endorphins and other feel-good hormones that lift the mood and improve happiness. Studies show that this burst of mood-altering chemicals lasts almost 24 hours, which means exercising in the…
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Read Positivity, Be more Positive
If you like to read, consider including reading positive material into your morning positivity routine. Reading affects the brain differently than other kinds of sensory input. Studies show that when we read fiction, we hallucinate. When we read nonfiction, we process the material in different centers of our brain than we do for audiovisual material. Some people respond better to this type of stimulus than they do to other kinds. If you are one of them, reading might be the best technique for your morning positivity routine. Positive material will give you all the other benefits of morning positivity and add brain strengthening, vocabulary building, and stress reduction. What kind…
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Practice Makes Perfect with Gratitude
Morning Gratitude Practive Starting any sort of gratitude practice is a great way to improve your life and make it more positive. A morning gratitude practice has extra benefits, however, because it also gives you all the benefits that come from starting your day off with positivity. As with other types of morning positivity, you can choose from several types of morning gratitude practice. One is simply doing affirmations focused on being grateful. If that appeals to you, follow the instructions in the last article for using affirmations. If not, read on. The two most common types of morning gratitude practices are list-making and gratitude journaling. Both work well to…
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Improve Your Life with Morning Affirmations
Affirmations are one of the most popular self-help and personal development techniques because they are easy to do and to integrate into your daily routine. Beyond that, they are popular because they work. Affirmations are one of the most powerful things you can do to help yourself change and grow. Using affirmations is simple. You pick a small number of affirmations that appeal to you. A few examples are offered below. Pick no less than two and no more than five. More will overwhelm you. Each morning, you say your affirmations, aloud or silently, several times each. You can do this before you get out of bed or while going…
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Deciding The Best Way for You to Start Your Day Positively
You have decided to start your days with morning gratitude and/or positive thinking. That is great. Now you have to decide how to do it. You have nearly endless options to choose from. This series is going to discuss several of them in depth, but here are some tips for deciding what to choose. It Works For You Not every option works for everyone. That is normal and to be expected. Everyone is different, after all. Try a few of the options and see what works for you. If something does not seem to work for you, do not feel bad, and definitely do not try to force yourself to…
