3 Subconscious Mindset Shifters
Oftentimes it can be easy to think of areas in our life that we are dissatisfied with. When this happens, whether intentionally or unintentionally, we have 2 choices:1. We can…
How to program your brain to improve your mindset
Your brain is a crazy mechanism that can form and alter thought-patterns and neural pathways relatively easily. It can help to think of our brains as computer software in that…
Ignoring Distractions to Reach your Potential
Recently I was sitting in my car five minutes early for a meeting. I thought that while I waited I would open the Selfpause app and listen to a 5…
How to Really BELIEVE Your Affirmations
How do you really BELIEVE your affirmations? Like actually internalize them as truths, and not feel like you are just lying to yourself or just saying things you WISHED were…
Do Affirmations Work for Addiction Recovery?
Bad habits and addiction can often feel impossible to overcome. Whether it’s in the form of sugar cravings, screen time, pornography, alcohol consumption, nicotine or other drugs, addictions and bad…
Self-affirmation associated with better health outcomes
Both self-affirmation and positivity are common practices in today’s society due to the many well-known mental and physical benefits that can result from practicing them. Self-affirming – the recognizing and…
How self-affirmation enhances psychological resiliency
Let’s be honest: the world can be an awful place. From personal devastation to national tragedies and global catastrophes… It’s easy to feel depressed about the state of the world.…
How self-affirmation can lead to high academic achievement
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't–you're right.”Henry Ford If you’ve ever been told that when you believe in yourself you will perform better, that is absolutely…
How to enhance athletic ability with affirmations
“If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it – then I can achieve it.”Muhammad Ali Athletes are often told things like, “you’re only as good as…
Evidence-based tips for making your affirmations effective
Decades of academic research and numerous studies have demonstrated the power of positivity and repetitive self-affirmation. The results of a study published in the Journal of Health Psychology, for example,…
Self-affirmation found as successful intervention for insufficient sleep
Self-care has moved into the mainstream, and for good reason! Engaging in a self-care routine has been clinically proven to reduce anxiety, depression and stress, improve concentration and energy, minimize…
How affirmations can increase internal locus of control and make you a better entrepreneur
There are many studies on affirmations, why they work, and how they’re effective at improving nearly any area of life one may wish to change. And what seems to be…
Study shows practicing self-empowerment and affirmation are effective at improving postpartum blues
Motherhood is a labor of love, an act of resilience. As soon as one becomes a mother her life is forever changed. Her sacrifice is instant and ongoing. She sacrifices…
How Self-Affirmation Can Improve Mental Wellness
Mental wellness is a lifelong endeavor and takes constant effort. It requires ongoing reevaluation and mindfulness. And although improving your mental well-being takes consistency, remember that healing and progress is…
How Affirmations Can Impact Your Happiness & Wellness
Spring is a time of growth and change. As we enter a new month, now is the perfect opportunity to reflect on what you have been giving your energy to,…
Building Wealth by Affirming an Abundance Mindset
Whether you like it or not, money plays a huge role in society and you can’t live life without it. Even if you are trying to lower your expenses and…
Using Affirmations to Cultivate Gratitude
There is an abundance of research showing the positive mental health outcomes that result from gratitude practice (more here). Choosing and cultivating gratitude takes conscious effort and like any skill,…
How Positive Self-Talk Can Lead to Greater Happiness
We’re all in this world trying to find happiness and purpose. We all want to be accepted and feel good about who we are and are just trying to do the…
Overcoming Stress With Self-Affirmation
Mental health is an important cornerstone of health, and right now, mental and psychological diseases are more prevalent than ever. The world just keeps giving us more and more reasons…
Smartphone Overuse Crisis–How Self-Affirmation can Help
Smartphone usage was already on the rise, but with the pandemic, self-isolation has encouraged people to turn to their smartphones even more. More of our life continues to move online,…
Using Self-Affirmation to Improve Your Self-View
There are many things outside of our control that we have to deal with and circumstances that happen to us for reasons outside of the consequences of our own actions–that’s just life.…
How Affirmations can Help You Achieve Self-Empowerment
You already have the power within you to make whatever changes you desire in your life and to become the person that you want to be. You are more capable…
How Beliefs Affect Recovering From Anxiety and Depression
“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.”Viktor Frankl In light of what has been going on in the world, I wanted to…
The Power of Self-Perception & Affirmations For Women
Welcome to March and welcome to Women’s History Month! Take time to remind yourself of the often-overlooked accomplishments of women to our culture and society and reflect on the great…
Affirmation in Relationships: Improving Self-Esteem & Relationship Quality
Every relationship is faced with obstacles, sometimes caused by outside sources and other times caused by each other. We’re all only human and that means it’s inevitable that we will…
Improving Academic Performance With Self-Affirmation
There is an abundance of research on self-affirmations and its wide range of positive benefits. Did you know that these benefits expand to academic performance as well? There are so…
How Affirmations can Improve Body Appreciation
For today’s newsletter I wanted to discuss a very important topic, which is also a new category of affirmations that was recently launched in the Selfpause app: body appreciation. Your personal…
How Affirmations can Improve Confidence & Self-Esteem
I hope this week has been good to you so far and if it hasn’t, remember that today is a new day and another opportunity to experience everything new. You…
How to Write Effective Affirmations
Our first experiences and early years shape our beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world. Our childhood affects our personality and behavior into adulthood, even if we’re not consciously aware…
The Importance of Affirmations During Pregnancy
There is so much beauty and strength in bringing new life into the world; pregnancy and childbirth is a miraculous thing. Growing and nurturing a precious baby is a gift…
How Affirmations can Promote Wealth
Creating the reality you desire is more than just having positive thoughts and believing in yourself. It requires action, including personal goal setting. Once you've identified the goals you'd like…
How to Improve Sleep Quality with Affirmations
With the new year comes new intentions, goals, and habits. Resolve to start the year with kindness for yourself and those around you. Make it a habit to express your…
How to Use Affirmations Going Into the New Year
I’m so glad you’re here and hope your Christmas was full of peace and love. I wanted to take this opportunity to share some thoughts I have about the new…
How Affirmations Lead to Higher Self-Esteem & Better Relationship Outcomes
With Christmas fast approaching, I’ve thought about how the holidays can be a stressful, and even depressing time for some, and how easy it is to forget what this season…
Helping the Self Help Others
The holiday season is all about happiness and love, gratitude, compassion, and giving. The end of the year also brings lots of self-reflection and looking forward, putting forth hopes for…
Study Shows Affirmations Improve Work Performance
Affirmations have been popular among working professionals for a very long time. Books such as Napoleon Hill’s 1937 Think and Grow Rich, or James Allen’s 1903 As a Man Thinketh helped to popularize…
Research Shows Affirmations Boost Problem Solving Under Stress
It is a well documented fact that chronic stress decreases our ability to problem solve, and make analytical decisions. While this may seem discouraging (considering that we all suffer from…
Why Olympians and High Performers Use Affirmations
This summer, Valarie Allman -an Olympic discus gold medalist-made headlines after sharing the affirmations she recited prior to her gold-medal-winning throw: “I am capable of winning. I deserve to win.…
8 Manifestation Quotes From Brilliant Minds Around the World
Someone told me once to look to others for inspiration, because someone else has already done everything you wish to accomplish in one form or another. So as you strive…
Is Manifesting Pseudoscience? The Psychology Behind the Practice
Manifestation is the art of intentionally bringing what you want into reality. Oftentimes people manifest greater peace and happiness into their lives, along with other things like successful careers and…
The Science & Impact of Visualization
Anyone who has experienced success through the use of visualization will note that there is almost something magical about the process. But what if its strong effect comes from something…
The Science Behind How Positive Affirmations Work
Affirmations are short positive statements that help us visualize what we want as if it is our current reality. Positive affirmations help counteract the negative self-talk that can frequently take…
Research Shows Affirmations Increase Self-Esteem and Well-being
Today we wanted to share some recent research that shows how daily affirmation reminders (like the ones on the Selfpause app) have been found to improve self-esteem and well-being. “You can’t…
Can Gratitude and Happiness Help You Live Longer?
With Thanksgiving around the corner here in the US (or behind the corner for Canada) now is a popular time to reflect on our lives and what we are most…
Health Starts from Within
I think we can all agree that good health is central to our happiness and well-being. Being healthy means you’re able to live life more fully, have more energy to…
20 Gratitude Affirmations for Thanksgiving
During this time of year, I personally love taking the opportunity to focus on gratitude and the things in my life for which I am most grateful. Beyond an excuse…
What are affirmations and how do they work?
Positive affirmations are uplifting self-statements that utilize the effects of positive psychology and visualization to help us become our best selves. There are many ways to integrate affirmations into our…
20 Law of Attraction Quotes to Start Your Day
Everyone could use some more motivation to start the day. Today we compiled a list of our 20 favorite law of attraction quotes to help you start your day right…
20 Affirmations for Kids in 2020
Ever since a viral Instagram video of a cute 3-year-old boy reciting positive affirmations went viral, people have been asking about positive affirmations for kids. Studies have shown that kids…
How Selfpause Can Help You Hit Your Goals With Affirmations
Every year another round of people notice how difficult it is to accomplish their goals. Whether they are New Year’s resolutions, “January Gym Syndrome” or just regular old goals, people…