{"id":79,"date":"2024-01-10T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/?p=79"},"modified":"2024-01-11T21:30:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T05:30:01","slug":"positive-affirmations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/2024\/01\/10\/positive-affirmations\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Affirmations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Positive Affirmations are statements or phrases that one can repeat to oneself with intent and repetition to promote and instill a positive belief or mindset. By focusing on the positive aspect of a situation, we can become more optimistic and reduce negative thought patterns. Affirmations can also be used with breathing techniques or a hand on your heart for grounding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I am a strong, confident person<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I give myself permission to make mistakes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I deserve happiness and success<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I am safe, healthy and capable<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I am right where I should be<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I choose to see the good<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Benefits of positive affirmations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increases self-confidence<\/li>\n<li>Promotes resiliency<\/li>\n<li>Promotes a positive mindset<\/li>\n<li>Reduces stress<\/li>\n<li>Encourages mental well-being<\/li>\n<li>Fosters mindfulness<\/li>\n<li>Reduces negative thought patterns<\/li>\n<li>Enhances positive emotional regulation<\/li>\n<li>Calms the mind and body<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positive Affirmations are statements or phrases that one can repeat to oneself with intent and repetition to promote and instill a positive belief or mindset. By focusing on the positive aspect of a situation, we can become more optimistic and reduce negative thought patterns. Affirmations can also be used with breathing techniques or a hand&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8688,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8688"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/gillt-counselling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}