Dear readers, how do you feel about affirmations? Affirmation (from Latin affirmatio - statement, confirmation) is an affirmative (positive) judgment. In popular psychology, an affirmation is a positive statement, a short phrase of self-hypnosis that creates the right psychological mood. I treat them very well! It’s only important to take into account the fact that I, in general, have a very good attitude towards esotericism! I am sure that even if some knowledge does not have a scientific evidence base, but has existed for centuries or even millennia, there is definitely something in it! After all, even the postulate that existed in my Soviet childhood was that “The cosmonauts did not see G-d!” Now it’s safely forgotten! And the following aphorism is now attributed to Yuri Gagarin: Thus, we come to the conclusion that affirmations are suitable for people with elements of magical thinking. But what about people of a different mindset, which certainly requires an evidence base? Such people do not at all like the option “I am successful and rich” or “I am the most charming and attractive,” in addition, such statements cause active resistance in them! I will say more, even for myself, despite a bit of magical thinking, such affirmations, especially in someone else's voice, they really infuriate you.😁I would like to say to the one who is reading: - Are you beautiful, slim and light as a feather? I'm very happy for you! 😉To do this, I use variants of author’s affirmations that people record on a voice recorder themselves. Universal help for working with fears, guilt, low self-esteem. In addition, for such clients, of which, by the way, there are quite a few, I specially came up with a special form of affirmations based on the SMART Coaching Model created for setting goals and realizing them! The algorithm for such affirmations is simple: Each statement seems to be proven using the SMART Model. Let's take for example an interesting, as I see it for EVERYONE, request to increase income: - I can increase my income! I will succeed because: S Now I have already achieved a lot, namely... And I still have to take the next steps... M Now my earnings are (conditionally) 200,000 rubles a month, the difference is Meanwhile, what it was a year ago is (relatively) 30%, which means in a year my earnings will approach 300,000 rubles. A This goal is real and achievable because it is natural and proportional to the actions that I take. R This goal is truly environmentally friendly and meaningful for me and my loved ones. It will improve the quality of life for all of us and allow us...T I am sure that I will reach this goal in about 1-1.5 years, because I will do the following...PS How do you like this affirmation?© Family psychologist Natalia Filimonova , 2021. All rights reserved. Training in family and business constellations from 1875 rubles!