Why Your Affirmations Don’t Work

And how to get positive results

Bridget Webber
Aug 31, 2018 · 4 min read
Photo by Fernando Brasil on Unsplash (Modified by Bridget)

When the idea of affirmations, to soothe your troubled soul, and make you feel confident and beautiful, arose from the ether people excitedly shuffled from foot to foot. Could repeating words like a magic mantra change your life? Make you smarter? Increase happiness?

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Bridget Webber

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I write about wellbeing and emotional intelligence, laced with personal insights, humor, poetry, and anecdotes.

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