40 Affirmations to Overcome Self-Doubt

These 40 affirmations to overcome self-doubt will help you start to rewire your brain to change the thought patterns you have about believing in yourself. Find deep self-confidence, self-trust, and the boldness you desire to reach your dreams.

What are affirmations?

Affirmations are short positive statements that are repeated in order to evoke a specific desired change, mindset, or outlook.

They are like planting a seed of positive thought. The more you repeat them, the more you water and care for the seed. Eventually, the seed grows and blooms and so do you.

Affirmations change your thought patterns into a new reality. Read on to why they can help you make lasting changes that stick.

Affirmations can be used for anything! They are personally, one of my favorite ways to make positive changes and grow into a better person.

Do affirmations work for overcoming self-doubt?

Affirmations work. Science shows that through repetition they access the subconscious side of the brain helping you make lasting, permanent changes.

Self- affirmations are successful at broadening your overall perspective and reducing the effects of negative emotions.

40 Affirmations to Overcome Self-Doubt

1. I believe in my ability to make the right decision.
2. I trust my gut instinct.
3. I make decisions by listening to my head heart and gut equally.
4. I know that I am more than my thoughts.
5. I am more than the body I am in.
6. I am worthy of everything I can dream of.
7. I can confidently ask for what I need.
8. I am capable of reaching my highest potential.
9. I trust the timing of my life.
10. .I let go of my own agenda and trust my life purpose to unfold in divine timing.
11. I am bold in taking action in my life.
12. I am responsible for my outcomes and success.
13. I am open to the infinite possibilities there are to create a happy purposeful life.
14. I am confident in standing up for what I believe in.
15. I speak my truth.
16. All of me is aligned with my big-picture vision.
17. I let go of beliefs that no longer serve me.
18. I create space to pause before I react.
19. Everything is happening for me, not to me.
20. Nothing happens by chance and I trust how my journey unfolds.
21. I show up as I am and feel comfortable doing so.
22. I am worthy and only I determine my worth.
23. Success is a byproduct of believing in myself.
24. I am comfortable in my own skin.
25. I am in control of my destiny by choosing the right thoughts and right actions.
26. I deserve what I desire.
27. I do great things in this world that allow me to help myself and others.
28. When I succeed and show up as my authentic self I give others permission to od the same.
29. The steps I take in life are just feedback. I learn from every step.
30. My happiness comes from within and I am in control of that.
31. If I can think it, I can do it. 
32. Everything I seek is already within me. 
33. Opportunities align when I live in alignment with my True Self.
34. I am kind to others but stand up for what is right for me.
35. It is okay to say no.
36. There is no need to rush my timing. I am exactly where I need to be.
37. There are always more possibilities available that I can think of.
38. I am moving forward and upward. 
39. I easily rewrite my personal narrative to support creating a life I love. 
40. I am comfortable resting and slowing down and still achieving my goals. 

How to start using affirmations and not feel weird

From personal experience with clients and myself, the most important thing to do is to find the affirmation(s) that feel right to you. It is completely ok to try multiple a day, or one a day until you find a handful that really resonates with you.

Affirmations are only effective if you use them repeatedly and they create an emotional resonance within you. Even if you don’t believe it yet, it should still feel good to you. You aren’t meant to believe it yet, that comes with the work you are going to put in with your affirmation practice.

A few ways you can practice affirmations:

• writing them in a journal every day
• typing them into a notes app
• saying out loud in the shower (my second favorite way)
• replacing one negative comment about yourself with one affirmation
• repeating, mentally whispering, while you drift off to sleep
• in yoga nidra

It honestly doesn’t matter how you do it. It only matters that you find a way that you can stick with and it does not feel like a pain to do. Cause if it feels like a pain, odds are good you won’t stick with it.

My best expert tip for practicing affirmations is to repeat your affirmations right before drifting off to sleep. When you are in a relaxed state right before falling asleep, your brain enters into a theta wavelength state. This is a state where the subconscious mind is very suggestible.

It is the state you find yourself in right between wakefulness and sleep and can also be accessed during meditation, hypnosis, and prayer.

You will make faster progress by using this time to practice the affirmations.

Practice self-compassion

Finally, I want to make an important note that it is ok to have bad days.

It will be 100% normal to feel on fire one day with how amazing you feel, and the next feel completely overwhelmed with the lack of progress. You are human and this will happen.

The best thing to do is not to become those feelings. You are not overwhelmed, you feel overwhelmed. And feelings are temporary. Practice naming the feeling, recognizing how you feel, and remembering feelings are transient.

I truly hope this post helps you find the right path. I know with every cell of my being that you are special and you have gifts to offer the world. You are meant to do big things, and that first comes with loving yourself first.

Please reach out or leave a comment below if you feel called to share how this post helped you.

What is the best time to practice or listen to positive affirmations?

I recommend you implement a practice of 3 times:
1) First thing in the morning or when you are getting ready for the day.

2) Right before falling asleep when you enter into a slower brain wave state. This is the most suggestible wave length state similar to hypnosis or yoga nidra. Using affirmations at this time will have a greater impact on the subconscious mind.

3) When you catch yourself in the middle of a negative thought pattern. Replace the negative pattern with an affirmation to retrain the brain.

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