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Thank you for your patience

I know I haven't posted the daily affirmations on schedule this week. This week has been a little rough as I recover from my trip to Cleveland. I'll get the affirmations rolling again very soon. Thank you for your patience and understanding! Sending all of you thoughts of health, happiness and success.

Daily Affirmation Update

Hey... guess what?  The other day I reached a milestone.  I have posted 365 daily affirmations!  That's right an entire year's worth of daily affirmations.  Right here on this blog! 

A couple of weeks ago I realized that I was fast approaching the 365 mark and I was excited about it.  Then... I somehow managed to forget.  I meant to start over and begin posting the daily affirmations from the start, but I didn't.  So 2 days have gone by without an affirmation.  Oops - I apologize for that.

So starting today I will begin again from the beginning.  I will repost a daily affirmation each morning as I have done for the past year.  Heck... I might even add a few new ones from time to time.  You can always search the affirmations by topic - just look at the sidebar categories and choose a topic.  I hope you continue to find these affirmations helpful and inspirational.

Thanks for all of your feedback on the affirmations.  It is great to know that for many of you these affirmations have been an important part of your day.  Enjoy!

Wake up to your ipopin affirmations

I received an iHome clock radio as a gift and I have to say that I LOVE it!  It is a great addition to my iPod accessories.  I love to set my iPod to my ipopin playlists and then set the alarm.  That way I wake up to my ipopins instead of an alarm or radio.  It is a great way to start the day.  Today I woke up to "I am connected to the unlimited abundance of the Universe."  What a great way to set the tone for the day!  I just wanted to share this great way to use ipopins to keep positive and stay focused on creating success.

You don't need an iPod or an iHome to enjoy your ipopins... you can listen from your computer or try one of our ipopin CDs.

Ways to boost New Year's Resolutions

It's the third day of 2007 and you have probably made a few New Year's Resolutions to guide you in the New Year.  Unfortunately, many resolutions are broken in the first few months.  If you are looking for ways to increase your chances of keeping your resolutions, I have a few suggestions: 

1. Create clear and specific goals rather than vague resolutions.   
2. Keep things simple - focus on 1-3 goals at a time.
3. Create an action plan for each step - remember one step at a time.
4. Create goals in the positive rather than negative - in other words state what you want rather than what you don't want.
5. Use affirmations to keep you focused on your goals.
6. Use imagery to create an experience in your mind's eye of your goal completed.

For a more detailed process to help you reach your goals this year see my article at Positive Thinking magazine which will be out January 14th.  I will post a link when the article is available. 

Affirmations - I'll believe it when I say it!

For those of you familiar with Wayne Dyer, you probably know his book You'll see it when you believe it.  This book turns the old saying "I'll believe it when I see it" on its ear. 

The same is true for affirmations.  Instead of "I'll say it when I believe it," it is "I'll believe it when I say it."  I had a conversation about affirmations and positive thinking a few days ago with someone.  He said to me that he has a hard time with some affirmations because he simply doesn't believe the messages.  I have heard this same statement from many people over the years.   

Here is the thing, if we wait until we believe the positive statements or affirmations, then there wouldn't really be a need to use that affirmation.  Not to mention that we might be waiting a long time.  :)  The point of affirmations, is to change your negative patterns of thinking.  It is like creating new grooves on a record (I suppose I am dating myself by referring to the old vinyl LP's).  It is re-wiring your brain. 

Of course there is part of you (maybe all of you) that doesn't believe the statement... you have to keep saying it over and over until you make a new groove - until you make that new neural pathway.  And yes, sometimes old habits die hard.  You may have a very deeply ingrained groove that is opposite of what you want to create.  That negative way of thinking and believing did not occur overnight and the new positive pattern won't be created overnight.

So choose your affirmations and then repeat them often.  The goal is to replace the negative self-talk with new positive self-talk.  It is like recruiting and strengthening a new muscle.  Just as it would take time to build up strength in this new muscle and it takes time to re-pattern your thoughts.