INTRODUCTION
So, what if you lived your life without fear?
What if you broke through barriers as they arise and live the life of a conqueror and a vanquisher?
Seems impossible, doesn’t it? What you do need to know is that it is very much possible to break through barriers, to overcome fear, to live the successful life you were meant to live. Your dreams are achievable, and all that all you need to reach the stars is to get out of your own head, to overcome the fear that has held you bound and to break through the barriers that currently hold you captive. It is possible, dear friend, for you to be all that you were destined to be, to stand in your own truth, to be not just a great person but an inspiration to others. All you have to do is liberate yourself from the clutches of fear. This book of affirmations is set to help you do just that. Written by someone who’s been there, done that; by someone who herself has been through hell and high waters to stand today as a victor, it hits the nail on the head, procures solutions to help you get out of your rut, and provides you with the necessary encouragement to get you moving.
Why affirmations?
Affirmations refer to the practice of self-empowerment through positive thinking, arising from the belief that a positive mental attitude supported by affirmations will help individuals achieve success in anything. By definition, affirmations are carefully formatted statements to be repeated to one’s self. To be effective, affirmations need to be present tense, positive, personal and specific.
And one thing you should know; Affirmations are much more than quotes and positive statements that help you feel good. Rather, they are statements that are repeatedly spoken to encourage and uplift the person speaking them, therefore making it the language of the brain.
The human brain is a complex and intricate network of information that is being processed every single second, so it tends to take everything we think and say very very literally. And literal communication affects our emotions, behaviors and physical well being. It is also important to know that the brain communicates in the present, not
in the future or past, and everything that happens in your brain is happening in the moment.
Because of this, your brain processes the information literally when you think a thought, and prepares you for the action that should immediately follow that thought. For example, if you think that the day ahead of you is going to be a good one, your brain has heard “good day” and starts firing off all the connections to make that day great.
This is why affirmations are important.
This book is for everyone needing to leave the valley and climb the mountain top, but it is especially dedicated to women.
Let’s face it. The world is radically different for girls than it is for boys. This is because discrimination based on gender often starts at the very earliest stages of life. There are great disparities in the way girls and boys are raised and treated and while adolescence is usually a time for expanded participation in community and public life for boys, girls most usually experience new restrictions, and find their freedom of movement limited. In the past, socially constructed gender roles also had a way of giving girls little say about their own dreams and hopes. The situation has definitely improved, but many women still live lives full of fears. Not only do we have the world to contend with, we also usually have our own private and internal battles of self-discovery.
Fear is one of the universal connectors of women, the one thing that we almost always share in common. Whether a successful business woman in a first world country or a peasant woman working the rice fields in a developing country, we all bow down at the feet of fear. Whether a stay at home mom or a high-powered executive, we all bite our nails with fear at major (and even sometimes minor) life decisions. This fear has a major but fully negative impact on the development of a woman’s being, and puts a huge dent in her self-confidence. This definitely shouldn’t be. We all have the God given right to be bold. We all have that God given ability to be confident and live life without the bondage of fear. A woman should strive to be bold, to be courageous, to be proud of whatever battle scars she has (because we all have them), to be confident in her own skin and body. This is a priority if she must attain her goals in life. This is why we all must find the answers to why we are operating in the rut that we are, and what we can do get out, to chase our dreams, to be on the top of our game.
We must learn to face our fears head on, because this is the only way we can conquer it, and come out winners.