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Affirmations Creating Them the RIGHT Way to Grow Younger

"Im going to stop eating sugar-coated donuts. Im going to stop eating

sugar-coated donuts. Im going to stop eating sugar-coated donuts."

Ever repeat something like this to yourself? If you resolved to have a

healthier body and mind by changing your diet, thats great.

However, if youve been stating your intention in this way, you may get the

opposite result and heres why. In order to change our habits, we need to

get both the conscious and subconscious mind on board -- and the words we

choose are powerful!

When setting intentions, saying affirmations or just repeating something to

keep it in focus, be aware that your subconscious mind doesnt hear the

word "stop" or "not."

So by saying "Im going to stop eating sugar-coated donuts," your

subconscious mind absorbs "eating sugar-coated donuts" and sets up images of

glorious goodies that taste delicious but often have empty calories or

artery-clogging fat and too much sugar.

By phrasing your affirmation with a negative, youre creating a conflict

between what your conscious mind and subconscious mind are "seeing." Since

its the subconscious that runs the body, your result is likely to be extra

pounds and a feeling of defeat when your intention was to eat healthy, look

good and feel good.

Here's what happens: your mind takes words and translates them into pictures.

When you read a novel, youre not just reading combinations of letters on a

page; your mind actually makes mental pictures from the words. And when a

comedian tells a story, the audience "gets it" by transforming ideas being

told into humorous images that make them laugh.

To illustrate what I mean, lets test your inner vision. Try NOT to think

of an elephant balancing on one foot wearing a red dress with white polka

dots.

Cant do it, right? Your mind will automatically visualize that

silly-dressed elephant even though you understood that you were NOT to

visualize it.

To make your intentions powerful and to support healthy, youthful goals,

write and say exactly what you are intending. "I eat healthy, nourishing

food. My skin is smooth and firm. My body is strong and buff." (Women can

add, "with curves in all the right places.")

Say it in the present tense with emotion as if its already so. Your

subconscious mind doesnt know the difference between real and imagined and

you can just fake it til you feel it.

Its important to use the present tense in affirmations - not the future

tense. If, for example, you focus on what you want with an affirmation such

as "I am going to eat nourishing food and become healthy and strong,"

youre not creating that in the present; youre creating a continuing

state of "going to" that will always remain in the future.

Saying affirmations is one of the great aids in creating the life you want,

and yes, you can even use affirmations to help you grow younger. They work

for me -- I AM growing younger and affirmations are part of my daily

practices.

Start with one small part of a younger, healthier you; for example, having a

clear, sharp mind. Then compose a strong, short affirmation that expresses an

aspect of a clear, sharp mind as if its already true, such as, "I have an

excellent memory."

Write that statement on index cards and put them in different rooms of your

house and say the affirmation -- out loud if that works for you -- whenever

you see it.

Youll also want to catch yourself whenever old programming surfaces and

you say things like, "I keep forgetting where I put my glasses," but thats

another action step in the grow younger process well explore in another

article.

Two of my favorite affirmations for overall youthfulness are "Thank God Im

young and healthy," and "Its a good thing Im young and healthy" and I

have those on cards in my kitchen, bedroom, office and car. These are common

expressions you can say with a little bit of attitude and a lift of your head

just like you might say, "Its a good thing Im here or wed never

get this show on the road."

How about starting today to get your show on the road to youthfulness? Start

with affirmations on cards and keep in mind the most important part: have FUN

creating a new, happier, younger you.

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