The importance of affirmations for childrenAffirmations are positive words or short sentences that children say to themselves daily. Affirmations can be used to help a child or adult muster the strength, will power, motivation and confidence to complete an act. Affirmations are used by Athletes, dancers and some pop stars to give them focus and determination. Just as we grow and develop and start to believe the words of others, we believe our own thoughts and words. For example if someone repeatedly says something Negative, we can react and start to believe those words. Very often we DO believe our own negative thoughts and words. Positive affirmations make children feel better about themselves and so increase confidence and self-esteem. Instilling Positive beliefs and finishing negative beliefs at a young age are important for the mental health of a child of any age. How to use Affirmations Tips on How to use the Affirmation CD - Believe and Achieve Try to listen to these affirmations as much as possible so you can let the positive words sink deeply into your subconscious. - for maximum benefit, listen to an affirmation everyday for 2-3 Some of the tracks such as Get Motivated, Be Confident and Become Successful are great to wake up to or listen to while you are getting ready for school. Set your CD player as an alarm clock and wake up to one of the tracks. As soon as the track comes on, try to sit up in bed enjoy the track - this is a great way to start the day! Download the tracks onto an mp3 player and listen to them on the bus, while exercises, going to sleep, doing housework, lazing in the garden or whilst daydreaming. Bring a CD player to just outside your bathroom and have a relaxing bath whilst listening to these inspiring affirmations. Play the affirmations in the background while you are eating or doing your homework. In the evening, take 5 mins out to listen to a track to help you feel relaxed and good about yourself. If you have a friend round to stay, spend sometime together listening to the tracks. At night, before sleeping, listen to one of the more calming tracks such as Just Relax, Become Healthy or Stay Cool. You might like to encourage the rest of your family to listen to the CD with you - so you can all be and feel great! If you use the CD in any other way, I would love to hear from you. Please email mailto:marneta@relaxkids.com" marneta@relaxkids.com and let me know all about it. See below for the track list and which track is best for which problem or issue. |