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This episode discusses how to use positive affirmations to reduce anxiety and stress effectively.

In this episode you discover how to use simple, effective affirmations to reduce anxiety and stress. You also discover how to easily integrate 5 positive affirmations into your daily activity for sustained short and long term benefits. --- Suggested affirmations: "I release worry and embrance the peace within me." "I know I can handle whatever comes my way." "I am not my anxiety." "I choose to be calm in the face of uncertainity." "This feeling, this emotion, this situation is temporary. I will get through it. This too shall pass." --- Resources: "Self-Affirmation Improves Problem-Solving under Stress". PubMed. National Library of Schience. Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3641050/ "Self-affirmation activates brain systems associated with self-related processing and reward and is reinforced by future orientation". PubMed. National Library of Science. Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4814782/ "Neural mechanisms of self-affirmation’s stress buffering effects". Oxford Academic. Link: https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/15/10/1086/5815969 "The Science Of Affirmations: The Brain’s Response To Positive Thinking". MentalHealth.com. Link…

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Carter

Topics covered

• positive affirmations
• anxiety reduction
• stress management
• self-improvement
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Library of Science, Oxford Academic, MentalHealth.com, Carnegie Mellon University

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