Whispers To The Brain: Why Affirmations Work

Affirmations aren't just feel-good phrases — they're a tool to rewire the brain. In this short talk, I’ll walk you through how daily affirmations can support your nervous system, shift long-held beliefs, and actually change your brain’s structure over time. As always, my talks are neuroscience-based and nervous system-friendly.

Reviews

Love learning how this works.

This was a brilliant, concise and - inspiring - summation regarding the repetitive nature of our thinking patterns and the importance of what we hear and say to ourselves on a feedback loop. As someone with severe chronic health conditions, I often struggle with believing and truly feeling positive affirmations. But I also recognize that even statements like calling myself someone with severe chronic health conditions probably isn't healthy either!

On rare occasions I'll give affirmations a try but quickly give up because it feels distant, hollow, and disingenuous when I try telling myself that I'm healthy, healing, and that I feel great, when I actually feel quite the opposite.

I really appreciate the way Hannah shared the power of positive affirmations, and I now feel encouraged to try with a greater sense of regularity, and the awareness that it may take a lot of repetition over days or weeks until the affirmations sink in and I begin to believe them.

Long story long, I'm appreciative of this short talk of Hannah's because for the first time I have begun to believe that affirmations might actually work for me! In a case of meta-irony, I'll be re-listening to this talk many times over as a solid reminder of the power of words!

Thanks, Hannah!

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