10/08/2023
Have you ever driven home from work and spaced out, and when you finally got home you could not remember how you got from point A to point B? This autopilot happens when your
unconscious mind knows the way, releasing your conscious mind from having to pay close attention.
This is called implicit memory and is ingrained, automatic, and habituated. This is where our limiting beliefs have become lodged after years of repeated belief. A popular method of changing these underlying beliefs is to use affirmation statements that focus on what you WANT to believe, think and feel. You see, you’re affirming yourself all the time, whether you realize it or not. Your repeating thoughts are what you are affirming, whether they are negative and limiting or positive and empowering.
The problem is that you’ll believe whatever you tell yourself regularly. It you tell yourself, “I’m just not smart enough” or “I don’t have time” you’ll find both to be true. However, if you repeat
carefully crafted, positive affirmations to yourself regularly, such as when a negative belief is triggered AND throughout the day, you practice this new belief, helping it become ingrained into
your implicit, automatic, memory.
