I've always had a "love-hate" relationship with positive affirmations.
I do find that saying positive things to myself helps me enjoy more happiness and feel more confident about life; but too often the affirmations I read are unrealistic and unrelatable.
Which is why some research suggests affirmations...
Even when it comes to happiness, people need to be reminded of what to do; many people I work with know what to do but they find it difficult to actually do it (on a regular basis)!
Sometimes, I refer to this as the knowing-doing gap;...