Positive affirmations are positive statements repeated consistently to yourself. If you repeat these statements you will will create positive subconscious thoughts. In turn, these positive subconscious thoughts will create a positive subconscious mind. Your mind controls every aspect of your life.

Once you instate these positive thoughts, they will reinforce the positive image you would like to hold of yourself. Old negative thoughts will be replaced with new positive thoughts on a conscious and subconscious level. This will create a new positive reality and give you access to all the positive energy you have within yourself.

When using positive affirmations, it's important to let yourself really feel them. You need to fully experience the emotions of each one. You must believe that each affirmation is true. This will help your positive changes happen more quickly.

The first 30 days are usually the make or break when it comes to positive affirmations. It takes about 21 days to make a change in your mental image, for some it may be longer. I suggest 30 to be safe. Writing them down until you know them by heart is a good way to start. If you are using them as frequently as you should, it will not take long.

Positive affirmations can be used during personal time in the bathroom, getting ready in the morning, washing your hands, brushing your teeth, before each meal or going to sleep at night. Try to create a time of day good for you, which you will remember each and everyday. Create a trigger, for example, an alarm, using the washroom, brushing your teeth, etc. You can do anything you can think of. I used to tape mine above my bed, in my mirrors, on my refrigerator door, across from the toilet...you name it.

To help further change your thought pattern more quickly, you can eject all negative thoughts you experience every day as you become more aware of them. Your positive affirmations can do much good if it's continually battling negative thoughts and emotions. When you notice a negative thought, just make a decision that next time you will try to be more positive.

Most of us have been programmed from birth to think negatively. We didn't do it on purpose, we simply did it unconsciously. Once you begin to be conscious of your thoughts and thought patterns, you can begin to change them. In the beginning, you may not notice all of your negative thoughts or you may notice them several hours after they have happened. Simply acknowledge that you had the thought and eject it. Don't beat yourself up, that encourages negative thinking. Just move on. After a few days, you will become much faster and noticing your thoughts. And before you realize you can catch these negative thoughts before they start.