20 Positive Affirmations for Confidence and Self-Esteem
Are you sometimes struggling with feeling confident in yourself? These positive affirmations for confidence and self-esteem can help you reconnect to your own power.
I am going to show you exactly why and how you should use positive affirmations to feel more confident.
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What is self-confidence? What are self-esteem and self-worth?
This is important: Self-confidence is a feeling of trust in your own abilities and the belief that you have everything it takes to face any challenge that might come your way. When you are self-confident you trust and have faith in yourself and the future.
It gives you a powerful sense of control in your life as you’re aware of your strengths, and you know you can positively influence any event happening in your life. You might not be able to choose what happens to you, but with self-confidence, you know that you will make the best out of any situation and believe in yourself.
Self-esteem and self-worth are more about how you value yourself as a person, rather than comparing yourself to others. There is a link between this and self-confidence, as usually if you value yourself, you tend to be more confident. This means you can of course use these positive affirmations for low self-esteem too.
Why use these positive affirmations for self-confidence?
Do affirmations work? Yes, using positive affirmations to believe in yourself can feel cheesy at first, and no, they don’t work like magic, you have to put in the effort and take action!
It prepares you mentally to change your life
Changing is super stressful and overwhelming, as when you change your life, your identity changes too! Daily affirmations for self-confidence can help you trust the process!
It crushes those limiting beliefs!
You might believe that you are SO ready for this big life change, but always find yourself in situations where you don’t take action: it feels as if you don’t have enough time, resources, or support from your loved ones!
Guess what? The timing will never be right, and these are often just limiting beliefs.
Beliefs become limiting when they are not serving you anymore and preventing you from doing something you want to do.
Here is an example: if you believe your singing is SO bad, you are not going to spend time singing in public, right? And if you don’t practice singing regularly, chances are you probably won’t improve either!
This dynamic is constantly at play in your life will all kinds of limiting beliefs. These affirmations for believing in yourself can help you destroy those!
Exercise: Take a minute to journal about your limiting beliefs: what stories are you telling yourself that are preventing you from doing the things you want?
It creates a positive cycle in your life
When you feel confident in yourself:
You won’t be discouraged when things become hard
You’re more willing to try new things
You will be more consistent in taking concrete action toward your goals
In my opinion, this is what makes self-confidence one of the key building blocks to success.
How to use confidence affirmations?
Make sure you can feel them!
Pick a few positive affirmations for self-esteem and confidence that really resonate with you! The secret to having these affirmations work for you is to actually be able to feel them.
Pro-tip: if you really don’t feel them, but still want to work on them and bring them into your life, I recommend adding “I choose to believe” at the beginning.
Example: An I am confident affirmation doesn’t ring true for you? Instead, use “I choose to believe I am confident”
Use them when you most need them
Do you know a specific event where you’ll need self-confidence is coming? Maybe it’s telling your boss you need flexible hours to build your own business, ask someone out or just talk to this family member that’s always super judgy.
You can use positive affirmations for success just before that and act accordingly.
Exercise: Think about an event where you wish you had acted with more self-confidence. What would have gone differently?
Use them when you second guess yourself
It’s easy to overthink every move you make, don’t let that keep you from realizing your dreams!
When I was in the process of becoming a yoga teacher (click here for my story!), I didn’t have confidence in myself as I was not very flexible, had an accent when speaking English, and didn’t look like what I imagined a yoga teacher should look like.
Of course, these were just negative self-talk and limiting beliefs at play, and I’m happy I went past them. I turned my perceived weaknesses into the strength of making my classes accessible to everybody, no matter their background or physical condition.
Use them in meditation or in journaling
You can easily practice these positive affirmations before bed or in the morning with these two techniques:
Positive affirmation meditation: This is an easy meditation technique where you mentally repeat a sentence to yourself, often visualizing it and feeling it as well. It is one of the most powerful ways to practice affirmations, using them as a mantra for confidence and self-esteem.
Journaling about this affirmation: Take 5 minutes to journal about your chosen affirmation with this prompt: “how would my life be if I knew this to be true?”
Take action as if they were true!
You need to act to change your life, mental work alone and believing in your dreams is a great first step, but it is not enough! So act with self-confidence, even if it feels unnatural at first.
Pro-tip: use affirmations to start the day!
20 of the Best Affirmations for Self-confidence and self-worth!
Just pick one of these affirmations about confidence:
I am confident and value myself
I am growing and learning every day
I believe in myself and my skills
I have the power to change the world
I can do anything I set my mind to
I am confident in my abilities
I grow with every challenge
I am consistent in my hard work
I have or can easily get everything I need to succeed
I let go of limiting beliefs and choose to trust myself
My power is unlimited
I know I can face every challenge with ease, there is nothing I cannot overcome
I am creating my dream life every single day
I show up every day and do my best
I believe in my abilities and express my true self with ease
All I need to succeed is within me
I am in full control of my life
I release negative self-talk and do not need validation from others
I am enough
I choose to trust the process
Save this affirmation list:
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I hope you enjoyed this article about confidence and self-worth affirmations! You now know why and how you should use them to feel good about yourself and keep moving towards your dream life.
