HEY THIS ONE’S FOR YOU – YOU GO GIRL!

One of the Girl Power badges I’ve created is shown in this image –  showcasing my favourite affirmation You Go Girl – 3 tiny, yet powerful words that have spurred me on when facing many a challenge. Yep, words do have power.

Let me share something I read recently about just how important words may be to our wellbeing…

I’ve always had a fascination with words and positive affirmations as a form of therapy and a strategy for practicing self-care. My reading around this led me to the work of a Japanese scientist Dr Masaru Emoto, whose studies have revealed how thoughts and words can effect the molecular structure of water.

Through high speed photography of water, Dr Emoto has shown how the most beautiful hexagonal crystals are formed when water is frozen after being exposed to positive words like ‘love’ and ‘gratitude’. But when exposed to negative words like ‘hate’ ugly, deformed looking crystals formed.

The implications of these findings on our health and wellbeing are profound, considering the human body is made up of 70% water.

Whether or not Dr Emoto’s findings are fact or fiction doesn’t matter to me…I like the idea that positive thoughts and words can spark good vibrations in the universe, which can in turn bring about beauty and harmony in our surroundings.

So I’m sticking with my ‘thing’ for positive affirmations!

What has kept me going through all of my health challenges is the love & support all around me from my family and friends, of course.

But honestly, it is also self-love that is vital in getting me through some of the toughest days. Self-love gets me out of bed each morning, helps me put one foot in front of the other daily and reminds me to never stop dreaming of an exciting future.

If I love life as much as I say I do, then surely I must love the vehicle, the body, the ‘self’ that carries me through this amazing life.

So I’m going to write more love notes to myself. I’m going to try to use all the positive affirmations and words I can think of to keep me joyful, hopeful and positive, even on the crappiest of days.

Jennifer xo