The power of positivity

When we first heard about the idea of positive affirmations, we wrote them with a whiteboard pen on our fridge. It is amazing how just a glance in the direction of the fridge could improve my mood - it sounds unlikely, but I witnessed it many times.

Making dinner, for example, after a full-on day and with kids under my feet could be (and very often is) a fairly stressful experience. What a godsend it was to just look at the fridge - and even better, take a moment to read through the affirmations. The stress would dissolve - and even though it was just one short moment, the dinner-making experience transformed.

There is a lot you can read about these wonderful things, and an endless number of affirmations you could use. One thing that my involvement with Innerpics has taught me is that affirmations can take many forms - in fact, every part of our day is actually an affirmation. When we fill our days with positive images, words and activities, we feel good. And the same works backwards too. But that's not what we're in to.