Deepika Chopra

And it is a powerful process.

We can, our thoughts are so powerful and we can think about something and change our expectations and remove and soften really concrete, negative, self-limiting beliefs.

Like we can do all these things, but

They take time and practice and work and they're not impossible, but it's also not a passive process.

And you bring up another sort of buzzword and that's affirmations.

And I think most people, the way they use affirmations are they use generic blanket statement affirmations.

We've all heard many of them.

I am capable.

I am strong.

I am lovable.

Whatever those are, we have these affirmations that we're told that are really powerful and affirmations because thoughts are powerful and beliefs are powerful.

They do work.

But there is a big caveat with it that I think we overlook.

So first of all, research shows us that affirmations actually don't work for the most part for the people that really truly need them.

And if you're someone that believe, you know where I think blanket statement generic affirmations do work, they work most always with children.

because kids have not yet racked up years and years of experiences and interpretations of situations that have now cemented into core beliefs or really hard, rigid beliefs about stuff.

Like they don't have that in them.

There's so much more malleable and flexible and everything's an opening.

And so I think,

A generic affirmation that's a positive affirmation is great for kids.