WORDS MATTER
Are you a fellow skeptic and think that there’s just no way that simply repeating words can make a difference in one’s life, let alone during pregnancy and labor?
Consider this….
Words are how we shape the world around us.
Words are used to assign value to thoughts, things, and people.
Words help us to express feelings and share information.
Words create our beliefs and drive our behaviors.
Words are how we communicate- externally (with others) and internally (self-talk).
In other words (pun intended), your inner mind tends to create that which it focuses upon most, since that’s what it assumes you desire. This is known as the self-fulfilling prophecy and it impacts the decisions we make, how we interact with others, and how we move through life.
A Positive mindset takes practice
One of the best ways to combat negative thoughts and change one’s mindset, is by training your mind to think more positively. Thinking positively (not to be confused with toxic positivity) comes with speaking positive, encouraging words into your life on a daily basis.
Enter AFFIRMATIONS. Affirmations are merely positive words, phrases or statements that are repeated as a way to change mental habits.
More positive thoughts create more positive feelings, behaviors, and decisions thereby creating a powerful positive feedback loop. Much like learning to ride a bike, this take practice
SO what do affirmations have to do with pregnancy and childbirth?
Negative messages in birth stories, birth videos, tv shows, from well meaning friends/relatives/coworkers, and even our past births, can create programming in our subconscious that are not necessarily true.
The Hypnobabies Joyful Pregnancy Affirmations are designed to help train your mind that childbirth can be different than what most people have heard all their lives (and their subconscious has already come to believe) and help cultivate the most effective mindset for your birthing goals. These affirmations are extremely powerful because they help you to remain in a positive frame of mind and focus on what you DO want for your baby’s birth, rather than what you don’t want.
That’s why Hypnobabies’ wording is as it is- so that the re-programming can be very positively focused on the desired goal- becoming ingrained from the inside-out with hypnosis tracks AND from the outside-in with affirmations.
Hypnobabies students receive two affirmation tracks (one for pregnancy and one for birth) to help keep their minds focused on positive messages about pregnancy, birth preparation, hypnotic childbirth, and their baby. In addition, Hypnobabies offers a Birth Affirmations Cards Coloring Book as a way to help you focus on each affirmation during pregnancy. It can even be printed and hung at home or in your labor and delivery room for inspiration and hypno-reminders during birth!
So if your goal is to create and maintain a positive emotional outlook in pregnancy as you prepare for your baby’s birth, consider incorporating some affirmations into your daily life.