Talking nicely to yourself isn't cheesy or superficial: it's revolutionary. In a world that insists you're not enough unless you look a certain way, love a certain way, or meet certain standards, ...

Affirm Within, a new app from Hercules Designs, offers users a daily practice that combines affirmations, reflection, and journaling to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life can be really tough. Even though it's beautiful and lovely much of the time, anxiety, depression, and other life challenges ...

Valentine's Day is upon us and of course, all of the focus is on the couples and lovers. Even with the rise of Galentine's Day, friendships are getting their own spotlight as well. Yet, not enough ...

Many people rely on affirmations to boost their self-confidence and their belief that they can do hard things. Using affirmations can be as simple as telling yourself that you’re capable of achieving ...

Self-affirmation theory was proposed by psychologist Claude Steele in the late 1980s and remains popular today. The theory suggests we have a deep desire to craft a personal narrative that we are ...

Self-affirmations—brief exercises where individuals reflect on their core values and strengths—have sometimes been dismissed as feel-good clichés with few health benefits. Yet recent meta-analyses and ...