Veterinary Resilience – Topping up Your Resilience Juice Tank with Personal Affirmations
Veterinary Resilience – Topping up Your Resilience Juice Tank with Personal Affirmations
Julie South discusses the power of personal affirmation statements in building resilience in part 2 of the 4 part “March Challenge”
She walks veterinary professionals through the process of creating and using personal affirmations to empower ourselves in challenging situations.
To get started and discover the world of professional affirmations and how they can positively impact your mindset and workplace motivation listen in now.
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Veterinary Resilience – Topping up Your Resilience Juice Tank with Personal Affirmations – part 2 of 4
Understanding the Power of Affirmations
Do affirmations really work? According to Julie South in episode 176 of the Vetstaff podcast, she suggests, “Keep it short. Keep it inspirational for you.” She empowers us to identify areas of doubt or feeling disempowered and craft present tense affirmations to shift our mindset positively. By doing so, we tap into the power of affirmations to shape our thoughts and actions in challenging circumstances.
Crafting Your Personal Affirmation Statement
Julie provides a simple yet empowering process for creating affirmation statements that resonate with us. She encourages us to identify a specific area where we feel stuck or disempowered and then envision the desired mindset shift.
As she mentions, “Write your affirmations using empowering present tense phrasing, focused on that desired mindset.”
This approach helps us align our inner dialogue with the resilience and empowerment we seek.
Making Your Affirmations Visible and Effective
Once you’ve crafted your affirmation statement, it’s vital to make it visible in your daily life.
Julie highlights the importance of placing your affirmation where you can see it frequently.
She explains, “Put it somewhere where you will see it on a mirror, perhaps on your desk or a wall, or your phone, somewhere that you will see it often each morning and then throughout the day when you need a confidence boost.”
By doing so, you’ll be reminded of your empowering affirmations consistently.
Embodying and Using Your Affirmations
Julie emphasises the significance of embodying the mindset reflected in your affirmation statement.
She guides us to imagine the feeling of already embodying that mindset fully.
As she states, “I want you to imagine yourself already embodying this bold, resilient mindset. How would you feel? How would you think, how would you act and speak if this were your natural state?”
Through this practice, we integrate our affirmations into our daily thoughts and actions.
Advantages of Professional Affirmations in the Workplace
Incorporating personal affirmations into our professional lives can significantly impact our workplace motivation and resilience.
Julie encourages us to use affirmations to instil helpful habits and become part of our everyday resilient life.
She asserts, “Tune back in next week because we’re looking at how you can affirm helpful habits to become part of your everyday, resilient life.”
By doing so, we boost our resilience juice tank and bring our best selves to work.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, personal affirmations are a powerful tool for boosting resilience and empowerment in our professional lives.
As Julie South aptly puts it, “This is the second step to building your own unique tailored exclusively for you and motivating personal affirmation statement library.”
By crafting, embodying, and using affirmations, we set the stage for a more resilient and empowered professional mindset.
Let’s embrace the practice of personal affirmations to become the most fantabulous, resilient versions of ourselves.
Links Mentioned in this Episode:
Julie South – on Linkedin – More Awe + Attitude of Gratitude posts
VetClinicJobs – where good employers shine online and people who’re looking for their next job can find them.
Positive Affirmation Series
Other Vet Staff Episodes Worth Listening to
ep 39 – 12 Statements Low EQ People Make
ep 40 – Emotional Intelligence – 6 Ways to Lead as an Emotionally Intelligent Leader
ep 145 – Exploring Social Intelligence – A Key to Personal and Professional Development
Research Links Mentioned in this Series:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/ecopsychology-how-immersion-in-nature-benefits-your-nhealth
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8125471/
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/a-z-topics/nature-and-mental-health
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