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Affirmations in Your Own Voice

According to the Centerpointe Research Institute, your voice is recognized by your powerful, subconscious mind.  Your dialect is unique, from the timbre and tone of your voice, the tempo and the fabulous accent of your primary language. These subtle aspects of your speech improve your receptivity to very simple, but powerful suggestions for gradually implementing any positive changes you may envision when you record your own affirmations.

For example, I have a weakness for eating too many baked goods in one sitting, cookies, to be exact. Thus I've derived a present-tense affirmation as follows:

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            All baked goods look shriveled and taste extremely salty, like slimy anchovies.  I'm consistently working out and eating nutritiously filling foods     like a big bowl of fresh, sweet, juicy watermelon for dessert.

Ensure that the suggestions are positive, in the present tense and sensory as in the example.  This is Lynda StarWriter with your StarSpeaking minute.

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Lynda StarWriter is a freelance writer and public speaker.  lyndastarwriter@aol.com
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