Mindfulness

Here are 37 positive affirmations for students to help them combat negative thinking:

To increase self-esteem and body image:

1. I embrace my flaws because I know that nobody is perfect

2. I don’t want to look like anyone but myself

3. I get better every day in every way

4. My self-worth is not determined by a number on a scale

5. I matter, and what I have to offer this world also matters

6. I love myself deeply and completely

To help them deal with adversity

7. This too shall pass

8. Failure is great feedback

9. I am confident about solving life’s problems successfully

10. I learn from my challenges and always find ways to overcome them

11. Everything works out for the best possible good

12. I press on because I believe in my path

To encourage them to believe in their future

13. If I can conceive it and believe it, I can achieve it

14. The future is good, and I look toward it with hope and happiness

15. I can do whatever I focus my mind on

16. I follow my dreams no matter what

17. All my problems have solutions

18. I am open to all possibilities

To reduce comparing themselves to others

19. I compare myself only to my highest self

20. I am not trying to fit in, because I was born to stand out

21. I refrain from comparing myself to others

22. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes

23. I am who I want to be starting right now

24. I see perfection in both my virtues and my flaws

To deal with bullying or social conflict

25. I belong, and I am good enough

26. No one can make me feel inferior without my consent

27. I surround myself with people who treat me well

28. I see the beauty in others

29. I am safe and sound, and all is well

30. It is okay to say no because those who matter don’t mind and those who mind don’t matter

To improve their overall attitude

31. I am perfect and complete just the way I am

32. I control my emotions; they don’t control me

33. I am too big a gift to this world to feel self-pity

34. Today is the best day of my life

35. I fill my day with hope and face it with joy

36. I choose to fully participate in this existence

37. The mistakes I made yesterday are creating the person I’ll be tomorrow