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Affirmations seek to find and bring forward a person’s
Positive efforts
Positive traits
Positive quality
Positive skills
Positive characteristics
Positive values
Affirmations focus on the Positive, we notice these in a conversation and then cruicially, we then restate them back to the person.
John Whitson-Russell
Examples
Positive efforts: “That took alot of effort and focus”
Positive traits: “You’re willing to poke fun at yourself if it makes some feel better”
Positive quality: “You’re a kind and caring person, and often the first to know if someone isn’t feeling or being themselves”
Positive skills: “You know how to carve wood, it’s something you got good at by learning yourself”
Positive characteristics: “You’re a positive person, always looking on the bright-side, the possibiiltes in life”
Positive values: “That was a brave thing to do”
