Your SELF-IDENTIY can either make or break your health.
There is *NEW RESEARCH* about how self-identity is connected to your health. It’s so powerful that I had to share it! First, what is self-identity?
WHAT IS SELF-IDENTITY?
Your self-identity refers to how you see yourself and what you believe about yourself.
It’s the story you tell yourself about who you are, what you’re capable of, and what’s important to you.
Your self-identity influences how you behave, the decisions you make, and how you interact with the world around you.
HOW DOES SELF-IDENTITY INFLUENCE HEALTH?
NEW RESEARCH in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity found that:
– If you think of yourself as a healthy eater, you are more likely to eat healthy foods! (And also feel more empowered around emotional eating and cravings.)
– If you think of yourself as an exerciser, you are more likely to exercise!
Bottom Line: What you believe about yourself becomes reality.
WHAT CAN I DO TO SHIFT MY SELF-IDENTITY?
Affirmations are a powerful thing. They are the words/phrases we repeat to ourselves that become our beliefs.
And I’ve got the perfect affirmations to help shift your self-identity!
These affirmations are inspired directly by the questionnaires used in the research study…
HEALTHY EATING AFFIRMATIONS
1. Engaging in healthy eating is something that fits the way I want to live.
2. Engaging in healthy eating is something that fits who I am.
3. I see myself as someone who engages in healthy eating.
EXERCISE AFFIRMATIONS
1. Engaging in exercise is something that fits the way I want to live.
2. Engaging in exercise is something that fits who I am.
3. I see myself as someone who engages in exercise.
HOMEWORK:
✨Repeat these affirmations.
✨Start believing these things about yourself.
✨And watch your habits shift to match your self-identity.
We do things that are in alignment with our inner beliefs. When we change our thoughts, we change our beliefs, and we change our life.
This not only works for healthy eating & exercise but for EVERYTHING else, too! xx
