B · Affirmations & writing · 3 min · Free

Personalized affirmation engine

Generate five believable affirmations for your intention in the tone and language you choose, then edit, save, schedule and listen.

Steps

1. Enter or choose your intention.
2. Pick tone, length and language.
3. Review five options and their labels.
4. Edit, save, favourite, schedule or listen.

Background

Self-affirmation research (e.g. Cohen & Sherman, 2014) suggests that reflecting on personal values can help some people under stress; overly grand statements can backfire for people with low self-esteem (Wood et al., 2009). The engine therefore favours process-focused, present-tense and self-compassionate wording and labels each option.

Sources

• secondaryCohen, G. L., & Sherman, D. K. (2014). The psychology of change: Self-affirmation and social psychological intervention. Annual Review of Psychology, 65, 333–371.
• secondaryWood, J. V., Perunovic, W. Q. E., & Lee, J. W. (2009). Positive self-statements: Power for some, peril for others. Psychological Science, 20(7), 860–866.