When we brush our teeth or take a shower or bath that is a great time to practice being present. You focus on what is around you as you are tending to your personal hygiene needs.

Most of us are not paying any attention to ourselves when we are eating. Becoming more aware allows us to be more proactive in our activities and we make better decisions.

Wishing others well makes us feel good. Sometimes however we are reluctant to send kind wishes because of resentment or anger. Learn to open yourself up and send love and well wishes to everyone. It sets you free.

When we build trust in ourselves and our abilities we reduce fear. This affirmation will help you build trust that you either have many skills or can learn what you need to learn moving forward.

We go through life not recognizing the good that we are. We diminish our accomplishments and focus on the negative. So we settle into a label that we and others have placed on us. Rest assured you can learn to let go of this false belief.

We go through life thinking we are not worthy of love. We are all worthy and learning to love ourselves first opens us up to accept love from others.

Many people struggle with accepting who they are because of pre-conceptions that others have placed on them. We can trust in our value as human beings in order to move forward.

Many people struggle with accepting their gender identity. These affirmations allow us to release the expectations of others and accept ourselves for who we are.

We all go through life judging others. Developing some compassion for them and recognizing that we are all doing the best we can at any given moment releases this need for judgment.

We all cling to past experiences and ruminate over them. The past is the past and learning to let it go frees us in the present moment.

Forgiving others releases us. You are accepting what has happened, and perhaps we just got caught up in the drama of their lives.

Accepting what is present allows us to release the need to grasp or avert an experience. This lowers our emotional intensity.

We can be very harsh to ourselves. Learning to notice unkind self-talk and then apologizing to ourselves is the beginning step to becoming self-compassionate.