Your Little Voice: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

I was recently pointed towards Yaro Starak’s fantastic blog Entrepreneur’s Journey and digging through past posts, came across an article he wrote about Happiness (The Key to Happiness, March 2006).

In it, he recounts how he managed his panic attacks through developing positive affirmations and by teaching the little voice in his head to support his goal of being happy.

Towards the end of the article he says:

Happiness is ultimately not in anyone else’s hands or controlled by any external element at all. It’s purely a choice you can make. As often as I can I choose to be happy. It’s not always as easy as that but by undertaking to change the way you think and create an ongoing positive dialogue with yourself you are both working towards the same goals - that’s you and your little voice - both aiming for happiness.

I really loved reading such inspiring words from a good Aussie bloke! Driven to posting a response, I recounted how I discovered positive affirmations on a women’s retreat. For those of you who have never had the pleasure, imagine a bunch of women in a forest, talking, singing, crying, swimming in freezing seas and burning letters on the beach…

On the drive home I sang all of the lyrics to Pink’s latest album at the top of my lungs (what’s going on?) The following morning I woke to a very sore throat and discovered that I couldn’t speak - not an easy thing for me to deal with - and after blaming it on being forced to sing “I am Woman” in a circle of strangers – decided to focus on some less verbal personal development.

Digging out my retreat bag , I uncovered my personal affirmations and in silence read through them - and then read them again. Before I knew it I was smiling and tapping my foot to “I am Woman” in my head.

In reality, what I had been gifted with was an amazing, powerful tool. Determined to make the most of it, I began looking at other areas of my life and developing affirmations for those.

At night my husband would hear the rubber band snap (holding my affirmation cards together, people!) and would wish me his ritual nighttime blessing of “Sweet Dreams”. For a person afflicted with sleep issues, sweet dreams were rarely on the cards, but after a week of using the affirmations I found myself actually living up to my husband’s hopes!

What I also discovered was that the more squeamish I was to write the affirmation down, the more effective it was when put into practice. This, I believe, is because I was getting to the heart of the matter and developing positive statements about the things that worried me the most.

In summary, I totally recommend positive affirmations to anyone who wants a shot of powerfully happy thoughts every day and while there are numerous websites devoted to affirmations, if you want a quick peek at some, go to our free tools.

Sweet Dreams,
Simone.

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