13 Affirmations for Personal Growth

Here are 13 affirmations for personal growth. These statements affirm who you were in the past, who you are now, and who you want to be in the future.

Just reading these affirmations will give you a powerful boost in how you feel.

Make Affirmations a Part of Your Day

Affirmations aren’t magic but instead, I like to think of them as a tool we can use to focus our minds and create intentional feelings.

Even though I’m a life coach and went through a year-long intensive training and I’ve worked with my own coaches, I can still feel all the normal things: frustrated, discouraged, and unmotivated.

Affirmations like these can help me recalibrate and remind me that I am more than a temporary feeling.

On days where I feel amazing, affirmations feel like confirmation. The trick is to find affirmations that resonate with you and allow you to feel possibility.

Then you can use them as subtle loving reminders throughout the day.

The only point is to feel better.

But don’t let that fool you into thinking that’s no big deal.

My friend. Just about everything we do is some attempt on our part to feel better. Lots of those ways can end up making us feel worse, such as overeating or overdrinking.

Affirmations can help you feel better. And when we feel better; we do better. Feeling better is always the direction we are heading.

So let’s jump in.

13 Affirmations to Embrace Your Life

In addition to the affirmations, I’ve included some of my thoughts about them. Each of these resonated powerfully with me. My hope is that you will find a few that work for you as well.

We rarely make quantum changes. Change usually happens bit by bit over periods of time. Affirmations can be a little like a road map, give direction whenever you read one.

I am allowed to grow, change, and redefine myself at any age

I am allowed to grow, change, and redefine myself at any age. This belief is probably the foundation for everything I do and achieve.

When I found myself divorced and living in a new city at 52, I knew I was there to LIVE. Not say that I was too old for things.

This was the time that I lost weight, began writing, got a new job, and began that new phase of my life.

Since those early days, I’ve traveled, started two websites and a life coaching business. I became a grandmother.

I grew my hair out, started wearing cuter clothes, and in my opinion began looking younger.

For too long, we’ve convinced ourselves that there is such a thing as “too old.”

That’s made up. It’s never too late to be the person you are meant to be!

I release outdated rules and make choices that nourish me

I release outdated rules and make choices that nourish me.

Some rules make sense and we all agree on them. However, many rules are just made up.

Back in the day, older women cut their hair, didn’t wear sexy clothes, and didn’t wear white before Memorial Day.

Those are so made up!

What rules have you made for yourself that are holding you back from making choices to nourish yourself?

It’s not too late. In fact, I’m just getting started

It’s not too late. In fact, I’m just getting started

Here’s another affirmation that I love. I love the idea that I can feel like I am just getting started and that I don’t have an expiration date.

Yes, I know I’ll die someday. But until that day I want to live, create, and express myself.

For too many decades, I held myself back from starting. Now I start. And even more importantly I do the things that call to me.

I choose energy, purpose, and joy over guilt, shame, and fear

I choose energy, purpose, and joy over guilt, shame, and fear.

I used to be good friends with shame, guilt and fear. They directed and ruled my life at times.

But somehow, after the worst time of my life (my divorce) I rediscovered my energy, purpose, and joy.

Shame, guilt and fear still show up and I acknowledge them; they are old friends. However, I don’t get stuck there anymore.

I let go of perfection and embrace progress

I let go of perfection and embrace progress.

Trying to be perfect just holds you back. Perfection is often a made-up idea. I’ve seen women keep the breaks on their dreams because they can’t make them perfect.

Do it. Do a little every day. Progress is the name of the game. Your perfection, and I mean that in a more spiritual way, will come as you act on your ideas and dreams.

Your idea of perfection is much less that what you are actually capable of.

I am building a life that reflects who I truly am

I am building a life that reflects who I truly am.

Every day when I look around my home, I see a place that is 100% me. It is filled with pieces of my life: past, current and future.

I love seeing the few things I have that my grandmothers or mom created. I love seeing pictures of my family smiling all around me.

My home is filled with things I’ve collected over the years. I even have nods to the future I want scatter about to remind me of where I’m going.

Over the years, I’ve let go of anything in my home that doesn’t make me feel good.

I no longer work at jobs that drain me. I’ve distances myself from people that drain me. I do work that fulfills me and creates a deep sense of satisfaction.

This has been a many years long process. I think we often live lives that don’t really reflect who we really are. Instead we settle for lives based on what others have chosen and we try to fit in.

Comfort is not the goal; growth and vitality are

Comfort is not the goal; growth and vitality are.

Every day I see women who go about their lives without any spark in their eyes or posture. They are living but they are living in the land of their comfort zone.

To be clear, we all need some comfort zone; we aren’t meant to always live on the edge. But to be dedicated to not feeling uncomfortable feelings will slowly but surely kill that spark of life and vitality.

Vitality comes from taking care of your needs and the willingness to feel uncomfortable at times.

Every day, I choose to live instead of just getting by

Every day, I choose to live instead of just getting by.

Sometimes I feel like I am just getting by. Sometimes it’s financially. Sometimes it’s keep up with my house and car. Sometimes it’s my work.

But overall, I try to go about with a spirit of living.

I don’t see problems as a problem. I see them as new channels of growth. When I see others have more of what I want than I do, I let that inspire my dreams.

The idea of “living” is an attitude, a way of being.

I forgive myself for what I didn’t know then. I know better now

I forgive myself for what I didn’t know then. I know better now.

Above, I alluded to guilt and shame. We all walk around with it. And some of you are living your current lives to make up for something you did as a teenager.

It’s time to forgive that younger part of you. She really was doing the best she could at the time.

Forgiving means releasing the guilt and shame and acknowledging that part of you and loving and being kind to her.

You’ve long ago proved yourself and atoned for the past. There is zero upside for holding onto it.

There is power in my story, and I own it fully

There is power in my story, and I own it fully.

I’ve been telling my story for almost 10 years now. When I started, it felt weird telling my story because in my mind, what story did I have to tell?

But what I’ve discovered is that my stories and experience resonate with some women and there is value in that.

In fact, my story has created income and a business. By taking my story and distilling the lessons I’ve learned, I’ve been able to help other women. Not by telling them what they have to do but by showing new possibilities.

What is your story?

Are you the hero? The victim? The villain?

In my experience women often will believe they are just side characters. But you are the main character of your own story.

Often when women feel bad about their past, it’s because of the story they tell themselves about it.

Usually, I see that they have been on their own unique hero’s journey.

Start seeing your story through the lens that you have been the hero. Yes, there have been challenges and you have met them along the way the best you could.

My future excites me more than my past defines me

My future excites me more than my past defines me.

I love this affirmation because it speaks to the possibilities ahead of me. We often hear people say that their best years are behind them.

It doesn’t have to be that way though. The biggest determining factor in how you feel about your life; is the way you decide to feel about your life.

I embrace new experiences with curiosity, not fear

I embrace new experiences with curiosity, not fear

To be honest, I actually face new experiences with plenty of fear. However, I let myself feel that fear and I do my best to comfort myself.

Then I create intentional curiosity to move me along.

Doing new things will naturally create fear and apprehension. But we don’t have to get stuck there as many do.

I see fear keep people stuck for years. Heck, fear kept me in my place for decades.

Now, I don’t see fear as a reason to not do something. It might be a reason to evaluate something and that’s a good thing.

However, sometimes fear just indicates an old outdated way of thinking and it’s time to update your mindset and beliefs?

This season of life is mine—and I will live it boldly

This season of life is mine—and I will live it boldly.

I have to admit, I write boldly. In real life, sometimes I feel anything but bold. But I also believe with my whole heart that this season is mine.

And because of that, I meet it as boldly and bravely as I can.

You don’t have to be bold or brave every minute of the day. However, if you can start thinking boldly about your life and look for times when you are brave; you will begin to feel more confident about this season of your life.

We can’t go back. And we really can’t even predict the future. We can imagine a future and we can do what we can, with what we have to boldly embrace our current season.

How to Use These Affirmations for Embracing Your Life

Pick your favorites and write them out and place them where you can see them. Tuck them into drawers you open daily. Put one on the fridge. Stick one on your desk.

Bookmark this post and come back to it whenever you need a dose of inspiration.

Pick one a week and really focus on it until it feels like your new normal.

Use them as journal prompts and reflect on how they resonate with you.

Or after you finish reading, call it good and know you’ve planted a seed that will bloom.