Mantra Examples

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Registered: 03-24-2006
Mantra Examples
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Sat, 04-05-2008 - 5:19pm

I remember that in high school when I was going through a bad breakup, my counselor gave me a "Mantra" to use; It was "I am lovable, and loving, and deserve to be loved by a man who loves ONLY me.."


I believe she called is something else other than a Mantra, but I can't put a name on it...


I liked: "he is the way he is--I accept that we cannot have the type of relationship that I want with him because of that".


Do you all have any other ones that may work?

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-05-2007
In reply to: kcolihan
Mon, 04-07-2008 - 5:50pm
I do positive affirmations about myself and my life.....




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Registered: 03-24-2006
In reply to: kcolihan
Tue, 04-08-2008 - 8:18am

Carrie,

For the life of me, I couldn't remember the word affirmations.

Anyway, I'm not so good with "Creating Them" so I was just curious if anyone had any that work for them...

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Registered: 02-05-2007
In reply to: kcolihan
Tue, 04-08-2008 - 12:28pm

Hmm "I'm Happy, Joyful and Financially Abundant."

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Registered: 02-28-2008
In reply to: kcolihan
Tue, 04-08-2008 - 2:56pm

This one is very similar to yours:


"I forgive you for not being

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Registered: 04-09-2008
In reply to: kcolihan
Wed, 04-09-2008 - 12:46am

Hi :) When my ex left me many months ago, my self-esteen took a bit of a hit from some of the things he had said so I used to repeat this line to myself:

"I am a great and fabulous person. I live my life everyday wherever I am."

I think I got the first line from somewhere on this board (Thank you!). The second line came out during my days of frantic journaling and helped to remind me of why the break up was for the best.

It also helped me to see those lines every day so I wrote them onto cue cards which I carried in my purse and taped to my wall and ...

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Registered: 08-05-2004
In reply to: kcolihan
Sun, 04-13-2008 - 10:54am

I've been repeating a few lines from "He's Scared, She's Scared" over the past few days:

"...you can recover from the way you feel no matter how distressed you are, and when you do, you will probably look back and wonder what you were so upset about. You might even look back and laugh."

I'm keeping my eyes focused on the outcome of this grieving process, knowing where I'll end up. If I could recover from a 13 year relationship (9 married), and feel that way, then I know I can recover from a 1.5 year long distance relationship. All of us can.