I AM: Breaking the Silence on Mental Health
I AM: Affirmations
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Affirmations can help guide the mind away from anxiety and toward healthier thoughts and emotions.
The five women profiled in I AM recall their favorite affirmations - sayings that help guide the mind away from anxiety and toward healthier thoughts and emotions. I AM: Breaking The Silence on Mental Health is a documentary by Jessica Chaney and Amanda Willoughby that tackles the issue of mental health among women of the African-American community.
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I AM: Breaking the Silence on Mental Health is a local public television program presented by WKNO
I AM: Breaking the Silence on Mental Health
I AM: Affirmations
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The five women profiled in I AM recall their favorite affirmations - sayings that help guide the mind away from anxiety and toward healthier thoughts and emotions. I AM: Breaking The Silence on Mental Health is a documentary by Jessica Chaney and Amanda Willoughby that tackles the issue of mental health among women of the African-American community.
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- Younger self.
Sis, calm down.
Put the chocolate down.
You don't need to have a drink.
Just hold on a second.
Take a moment.
Be still.
And just breathe.
- You're doing alright.
You're okay.
- You're not mad.
You're not angry.
You're just going through some stuff.
- It will be okay.
The moment will pass.
It's just one moment in time that's making you anxious right now.
And then, when you experience it, it might even be as bad as you're thinking it's gonna be.
You'll probably be great.
It usually is great.
And so, the moment will pass and you will be okay.
So, don't let something that hasn't happened, or even something from the past, stall how you feel right now, stall you from making you feel good.
Don't let that stop you.
- I would tell my younger self that her voice matters.
[breathes in] That it is not her responsibility to bear the weight of the people around her.
Can I keep going, because I want to get it off now.
- Okay.
- That her value and her worth is not tied to how helpful she can be to people.
That she doesn't have to fight for her worthiness.
She doesn't have to puff up or shrink down.
- When it comes to my affirmations and anxiety, I am safe.
I did what I was supposed to do today.
And, I'm going to accept that and be okay with that.
I have to, because I was not designed to do it all.
- Today, I will make something miraculous out of the mundane.
- I am unconditionally loved and supported.
The small things I do lead to big results.
- And I have beautiful qualities to offer this world.
- I love myself, I trust myself, I honor myself, I am committed to myself, I believe in myself, I transform myself, I heal myself, I evolve myself.
- I am going to be okay.
I am loved.
And, I am doing great.
- I am healthy.
I am wealthy.
I am rich, and I am enough.
- If my creator is pleased with me, then so am I.
And I am the true workmanship of the divine.
- And I am love.
I am kindness.
I am whole.
- I am.
- I am.
- I am.
- I am.
- I am.
- I am.
- I am.
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