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75 Confidence-Boosting Positive Affirmations For Teens

The life of a teenager can be vibrant and exciting, full of challenges and firsts. These are the years when you begin to grapple with the real world and try to find your place in it.

As a teen, your inner worlds face lots of outside pressures.

You want to fit in but also struggle to find our own identity. Sometimes these struggles lead to negative thinking and self-doubt.

Becoming a confident, independent, and happy adult begins closer to home than you might think. The process starts by learning to reframe the negative self-talk to which you've become habituated.

Positive affirmations can help you find the confidence to emerge into adult life, prepared and excited to take on the world.

To help you with this process, we’ve created a list of positive affirmations for students to practice.

11 Things To Say To Someone When You Don’t Know What To Say

by Barrie Davenport

women talking at table what to say when you don't know what to say

It happens.

You’re face-to-face with someone, and you really do want to have a pleasant conversation with them (or maybe you’re eyeing the exit).

But you just can’t think of anything to say.

And as you see the expression on their face change from friendly and open to awkward and uncomfortable, you feel worse.

You don’t know what to talk about.

Yet you’ve faced more daunting challenges and triumphed.

Ready to have the same success with sticky social situations?

Read on.

Adore Your Best Friend? Get Tats Together Using These 75 Meaningful Tattoo Ideas For Best Friends

by Barrie Davenport

Are you and your bestie considering friendship tattoos?

If so, you landed in the right place — because we’re breaking down the 75 best friend tattoos for females.

Will identical tattoos work?

How about complimentary ones?

We’ve picked options to fit various tastes and hope you find an inspiring tattoo.

Get your bookmarking trigger finger ready.

Let’s look at tattoos!

95 Powerful Affirmations To Boost Your Self-Esteem

by Barrie Davenport

woman thinking, positive affirmations for self-esteem

Do positive self-affirmations work?

If you’re used to feeling negative about yourself, you’re probably also used to talking negatively to yourself.

Your self-talk has a significant impact on your self-esteem.

That’s why it’s essential to repeat self-worth affirmations daily.

Affirmations are positive statements that reinforce your goals, so affirmations for self-esteem will help create more positive feelings about yourself.

As you start, it doesn’t matter whether you believe them right away.

When you get used to talking about yourself in a positive way, your confidence and self-worth will improve.

But how does that work exactly?

115 Important Self-Discovery Questions To Know Yourself Better

by Barrie Davenport

As we grow older, it dawns on us that cobwebs have formed in the attics of our minds, preventing us from seeing ourselves clearly and authentically.

We may exercise our curiosity, awareness, and compassion on others but not often enough on ourselves.

If we don’t self-question, our experiences are transformed into memories and filed away, and our opinions are slowly cemented into our character.

These experiences shape who we are and inform our daily choices, while many deeply held beliefs can inhibit our growth.

Active self-discovery requires challenging yourself by asking questions and being willing to reflect on them.

To help on your personal growth journey, we’ve compiled the ultimate list of self-discovery questions.