What is a positive body image or body neutrality? Why are they important for a healthy lifestyle – especially for badass women over 40? How do powerful affirmations work and help transform your negative self-image? Follow along to boost your positive body image with body-positive affirmations.
Did you know that having a positive body image is linked to having good mental well-being and physical health?
Yes! They are powerful tools! 
More specific benefits of a positive body image include better self-esteem, self-acceptance, and healthy lifestyle behaviors like eating more nutritious food and participating in regular workouts and physical activity.
Sounds great, doesn’t it?!
So, What Is A Positive Body Image?
“When a person has a positive body image, they feel comfortable in their body and have a healthy relationship with how their body looks and feels.”, writes Yvette Brazier in this medically reviewed article.
This includes taking steps to care for your body and how you appear – all while being happy and fulfilled doing so. You’d be aiming for a good relationship with your body, not listening to external influences like social media or other people. You also appreciate your body for all that it’s doing for you and it’s amazing capabilities.
What Is Body Neutrality?
Body neutrality, sometimes also referred to as body respect, body acceptance, or body appreciation, is another way to aim to fight a negative body image and its impactful negative and lasting effects.
If you think you might not want to or can aim to love all aspects of your body, it’s totally cool to go for body neutrality and neither associate overly negative or positive emotions with your body. Your body simply is what it is.
5 Ways To Practice Positive Body Image Or Neutrality.
Besides surrounding yourself with positive people, refocusing your energy, taking a step back from negative social media posts, and looking at yourself as a whole person, according to the University of Colorado Boulder lists using body-positive affirmations as one of their top 5 ways to practice positive body image. This works for teens finding their own identity to badass women over 40 and beyond.
How Do Positive Affirmations Work?
Just like you’re training your muscles at the gym, you’re training your brain with positive affirmations to think in a new way about your body, i.e. a more neutral or positive way.
By reading them daily, saying them regularly, or even writing them out, you’re rewiring your brain and are learning new ways of thinking.
How To Use Powerful Affirmations To Boost Your Positive Body Image?
There are lots of ways to use powerful affirmations to boost your positive body image, including:
- Part of health and fitness goals
- In a vision board that includes how you imagine your future
- An intention for the week or day ahead
- Part of a restful evening routine before you go to sleep
- A ritual when writing your favorites down while journaling or even as a positive body image journaling prompt
- Powerful yet gentle reminders throughout the day, using post-its where you need them, as a screensaver, reminders in your calendar, or as phone alerts
The important aspect is that you use them regularly, ideally daily, over at least a couple of weeks to see the impact. Say them out loud, read them, or write about them.
33 Powerful Affirmations To Boost Your Body Image
Here’s a mix of powerful affirmations to enhance your negative body image to body neutrality or a positive body image.
Ready?
Let’s go!
1. My body needs rest.
2. I am thankful for my body.
3. I feel confident in my body.
4. My body is unique.
5. I am learning to embrace my body.
6. I trust in my body.
7. I am worthy.
8. My confidence and well-being does not depend on what other people think.
9. I am complete as I am.
10. I am fabulous – just the way I am.
11. I accept my body.
12. It’s ok if I don’t like my body today.
13. I nourish my body. 
14. I love myself and that includes my body.
15. My body is my home.
16. I choose to heal and love my body.
17. I am strong and capable.
18. My body deserves to be cared for.
19. I am more than my appearance.
20. I prioritize honoring what my body needs.
21. I don’t need to love my body every single day to respect and nourish it.
22. I let go of other’s expectations and embrace my human body with care.
23. I deserve to feel comfortable in my own skin.
24. I am strong and capable. I have confidence in myself.
25. I make healthy choices for my body that come from a place of love and care.
26. I am good to myself.
27. My body will change many times during my life and that’s ok.
28. I appreciate my body and all that it does for me.
29. My body is special and I love that about myself.
30. I am enough.
31. I respect my body for all that it does for me.
32. Today, I will practice self-kindness throughout the day.
33. I let go of insecurities and learn how to truly appreciate the awesomeness of my body.
Conclusion
Using these 33 gentle yet powerful affirmations to boost your positive body image will take regular practice. However, this can be as short as 1-3 minutes a day.
Remember you’ll be investing in your self-care, mental wellbeing, and physical health.
Body-positive affirmations are powerful and worth your time.
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