5 AFFIRMATIONS THAT WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR BIOLOGICAL AGE | SANDRA HART

today I'm going to be talking about something that I have become very passionate about for some reason since I turned 85 and that is unlocking the secret to ageless living every decision we make on a daily basis can either slow down our biological age or increase it what we eat how much we move our mood and what we [Music] think hello this is Sandra Hart and welcome thank you so much for joining me again today did you know that you are carrying around with you 247 one of the most powerful tools that can slow down your biological age or else it can accelerate your biological IC age it's true it's absolutely true and that is your mind our brains and our bodies are so highly connected and I wish I knew that when I was younger it's it's a tool that I probably could have used so many times when I was struggling in my life but I'm going to share with you five affirmations that I do that I have learned throughout my life that really help me because you can't actually slow down your biological age by uh what you eat how you think how you move and your mind is such a great tool that a lot of times we don't realize it and we don't use it the way we should every morning when I wake up I say I love life I love life when you say that already your mind is in a very positive place and all the negative stuff that may happen to you during the day if you start out with that affirmation is by saying I love life I am glad I am here and I know that all good things are going to happen me to happen to me today it's a wonderful wonderful powerful feeling when you say that now when I was younger and probably when all of us were younger we had didn't know how powerful our brain was and we didn't know that we were walking around with this big massive Tool uh that we could use on a regular basis to help us cope to help us get through life just a little bit better life loves me and I love life did you know that if you say this it's only a thought and thoughts can be changed I mean how true is that if you are thinking about something in your life and you're stressed about your health Financial situations a job whatever it is you know what it is in your life but if you are struggling with that if if you would remind yourself and say hey girl it's only a thought and thoughts can be changed how true is that our mindset has a lot to do with how we go through our day even if it's a terrible thing that we are facing even if it is an awful thing that we do not think we can surmount or survive if you put it out into the universe hey it's only a thought all this negativity that I'm feeling about what's going on with me now it can be changed because I can find something positive in this negative mindset and I am going to wash it away and wipe it completely out of my my brain because it's only a thought and thoughts can be changed and my life and situation and my day can be changed if I just change that thought into something positive and into something hopeful how many times also have we've done stuff maybe uh we've been angry and we spewed out something you know all of a sudden and and you didn't mean to and as soon as it came out into the universe you think oh I wish I could take that back I really didn't mean to do that we have to stop flagala ourselves I forgive myself and I set myself free self forgiveness is such a powerful tool so many times we do something stupid we do something that is wrong or if somebody else perceives is wrong we've hurt someone uh maybe we've said something at work or or whatever it is made a bad mistake and and purchasing something too expensive and you said well that you can take back but things that we put out into the universe that that may be negative and that we are so sorry has happened forgive yourself and and move on correct it if you can but don't waste your life punishing yourself for something that you have done learn from it take whatever good you can from it and then move on self-compassion and healing brings self growth oh how many times when I was younger I really wish I had this so that is you know one of the things that is so great about getting older we really are a little more wise if we have learned in our lifetime to take lessons from things that have happened to us isn't that true it really is true I am a fixer my whole life it seems that I was people always came to me to try to fix things I would try to fix things that happened to me in my life and more often than not when I was trying something for myself I would get in the way the next affirmation that I do say to myself when it's appropriate please let me get out of my own way isn't it amazing how when you do something and you're trying so hard to fix it and you'll do this and you'll do that you only create more roadblocks and often times you make the situation a lot worse you can be constructive sit back and and think about it but often times if we make rash decisions and we're trying to fix something right away oh before I have to do this before you know it it it comes into a mountain we create obstacles that are absolutely not necessary to be there get out of your own way often times and let the universe work it out do the positive steps that you have to do to try to correct it basically but don't create all of these roadblocks that make it more messy than than ever and I know we're all guilty of it and especially I am I am so guilty of getting in my way and this is affirmation that I have to repeat to myself so often trying to stay out of my own way now I don't know whether at our age and I thought about this is a little bit harder than we were younger or you know maybe a little bit easier now but I am so grateful for the Fulfillment that I have in my life today I am deeply fulfilled in all that I do and I think this affirmation lets us step back and appreciate all the small things in our lives that are so wonderful just you know having a cup of coffee being able to put on a pair of fuzzy slippers or to curl up a with your four-legged fur baby um or just talk on the phone or do a zoom conversation or have FaceTime with your family just those small things in life I know that when I reached 85 somehow it was an aha moment for me that I realized how important every single day of my life is from now on every single day of my life I know when you're younger you really don't have that urgency but it's a good thing to start when you're young appreciating all of the small things in your life because when you appreciate the small things in your life big things will happen isn't that true big things will happen thank you so much for being here today and let's all be good to ourselves pray for world peace and of course if you're out there wherever you are and you're troubled and you feel like you're alone you aren't because you are truly truly loved thank you and I hope to see you again for my next conversation on [Music] Sunday