How to use these daily affirmations
- Choose your categories. They are all selected to start with. Keep the ones that speak to you and switch off the rest.
- Read today's affirmation slowly. Say it in your head, or out loud if you are on your own, and notice how it feels.
- Press Another one if it doesn't fit your day. The current affirmation comes back when the next one arrives.
- Press Start reminders to get each new affirmation as a notification during your active hours, and allow notifications when asked.
- Choose how often. A new affirmation arrives every day by default. Pick every 12 hours, every 6 hours or every hour if you would like more of them.
What are affirmations?
Affirmations are short, positive statements about yourself and what you can do, such as "I can handle what today brings". You read them, say them or write them down to encourage a helpful way of thinking. People use them to start the day with a clear head, to prepare for a hard conversation, or to be a little kinder to themselves after a mistake.
An affirmation is a small habit, not a cure. Research on self-affirmation, which is about reflecting on what you value, suggests it can help some people cope better with stress, but the effect varies, and reading a sentence is no replacement for support when you need it.
Affirmations for work
A working day is full of small moments when a kind thought helps: before a presentation, in the middle of a full inbox, after a message that stung, or when you have been at the screen for too long. These affirmations are written for those moments, in plain words, without pretending that every day is easy.
- Before a meeting or a presentation: choose Confidence, and read one on your way in.
- When the inbox piles up: choose Calm, and take a slow breath with it.
- At the start of a big task: choose Focus, and begin with the first small step.
- After a mistake or a hard day: choose Self-compassion or Resilience.
- At the end of the day: choose Gratitude or Balance, and let the day go.
Eight categories of affirmations
There are 100 affirmations in each category, 800 in all. Supabreak goes through the ones you choose in a shuffled order, so you won't see the same affirmation again until you have seen the rest.
- Confidence: speaking up, deciding and trusting your own work. For example, "I bring something valuable to my work every day."
- Calm: pausing, slowing down and letting pressure pass. For example, "I breathe in slowly, and I breathe out what I don't need."
- Focus: starting, concentrating and finishing. For example, "I give this one task my full attention."
- Self-compassion: kindness toward yourself, mistakes and tired days included. For example, "I speak to myself the way I would speak to a good friend."
- Resilience: setbacks, change and hard days. For example, "I can do hard things."
- Gratitude: noticing what is going well, at work and outside it. For example, "I'm grateful for this moment of quiet."
- Balance: boundaries, rest and a life outside work. For example, "I can log off at the end of the day."
- Energy: moving, resting and looking after your body at a desk. For example, "I take a moment to stand up and stretch."
Tips for making affirmations work for you
- Keep them believable. If a statement feels too far from the truth, treat it as something you are working toward: "I'm learning to trust my judgment".
- Make them personal. Read the affirmation aloud, or change a word or two, until it sounds like you.
- Tie them to something you already do. Read the day's affirmation with your first coffee, or before you open your email.
- Pair them with a pause. Look away from the screen with the 20-20-20 timer, take a few slow rounds of box breathing, or sit quietly with the meditation timer.
- Don't force a feeling. You don't have to feel confident or calm straight away. Reading the words and giving them a moment is enough.
Supabreak provides general wellbeing reminders and information, not medical advice. If you are struggling with your mental health, please talk to a doctor or a mental health professional.