Chris and Jen in the Morning: Self-Care Conversations on Personal Growth, Happiness, and How Our Brains Work
Two friends with a podcast about gratitude, self-care, personal growth, and finding happiness - all with a side of levity and laughter.
Long-distance friends, we shorten the miles between DFW and NYC in our weekly podcast where we focus on self care, seeking happiness, and trying to live our best life. We add in a splash of neuroscience and talk about what happens in our brains, why we feel and react the way we do, and how to live better, more authentic, more fulfilling, happier lives.
In our middle-life years, we decided to share our conversations about adulting, chasing joy, being part of the LGBTQ+ community, parenting, personal growth, awkwardness, anxiety, mental health, and so much more to help others who can relate find kinship and a sense of community.
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Chris and Jen in the Morning: Self-Care Conversations on Personal Growth, Happiness, and How Our Brains Work
Do Affirmations Really Work? The Science Behind Positive Self-Talk
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Positive affirmations can feel cheesy—or powerful—depending on how they’re used. In this episode, Chris and Jen explore how affirmations actually work, what’s happening in the brain when we use them, and why authenticity matters more than forced positivity. Through neuroscience-informed insight and personal experience, they share how to create affirmations that feel real, aspirational, and effective, and how integrating them into daily life can help restore calm, confidence, and a sense of control during emotionally challenging times.
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Chapters
00:00 Excitement for Pride Kelso Festival: Community Engagement
05:05 Gratitude Moments: Celebrating Connections and Experiences
10:41 The Power of Affirmations: A Personal Journey
19:59 Neuroscience of Affirmations: Understanding the Brain's Response
22:19 Harnessing the Power of Affirmations
25:29 The Science Behind Affirmations
28:56 Personalizing Your Affirmations
34:21 Integrating Affirmations into Daily Life
40:07 Navigating Emotions with Affirmations
45:23 Creating Affirmations for Job Seekers
53:18 Outro
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