Repeat them. Believe them. Watch your mindset start to change. Affirmations are positive, present tense and personal statements that you repeat out loud daily. In effort to improve your thought-speech-action, affirmations play an vital role by breaking patterns of negative thoughts, negative speech, and, in turn, negative actions. In New marriages as well as established marriages there are challenges with communication, resentment and the ability to be vulnerable. This journal helps you acknowledge issues and consciously address them by attacking/changing your negative thinking. Most importantly, you'll explore the connections between your thoughts and the emotions behind them as you journal on each affirmation.