{"id":14451,"date":"2018-06-05T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/?p=14451"},"modified":"2018-06-13T03:58:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T07:58:46","slug":"affirmations-often-dont-work-works-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/2018\/06\/affirmations-often-dont-work-works-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Affirmations &#8211; Why They Often Don\u2019t Work &#038; What Works Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/sk77b-932477&#038;?from=site&#038;skin=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;auto=0&#038;download=0&#038;share=1&#038;btn-skin=108\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aired Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 6:00 PM EST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affirmations &#8211; Why They Often Don\u2019t Work &#038; What Works Better<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever wondered why affirmations don\u2019t seem to work for you?  Do they kinda work and kinda don\u2019t?  Have you ever wondered what that was about?  Have you done lots of affirming and  nothing seemed to change?  Do you find yourself doubting your affirmations as you are saying them or writing them down?  Explore with Betsy and Kathy what mignt work even better than affirmations. If you have any questions for the show, please let us know at: <a href=\"mailto:imperfectbrilliance@gmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">imperfectbrilliance@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aired Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 6:00 PM EST Affirmations &#8211; Why They Often Don\u2019t Work &#038; What Works Better Have you ever wondered why affirmations don\u2019t seem to work for you? Do they kinda work and kinda don\u2019t? Have you ever wondered what that was about? 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