This week I received an email from a young guy called Shwyn, saying that he had been inspired to write an affirmational song based on the law of attraction. Well I watched it and I was stunned. It is a beautiful song, very inspirational and it gave me goosebumps as he has such a powerful voice – here is the video, get comfortable, take 5 minutes out and just relax and enjoy it:

Also, just for your information, here is a little section of the script from the first verse – print it an pin it up 🙂

I can be what I want to be,
I can dream, have fantasies.
I’ll get there, yes I believe,
If I pursue I will achieve.
If I just realise my full potential.. I’m a powerful Individual
(Lyrics from Shwyn- Individual)

I was really eager to ask Shwyn a few questions too which he came straight back with, so here’s a little interview with the artist

Interview with Shwyn

Free Affirmations: Thanks for the video Shwyn, I love it and you’ve got an amazing natural voice! Can you give our readers just a little blurb about yourself; who you are and where you come from, a little about your background?

Shwyn: Thank you for having me. Well I was born and raised in London, Tottenham. I grew up in a loving home on a council estate, with 3 siblings and great parents who always worked hard, but yet still couldn’t seem to quite overcome the financial struggles and hardships that life had to offer. Growing up though, I was a very creative boy, and always felt I was special in some way. Not understanding how to express all this power at a young age, I was at times quite troublesome.

Free Affirmations: Is singing something which has always been part of your life?

Shwyn: Yes, well I was brought up going to church where I loved to sing, my mum loved to sing around the house too. I think I stopped singing around the age of 13, when I started secondary school here. As you tend to try and fit in at that age, where I was singing wasn’t seen to be too cool so to speak, and not very masculine. So from that age on-wards  I drifted more to the technical side of music, recording, mixing, DJ’ing etc. It’s only recently I decided to work on my first solo album and started singing again, so I’m still developing my confidence again in that area. I guess I should write a few affirmations for confidence (laughs).

Free Affirmations: Tell me about writing the song – where did the inspiration come from, was it easy to write?

Shwyn: The inspiration came at a point for me when I was feeding my mind with positive material on a regular basis. I’ve always believed there is a lot more to life than what we see, and I committed my time to developing myself, reading books from authors such as Wallace D Wattles, Troward and Bob Proctor. By saturating my mind with this sort of material, my way of thinking started to change. I wanted to share this with as many people as I could, and my desire expressed itself in the most natural way to me, which was through music.

Free Affirmations: So have you always used positive affirmations yourself? Can you tell me a little about how you started and what they have help you to do?

Shwyn: I’ve been using them around 5 years now, I started because of research into how the mind works, and then I got into the law of attraction. At first I couldn’t quite see any benefit from them, but through study and developing awareness, I now understand affirmations always work and anyone can benefit from them. You could say our whole life is made up of affirmations. Affirmations can be positive or negative. Continuous repetition of a new positive idea will become fixed in the mind and replace the old.  Affirmations work for me in every area of my life, and they can do the same for everyone.

Free Affirmations: What sort of response have you received from people who have listened to your song ‘Individual’?

Shwyn: Wow, the response had been incredible. I’ve had people from all over the world message me, telling me of the positive influence the song has had on their lives and how it had helped them in many ways. Such is the power of the song, I myself even like listening to it on a daily basis to keep my mind focused.

Free Affirmations: Thank you for sharing your story and this great song with us. May success always be with you.

Shwyn: Thank you very much for your support. I would just like to say to all, that you may have heard people say many times that
anything is possible, so much that it can almost become a cliche, but I have discovered it’s really true. Spend time on developing yourself, read and re-read the authors I have mentioned I sing this song on a daily basis, please share this information with your family and friends, surround yourself with it, and soon your mind will take the form of these things. If I can do it, then so can you.

Contact Shwyn and Download “Individual”!

If you have any questions for Shwyn please leave a comment below, or you can reach Shywn on his facebook, and follow him and watch more of his videos in the future on Shwyn’s Youtube Channel.

Individual is also available on iTunes for you to download.

• I wonder what miracles the Universe is going to bring me today?
• In what ways can I bring more joy into someone’s life?
• What step can I take right now that will open me to even greater abundance?

Ahhh…. Just writing those questions down makes me feel good, and I imagine reading them has raised your vibration no matter how good you were feeling before beginning this article, hasn’t it?

• How can I feel even better than I do right now?
• What new friends am I going to meet today?
• In what ways can I make today even better then yesterday?

Nobel Questions

These are nobel questions, and taking five or more minutes each day to write your own may be the single most effective way to quickly raise your vibration.

Once you understand the basics and get in some practice you will find that each time you work with Nobel Questions your smile will brighten, your confidence will grow, and the Universe will begin to open doors for you in ways you don’t yet even know how to imagine.

• What wonderful new surprises are waiting for me today?
• How can I feel even happier than I do right now?
• How can I become even more effective in getting my message out?

Ready to get started?

Basic Rule #1

Always write the sentence as if you already have what you are looking for and you want even more of it. For instance if you desire to increase your abundance, some good choices are…

• In what ways can I bring even more abundance into my life?
• What steps can I take today that will result in even more $$ in my bank account
• Who can I call now that can help me open the doors to even greater wealth?

Basic Rule #2

Always write your Nobel Questions in the positive – and always from the knowing that success is guaranteed. For instance, if your desire is to improve your health some great Nobel Questions would be…

• What steps can I take today to increase my health even more?
• In what ways can I allow even greater vitality into my life?
• What am I missing, that if I were aware of it, would allow me to feel even better than I do right now?

Notice the use of the terms “even better”, “even greater”, “even more”. They are a great way to instill into your conscious and other then conscious mind that you are already vital, healthy, energized, abundant and that you are ready to attract even more into your life now.

Basic Rule #3

Always allow for surprises 🙂 Our small ego minds continue to try and keep us contained, constricted, limited. The nobel question is a fabulous way of allowing the Infinite Universe to surprise and delight us in ways that wouldn’t be possible if we didn’t allow for the seemingly impossible in our lives.

• In what wonderful ways is the world going to surprise me today?
• What limitations can I let go of today that will allow even greater wonders into my life?
• What genius have I been hiding from myself that I can tap into to make the world an even greater place to be?

When and How to Use the Nobel Question

The simple truth is that there are many ways you can incorporate the art of the Nobel Question into your life. Some of the most powerful include…

Beginning and ending your day with Nobel Questions such as…

• In what ways will today be even better then yesterday?
• What can I celebrate about this wonderful day I just lived?
• Using Nobel Questions throughout the day whenever you notice your energy drop
• What can I do right now that will broaden my smile?
• In what ways can I get even more motivated in this moment?
• What other ideas can I contemplate that will make this moment even better?

Scheduling 5-10 minutes every day to write as many Nobel Questions as you can, as quickly as you can, concerning all areas of your life. This is one of my favorite exercises and when you begin to do it yourself you will soon learn why. This exercise is like taking a feel good drug without any side effects. It sometimes takes a few minutes to take effect but after that the good feelings just keep coming – and coming – and coming 🙂

What else can I add that will enhance your experience with the Nobel Question? Just my love and intention that your experience will be even more powerful than mine has been – and my promise that I will be checking the comments and will answer as many as your questions as I can

With Joy and In Celebration of this Most Magnificent Journey, Cyndi Krupp

This is a Guest Post from Cyndi Krupp

Cyndi is enjoying her own personal growth journey while at the same time striving to help others with theirs. She writes for and runs the hugely popular self improvement and spirituality online magazine – Evolution Ezine.

If you have enjoyed reading about her nobel questions then you can ask Cyndi your own Nobel Questions, or find out more on her why ask Cyndi? page.

She also runs another giant self improvement website called Mind Power MP3s, in which she works with different artists and musicians to develop music which can help you to transform your mindset. You can get started with her 3 FREE audio mp3s (one of which helps you tap into the heart beat of the earth…)

Since this is the first ever blog post on Free Affirmations, I thought it would be nice to share my story, how I have used positive affirmations and what they have helped me to change and achieve in my life.

I am an affirmations (and self improvement generally) super fan.. I use them every day, and I credit them to helping me achieve many of my personal successes in my life, but lets start at the beginning..

My Name Is..

My name is Thomas Allan. I am an addict – a positive affirmations addict. I have used them for over 20 years and I have rarely missed a day without saying them to myself!

I have used them almost constantly, and at certain times of my life I certainly was obsessive about them (is an obsession such a bad thing if it leads to success?). They really took over my life in a big way, changing how I would approach certain tasks, and I would be always aware of my affirmations and therefore the goals they were tied to.

This for some people would be too much, and yes, I got some weird comments and questions from people along the way about my affirmations and positive self talk (I’d often sticky personal messages to my computer / desk etc).

Would this bother me? No. Would I change anything? No.

I have always wanted to reach higher and achieve something big in my life, now I am far from the most successful person in the country but I can say I have lived a life of my own design, I enjoy an early retirement and I am grateful for the businesses I have built which still earn me an almost passive income.

Positive affirmations have helped me to sculpt my mind, helped me to aim bigger, to focus on my goals and to pursue success with single minded determination and a positive attitude no matter what.

Anyway, back to a more “timelined” way of writing this post – here is a progression of how I have used positive affirmations over the years for different areas of my life.

My First Attempts

I first started using affirmations over 20 years ago when I was just 17. I was shy and introverted and I did struggle to make friends at college after leaving school.

I started to read about self improvement and using positive affirmations and I took to them like a duck to water. One minute I was a shy 17 year old, and then quite quickly – even within a few days I saw some improvements and I felt like I was looking at the first days of the rest of my life – a much improved life where I would be able to work towards my dreams and achieve real things!

I began to see a difference in my inner thoughts at first, just in  how I thought about myself, my mood and my basic levels of happiness and self esteem.

After another 2-3 weeks or so (of saying my affirmations for 5 minutes on a morning and 5 minutes before going to bed) things really started to become noticeable – not just for myself, but for other people too.

I definitely became more outgoing, socialising and meeting new people didn’t seem scary, in-fact it soon became fun and I found myself excited to make new friends and find out about them.

It was around this time that I began to actually feel things clicking into place within my mind..  it sounds weird to explain, but when I first started using affirmations it was like they changed my brain on a deeper level and in a permanent way.

The Next 20 Years

For the next 20+ years I kept to my morning and evening ritual.

I still to this day start and finish my day by saying my affirmations. Of course the list always evolves and changes focus by what I have going on in my life at the present time, what goals I am working on or what changes I want to make to myself.

I have used affirmations for every goal imaginable! They have helped me to lose weight and to keep my motivation up and mindset focused on exercising regularly. I took this further and used affirmations to push me further into my running training and to help me excel in sports generally.

I have used them in my personal life and with my personal hobbies. I am not a robot, I have used them to give me a boost when I have been feeling low or frustrated, but most of all I have used them to develop a..

Success Mindset

Throughout all of my adult life I have mainly used them to “develop an entrepreneur mindset” – to focus my mind for success in business.

Gaining confidence as a young man was fantastic, but really, more than anything, affirmations have helped me to create a life of my own design, to make money, and find success in my business and financial pursuits.

I had always wanted to work for myself, I have always wanted to make enough money to not be reliant upon work, and so that I could look after my friends and family – especially my family so they wouldn’t have to work late into their adult lives.

All I had in the early days was drive and ambition – but little skill or experience 🙂 I know I wanted it badly and that was a good foundation, but my positive self talk gave me so many helping hands, advantages and boosts over the years that I have lost count.

They gave me the confidence and determination to go for it early on – I would sit in my car saying my affirmations before a meeting with a new (often) older client or contact. They helped me to not be intimidated, and to walk the walk.. I basically faked it till I made it, stayed positive and pushed on through setbacks and failures until I did make it.

Setting up a business isn’t easy, there are pitfalls, problems more often than not, setbacks, delays, even outright failure and plans and businesses collapsing despite your best efforts. Most of all my affirmations helped me to stay solid as a rock, and to keep pushing through failure (to see failure only as feedback) and keep working towards my goals one step at a time.

Now

I now live in a state of “sort of early retirement”.

I have spent the last couple of decades setting up and running multiple businesses, investing in land, property, and real estate but now I “work” much less. This site is one way I occupy a little of my time more recently, I run it as a “passion project” and have a few other personal passion projects like it; just “things” I want to do / try. I do also still get involved a little in some businesses I still have interest in, but I rarely work full days anymore.

I hope you found my story interesting, I wrote it to simply share more of who I am, but if it inspires just one person to take up affirmations then I will be happy.

I still say my positive affirmations every day.