The Basic Story of Self-Affirmation

Self-affirmation can help someone rethink a conviction or confront some evidence that they were not receptive to. To expand the perspective, you take the person back up to 30,000 feet,. They're down at about 2,000 feet, completely absorbed. Bring them up to 30. And that 2,000 foot problem isn't so bad. It's more manageable. You aren't totally reducible to that problem. That's why people think they go repeatedly to church on Sunday. They're looking for that on a weekly basis.