Our thoughts and emotions are deeply connected with one another. Thoughts are based on our beliefs, life experiences and opinions which give rise to various emotions. For example a person with a fear of cats is likely to be hyper vigilant of the cats in the environment and assumes cats as threatening, which leads to emotional distress when encountered cats in their surroundings. On the contrary, another person who views cats as affectionate will have a different emotional response to the same situation. Our thoughts are part of us which can be altered, which helps to alleviate our unpleasant emotions which promotes pleasing mood. Affirmation is a strategy which we can use to alter our unpleasant thoughts. Affirmations are powerful and healthy statements or phrases made by us to feel in control with our thoughts and it has an effect on our reality. Affirmations also challenge our unhealthy thought patterns. According to Claude Steele, a strong self is a self-affirmed self, a self that