The phrase "affirm herself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a person's action of validating or reinforcing their own identity, beliefs, or worth.
Example: "In her speech, she encouraged others to affirm themselves and embrace their unique qualities."
Alternatives: "validate herself" or "assert herself".
I recently saw a wonderful video on YouTube that has been making its way around the internet, of a little girl passionately affirming herself and her life in the bathroom mirror ("My whole house is great; I like my hair; I can do anything; I like my family," etc).
It was an extreme measure, but perhaps what Jackie needed to affirm to herself that she was really going to move past her addiction this time.
The process involves the Scientist engaging in a silent argument to affirm to herself the unreality of matter, something Christian Science practitioners will do for a fee, including in absentia, to address ill health or other problems.
Thus, a patient suffering from a disordered sense of self continues to be a subject of awareness and to affirm himself or herself with the first personal pronoun "I".
Based on what I've learned in Maximum Achievement and in Oprah Winfrey's latest move I can guarantee you Ms. Winfrey hasn't stopped thinking and affirming big for herself and we need to do the same.
She looks great — as she herself often affirms in her stand-up and talk show — but there is no artifice, no fluffing for a newspaper interview.
In 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court wrote an 8-0 decision, with Justice Sotomayor recusing herself, that affirmed the dismissal of a securities fraud suit based upon U.S. law that was brought to federal court by foreign investors.
She realized that her positive goals were to learn how to value herself and her actions, as opposed to capturing someone to affirm her.
"Affirm the relationship".
