Unconditional self-love is our birth right; just as we were born with the right to love others we also have the right to love ourselves. Unconditional self-love is not something to be earned or deserved. It’s simply a seed planted within us …

Here you will find a
nurturing place
to visit when you need a reminder
to unconditionally love yourself.
Unconditional self-love is our birth right; just as we were born with the right to love others we also have the right to love ourselves. Unconditional self-love is not something to be earned or deserved. It’s simply a seed planted within us …
Have you ever noticed that when life becomes difficult, it can be hard to love ourselves? And not only that, self-hate can try to creep in and take the place of self-love? Why is that? Where does self-love go? Why do we abandon ourselves? I …
Speaking to ourselves in a nurturing way can be a challenge if we rarely heard nurturing words in the early formative years of our lives. In fact, if we were highly criticized or neglected, we probably learned to criticize and neglect ourselves …
“Inspiration to paint my art comes from the desire to look at life differently. When I am faced with a problem, I search my spiritual studies and my collected wisdom for advice. Once I realize the advice that I need to take, I think of the symbolism to convey that message and that is what I paint.”
I'm Rita Loyd. The inspiration to paint healing art came to me in 1996 as a way to cope with chronic fatigue syndrome.
When I first began to paint nurturing art, I didn’t know that my art was going to be about self-love.
I now feel that I know the “recipe” for unconditional self-love and when I apply that recipe to my life I am able to shift from a place of negativity and defeat to a place of healing and empowerment.