“Don’t wait until someone gives you permission to love yourself. Self-love is not something to be earned or deserved.”
Read MoreObstacle of self-love #2: Depression
“I have learned that depression is a liar and it will try to negatively narrate the story of my life.”
Read MoreObstacles of self-love #1: The belief that self-love is selfish & wrong
“Think of unconditional self-love as a fuel that allows us to keep moving forward as we learn to pace ourselves, rest and set healthy boundaries.”
Read MoreLearn how to treat yourself in a more loving way
How do we treat ourselves? What does that even mean? To help answer that question, let’s think about how we treat other people. How do we treat our favorite people? How do we treat strangers? How do we treat the people we like verses the people we don’t like? Consider how we treat the people…
Read MoreLearn how to speak to yourself in a more nurturing way
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 instead. Realizing this, inspired me to create an exercise that helps me to…
Read MoreWhere does unconditional self-love come from?
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 just waiting to be nurtured in order to grow. But sometimes that seed…
Read MoreSigns that you may be lacking self-love
Self-hate or the lack of self-love, can be difficult to detect because it can feel so natural. Here is a list to help us recognize if we need more self-love in our lives. Before reading this list, remember to create a safe space of observation before looking inward. Which means to promise ourselves when we…
Read MoreWhat is self-hate and where does it come from?
Self-hate is actually not something that we easily detect within ourselves because it comes in many shades and disguises, ranging from the extreme state of self loathing and abuse to the subtle shades of indifference, negativity and neglect. All degrees of self-hate are harmful because any form of self-hate depletes our health, our happiness, our…
Read MoreThe benefits of unconditional self-love
If you find yourself saying, “Why bother with self-love?” Here is a list of reasons why it is beneficial to nurture unconditional self-love: Unconditional Self-love is healing to our spirits, our minds, and our bodies. Unconditional self-love motivates us to seek out new solutions to old problems. Unconditional Self-love motivates us to be kinder, more…
Read MoreSelf-love begins by looking inward and knowing ourselves better
To begin the journey of unconditional self-love, it takes inner-examination because by looking inward it will tell us where we need to start. So we begin by asking ourselves personal questions and then listening for the answers. As we do this, we need to honor our emotions and listen to our pain. We need to…
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