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Obstacles of self-love #3: The false belief that we are nothing

Self-Reflection by Rita Loyd Unconditional Self-Love Painting

“Don’t wait until someone gives you permission to love yourself. Self-love is not something to be earned or deserved.”

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Obstacle of self-love #2: Depression

Journey from Darkness into Light by Rita Loyd Unconditional Self-Love

“I have learned that depression is a liar and it will try to negatively narrate the story of my life.”

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Obstacles of self-love #1: The belief that self-love is selfish & wrong

What Blocks You From Self Love? by Rita Loyd Unconditional Self Love Painting

“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.”

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Learn how to treat yourself in a more loving way

Listen to the Loving Voice Within by Rita Loyd Unconditional Self Love Painting

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…

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Learn how to speak to yourself in a more nurturing way

Take Time to Listen by Rita Loyd Unconditional Self-Love

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…

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Where does unconditional self-love come from?

Which Will You Nurture? by Rita Loyd

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…

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Signs that you may be lacking self-love

Free Yourself by Rita Loyd Unconditional 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…

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What is self-hate and where does it come from?

Self Hate by Rita Loyd Unconditional Self-Love

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…

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The benefits of unconditional self-love

Expanding Love by Rita Loyd 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…

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Self-love begins by looking inward and knowing ourselves better

Self-Discovery 3 by Rita Loyd Unconditional Self-Love Painting

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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