When working on returning to self-love, you’ll have to look back at your life. You’ll have to look back at the things you thought you had healed or perhaps shoved down or moved past and realize you’ll have to bring them to the surface again. This time, we need to heal them with love and compassion. We all have things that happened to us when we were children. Most of the time, we shove them down or ignore them until…..
When working on returning to self-love, the holidays become slightly different. Maybe you have tons of family and friends to be around, or perhaps you’ll be alone. In any case, holidays can become a very lonely time. Self-love helps you to understand that even if you’re alone or perhaps surrounded by family or loved ones who don’t understand you, that’s OK. The universe understands you. You are worthy of love. You matter, you are valued, and you are more than…..
When working on returning to self-love, you’re going to understand the truth of the old saying that relationships are determined during the tough times. You’re going to understand that the relationship that you have with yourself is also determined during tough times. Are you kind with yourself? Are you compassionate with yourself? Are you gentle with yourself? And are you nurturing with yourself during the tough times – the difficult times – the rough times? Tough times determine relationships. When…..
Part of the journey of self-love is understanding that you come into this world fully equipped for the journey before you. In truth, it does not matter what challenges you face. Or what obstacles appear in your life. You truly have been given everything you need to deal with it. However, Once you know that, you begin to understand how much the universe loves you. And has given you everything you possibly need to have a fruitful, joyful life. You…..
Live larger. When you’re working on returning back to self-love, you’re going to have to come to the point that you no longer make yourself smaller so that other people are more comfortable. Now I used to do this because of the bullies in my life. I would make myself smaller so as not to bother them. I think women tend to do this more than, but men do it as well. We have to stop making ourselves smaller so…..
Give yourself some space. When working on returning to self-love, you’re going to have to learn to take breaks. Part of taking a break is it’s taking yourself away from a situation that may be tiring to you or trouble for you and giving yourself some space so that you can “re-boost” yourself and return to the situation where refreshed. I know a lot of people, when I talk to them, say I got to get on this. I got…..
Decisions Are Coming From You. When working on returning to self-love, there’s going to come a point when you realize that every decision you ever made or will ever make is coming from you. You can no longer blame other people for making you do something that you didn’t want to do. You can no longer blame people for forcing you to go in a direction. A direction that you did not choose to go. Every decision that you made…..
When working on returning back to self-love, you’re going to have to look at your relationship with the divine. Whether you call it God, Goddess, the Universe, or the big kahuna, I really don’t care what you call it. But you’re going to have to look at your relationship with the divine. Most of us were taught how the divine sees us and our place in the world because of the divine. Who is God to you? Now most people…..
When you’re working on returning to self-love, you’re going to have to come to the understanding that you are loved. So, what does it mean to know that you are loved? To know that you are loved is to know that you have value and that you matter to the universe. Not for what you’ve done, not for what you will do, but because you are you. The fact that you exist in this world means you matter and are…..
When you are working on returning to self-love, you’re going to have to embrace the second component of self-love. It is to know that you are loving. Now to know that you are loving means that you know you are given a naturally loving heart that’s been waiting to be expressed uniquely through you. That’s why we do all the work on our inner orphans and on our wounds. So we can remove the barriers from around our hearts. And…..