When you are returning to self-love, you are going to have to look at your beliefs – both positive and negative belief systems. You are going to have to start dissecting them- looking at them. Wondering how long you have carried them? Are they helping you or hurting you? You are going to have to become curious about why you believe what you believe. And why do you still hang on to it even when it may be harmful to…..
When you are working on returning to self-love, there is going to come to a point when you realize that every decision you have ever made and will ever make is coming from you. All decisions are yours. You can no longer blame other people for making you do something you didn’t want to do. You can no longer blame people for forcing you to move forward in a direction you don’t choose to go. Every decision you made in…..
When working on returning to self-love, you are going to have to learn to be kind to yourself. You are going to be healing wounds and changing negative beliefs. And along the way, you are going to make mistakes. When changing a negative belief, it is going to take time to lock in this new belief and have your behavior follow that new belief. So, you are going to have to practice kindness with yourself. You are going to have…..
When you are working on finding yourself, you are going to have to become your own best friend. Self-love is about love and learning how to love yourself. Now that doesn’t mean going to the spa or eating well, going to the gym, or setting boundaries. That’s mnt saying that all of these things are not good. They are all very good things to do, but they are not really about loving yourself. Self-love is about learning how to love…..
Make self-love your resolution. When working on returning to self-love, the New Year becomes quite different. Maybe you are going to make resolutions and then break them in two weeks. Do you want to change your life? Make a self-love resolution. Or perhaps, you going to decide to fall in love with yourself. to make a self-love resolution. You are going to go within and find out who you are. Perhaps, change the beliefs that have been holding you back……
When working on returning to self-love, you will have to learn to accept yourself. I was recently talking with a group of people- transgender people about the need for acceptance. This group said they don’t feel accepted by other people. I had to remind them that acceptance starts within. It does not matter if others accept you. Because their lack of willingness to accept other people is a sign of them, in truth, lacking in self-love To learn to accept…..
When working on finding your self-love, you will have to look at how you receive compliments or unexpected blessings. It will tell you a lot about where you are on your journey. Unexpected blessings I had a friend who I gave some New Year’s gifts from the dollar store. They literally cost me a dollar. I filled a bag full of them just to say thanks for being in my life. When my friend saw the bag, she seemed –…..
It is essential to be kind to yourself, especially during tough times. The saying that relationships are determined during tough times is true. However, the rough times also show your relationship with yourself as well. Are you kind to yourself or compassionate with yourself? Are you gentle or nourishing with yourself during tough times and difficult times? Being kind to yourself during difficult times makes those a bit easier to deal with – and actually makes those horrible times…..
Story of a loving heart A loving heart for Thanksgiving. This week’s inspiration is a story about how a teacher impacted her student’s life. She asked everyone to draw pictures of what Thanksgiving means to each. She figured each would draw a turkey or potato, or pumpkin pie. However, one little boy did something different. He was her sad little boy, rarely going out to play and always standing beside her. He had such lonely eyes. The teacher could only…..
We are now entering the holiday season for many of us. Perhaps it is time to do holidays differently since they consistently do two things. They stress out – with all the planning, shopping, cooking, traveling, and trying to keep everyone happy, which is frankly impossible, yet we try. They stress us out. We allow people to step over our boundaries. I don’t care how strong you are – you will end up doing something you really don’t want to…..
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