READERS’ FAVORITES REVIEW THE HEART OF THE MATTER (A WORKBOOK AND GUIDE TO FINDING YOUR WAY BACK TO SELF-LOVE) “The Heart of the Matter: A Workbook and Guide to Finding Your Way Back to Self-Love by Joffre McClung is a groundbreaking work in the area of personal development and success, a book that offers readers the one important thing they need to succeed in personal life and business. There have been a lot of books on…..
**Self-Love or the lack of Self-Love not only determines how we see ourselves but also governs how we experience the world around us. It is the prism through which we see and define all things So why do so few of us see Self-Love as the starting point to our inner and outer health?** Self-love means just that –love towards self. So I ask you… Are you kind with yourself? Are you compassionate with yourself? Are you patient with…..
Is your SELF-LOVE based on an action such as taking a spa day or eating only organic or buying yourself something you have wanted? Is your SELF-LOVE based on your achievements, or how your friends or workmates view you? Is your SELF-LOVE based on your looks or physical appearance? Is your SELF-LOVE based on how many friends you have in your life or how many likes you have on Facebook? If your self-love relies on outside indicators, you are…..
FEAR seems to be running rampant these days. Whether it is fear of terrorists, “other” religions, immigrants, people whose skin color are different than ours, people who are wealthy, people who are poor, those who don’t speak our language, those from different countries, or those who belong to an opposing political party fear is everywhere. Fear always offers us an endless array of individuals and groups to lay blame at their feet for our fear or pain. But if…..
Self-love means practicing the art of receiving. If you want to feel loved and give from a place of that love, you must be willing to receive love, which means you must learn how to offer love to yourself. Compliment yourself when you do something well. Offer forgiveness to yourself when you feel you have done something wrong or “bad.” Congratulate yourself when you take a risk (no matter how it turned out). Have compassion for yourself when you act out…..
Have you ever sent yourself a valentine? Today is a good day to remember what you love about yourself. Here are a few of mine. Thanks for being honest when it would have been easier to live a lie. Thanks for being kind when it wasn’t required. Thanks for staying open even when my heart was breaking. Thanks for an imagination that is always ready to dream a new dream. Thanks for the…..
When we make decisions out of fear, no one wins! When was the last time you let fear dictate your actions? How did it turn out? Did it make your life better? Did it open you up to experiencing or creating more love in your life? Did it make you actually safer? Did it get you what you wanted? Fear is never the energy you want deciding your fate. It will only constrict your ability to see…..
No one can argue that a big fat spotlight has been put on many of our institutions and the people within them. Rather than getting lost in the idea that we have lost our minds what would happen if we saw these times as an opportunity to look honestly at ourselves individually? We all know the dark can’t survive in the light. So perhaps it is time we as individuals look for the pockets of dark that still reside…..
There are times in life when we are all unsure of what our next move should be. We know we long for a change or something new but are unclear on what to do. It is at those times of uncertainty when we must follow what excites us. A feeling of excitement is your heart shouting YES! You may not know exactly how to get from point A to point B, but if you trust the message from…..
SELF-LOVE is easy when life seems to be going your way. The challenge is to stay in self-love when your life appears to be falling apart. It is only then that you will see the real beauty of your courage to love yourself when there is no outside reason to do so. SELF-LOVE has absolutely nothing to do with what is happening on the outside and everything do with what is happening on the inside. Make this the year…..
