Lacking in Self-Love When I helped three people face the end of their lives, they all had the same regret. They were of different generations and lived different lives, but they all had the same regret: They wished they loved themselves more. I, too, lacked self-love, and after years of reading and doing spiritual, metaphysical, and personal growth work, I finally decided to get to the root of the problem. – My lack of self-love. I was learning that self-love…..
Self-love vs. Lack of Self-love This video shares what happens when two people go through tough times and how they handle it differently. Both cry and yell at the universe for the dark times. Both feel alone during the tough times, but the sameness ends there. It becomes a story highlighting that self-love matters. Lack of Self-love The woman lacking self-love ends her evening crawling into a ball and feeling all alone in her despair. When she awakens the next…..
SPIRITUAL TOOLBOX We all have a spiritual toolbox that we can use. The toolbox contains all the things we need to expand our sense of self-love. I have added many items to my toolbox over the last 30 years and hopefully taught you a few of them – Beginning with my book’s top three tools we all possess – Our Imagination, Our Emoti0ns, and Our Higher Self. The imagination to use in mediation. Our emotions we use to understand what…..
One Minute of Loving Talk. In this video, I urge everyone to begin their day with one minute of loving talk instead of starting your day with worry or being overwhelmed. I use the “I am” fill in the blank. I am smart enough. I am talented. I am good enough. I say to do one minute to begin your day with self-loving talk vs. doubts or fear which is what many of us do. One minute can be difficult……
Practice Self-Gratitude I stress in this short video why practicing self-gratitude can aid in connecting with self-love. In an early video, I highlighted the importance of beginning your day with the “I am’s” -I am powerful, good enough, talented, etc… This begins your day with self-love talk. Now I share why you should end your day with self-gratitude. Pick Three Things I impart the importance of ending your day by choosing three things that make you glad you are you……
Spiritual CommonSense #10 Show Listen to my enlightening and entertaining conversation with author Nadia Al- Samarrie. We discuss her book Baghdad to Berkeley. She shares how she was born in Iraqi then moved to Iran, then Japan, and eventually found herself in the USA living in Berkeley. She highlights the importance of getting to know where you live and the people around you and how that kept her from holding prejudices against any group. She even imparts a particular trip…..
Focus on The Positive. When working on returning to self-love you will have to add to your spiritual toolbox. One of the things you will need to add is the power to always find the positive, especially during the tough times. This can be a hard tool to get used to during difficult times. It is so easy to wallow in what is going wrong in your life. However, the reason we try to do this is, is because where…..
Do You Appreciate You? When you are working on returning to self-love you are going to have to learn self-appreciation. Self-Appreciation allows you to celebrate who you are in this world. Instead of being trapped in judgment and criticism, you begin to appreciate yourself just the way you are. I did not always appreciate being me. I criticized and judge everything I did. And because I did this I judged and criticized others as well. However, when I focused my…..
Reactions Charged In The Past. It is time to meet your inner orphans. The part of yourself that you have forgotten, or shoved aside, or simply ignored. These parts most often react to the present with a reaction charged in the past. We all have wounds from the past and left healed they cause great problems in our lives. I cannot tell you how many people have reactions charged in the past from wounds that happened in childhood and left…..
You matter and are valued by the universe – not for what you have done or will do, but because you are here. Part of self-love is understanding that the universe loves you. You matter because your energy on this planet is important. You could live on top of a mountain, never seeing another person, but you matter just as much as any other person on the planet. When you know you matter and have value, you know you are…..
