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…..
Add Affirmations To Your ToolBox. Once you have begun to change your negative beliefs, you should add affirmations to your toolbox. Affirmations help keep your mind focused on what you want to happen and also help to lock it more into your heart. There is no quicker way to lock it into your heart than to say something every day. Too many people do affirmaito0jns before they are ready. Unfortunately, too many people like to do affirmations without doing any…..
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…..
Spiritual CommonSense Radio Show – You can listen to it here if you missed my radio show. I speak with the Author Jean Keegan Daly. We talk about her life and her new book, Reflections Of A Seasoned Soul. She shares stories of using her healing hands on patients she nursed in hospitals and hospice patients. How she has seen those who have passed revisit her, especially when she needs to hear what they have to share. Her dad was initially…..
Your Loving is Good Enough. Understanding you were born with a loving heart waiting to be expressed uniquely through you. And how you express, it is good enough to the universe. Highlighting going into meditation to see what you feel and believe about your loving heart despite your walls around it. Are there rules you must follow to express your heart? I share how I believed my loving heart was wrong or I did not express it good enough since…..
Stop Believing People’s Words. The only reason you let other people’s words into your heart is that there is part of you that believes it is true. You may fight their words, to begin with, but when you hear to over and over – it gets into your heart. I heard the same thing over and over, and yes, I fought it. But pieces of their words locked into my heart. Why did I let that happen? I let it…..
