Self Love Master Class #21

 What is self-love? 

Before a we can practice Self-Love, we need to understand what it means.

"Self-love is a state of appreciation for oneself that grows from actions that support our physical, psychological and spiritual growth. Self-love means having a high regard for your own well-being and happiness. Self-love means taking care of your own needs and not sacrificing your well-being to please others. Self-love means not settling for less than you deserve." (Brain and Behavior Research Foundation)

Self-love can mean something different for each of us because we all have different ways of caring for ourselves. Figuring out what self-love looks like for you as an individual is an important part of your mental health.

What does self-love mean to you?

Maybe it means:

• Talking to and about yourself with love

• Prioritizing yourself

• Giving yourself a break from self-judgement

• Trusting yourself

• Being true to yourself

• Being nice to yourself

• Setting healthy boundaries

• Forgiving yourself when you aren’t being true or nice to yourself

• Listen to our bodies

• Take breaks from work and move/stretch.

• Put the phone down and connect to yourself or others, or do something creative.

• Eating healthily, but sometimes indulge in your favorite foods.

We can start with smalls steps and make them count – it might be a long journey, but it will be worth it! If we all have confidence, we will stop questioning every decision we take and move on to a better future. And our mental health will improve as well!

Failure?
Failing and messing up are parts of life, so you don’t need to be too hard on yourself. Loving yourself helps you be more aware of the possibilities and choices you have. When you start accepting your failures, you become kinder and quicker to forgive and move on. You start finding solutions rather than holding on to your problems. Not only do you accept your failures, but you become less insecure and more confident in trying them again. It's time to stop beating yourself every time you fail or make a mistake.

Relationships
Remember, we are the ones who teach others how to treat us. People notice when a we don't  have self-love or self-respect, and will disrespect us. We tolerate how others treat us when we tolerate it in ourselves.  It is an important aspect when it comes to relationships. Whether it's your friends, family or a romantic relationship, if you love yourself then you set a standard of how you will be treated in a certain relationship. So, if you want others to love and respect you – begin loving and respecting yourself first!

When you love yourself, you start taking care of yourself. A tiny waist or abs do not define a healthy body. A healthy person is one who takes care of their mental and emotional health as well as physical health. Start prioritizing self-care because mental well-being is as important as physical well-being, and you are the only one who can work for it.

For many of us, self-love is another way to say self-care. To practice self-care, we  need to go back to the basics such as:

Self-love means accepting ourselves as we are in this very moment for everything that we are. It means accepting our emotions for what they are and putting our physical, emotional and mental well-being first.

If you don’t know already, there is a connection between the way you feel about yourself and your mental health. Having no confidence in ourselves will make us doubt our passions, intentions, and goals. It isn’t easy to accept ourselves with all our flaws and character defects, but it isn’t impossible.

If you want to increase the happiness in your life and give your mind some mental peace – then take a step towards self-love, and take it today!

Leave me a comment:
Name one thing you will do today to show some love to yourself. 

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