Self Love Means Making Yourself a Priority

 

When was the last time you told yourself that you are enough? How about the last time you did something just for you?

Loving ourselves is not always the easiest task. Many of us find it’s much easier and simpler to put our time and energy towards friends and family than it is to love ourselves.

I want place more importance on my own self love. And to show others how essential it is to invest in the relationship with themselves because we are the only people in charge of our own happiness.

Many of us fail to prioritize ourselves – we often place the needs of others before our own, which means when life gets busy, we end up compromising our own beliefs and desires. The saying “you can’t pour from an empty cup” couldn’t be more fitting. More often than not, our well-being takes a backseat as we go about our day checking off our to-do lists, prioritizing others' needs over our own.

When you fly, if you’re traveling with someone who you’re caring for, you’re instructed to put on our own oxygen mask first before helping others secure theirs. We are no good to anyone passed out on the floor, let alone ourselves.

Prioritizing ourselves means we are giving ourselves time and attention to focus on our needs, desires, goals, and wants. It also means we give ourselves the same compassion, understanding, and priority that we do to other people.

When we consider what we need in life to feel good about ourselves – whether its having a hobby, joining a team, assessing our values, etc.–we will love ourselves first. It is so important to love ourselves first. When we love ourselves we chase the things we deserve and let go of what doesn’t bring we joy.

Loving ourselves means having the self-respect to say goodbye to people bringing we down. It involves forcing ourselves to go after the things we want most in life. It means ignoring the critics because haters gonna hate but they won’t bring we down. When we love ourselves we exude confidence and only then can we really be selfless.

Sometimes these practices take time, but little habits create big changes when we do them every day. At the end of the day, remember this: to give our best, we have to feel our best. Invest in ourselves, spend time doing what we love, and be kind and compassionate when we make mistakes. we are deserving of all the love and attention in the world.

Self-care does not have to be a lavish and expensive priority. It can be as simple as turning our phone on silent to read our new book or enjoying a cup of hot tea after a long day. We deserve to allow ourselves to find something that brings us joy every day and make it a priority.

Practicing self-love isn't a “one and done” event. It takes time and consistency to cultivate a new attitude towards self-worth and growth. Allow ourselves to be present each day and proud of the small victories.  We must make ourselves a priority to give ourselves the time to be present for ourselves.

With social media, it is becoming easier and easier to compare our life to others in just a single post. It is crucial to remind ourselves daily that each person has their own specific path in life and no two paths look the same. Taking a break from social media at times can be a good practice of self-love as well.

Self-love means prioritizing surrounding ourselves with people that care about us and make us smile. As obvious as this sounds, it is easy to ignore this practice altogether. Take a moment to go through the people that are closest to us and determine if they make we smile on a daily basis. If we are finding it hard to determine if they do or not, it is time to do what is best for we and our health. If these people do not make us feel loved, supported, cared for, and make us smile, it it time to eliminate these people from our lives – EVEN if they are family.

Making ourselves a priority means focusing more on the things we love. This practice looks different for everyone. Write down a list of the top five things that make you happy. This can be hobbies, people, and/or events that bring you the most joy in a healthy, positive and worthwhile way. Once you determine your favorite people, places, events, and/or hobbies, plan out your days to participate in them. Allow yourself the time to do more things you love and you will find a more balanced and fulfilled, worthwhile, life.

Making time for ourselves is vitally important in any relationship. Without the ability to focus on ourselves, it’s easy to fall into unhealthy patterns of codependency and lose our sense of identity. Ultimately, our relationship with our own head and heart are the most crucial ones to nurture, and these will affect all other relationships in our lives, whether they be romantic, platonic or familial. Healthy boundaries, open communication and prioritizing alone time are key ingredients to a strong relationship.

This can be a tricky balance in the best of times, but since the beginning of the pandemic and many people transitioning to working from home, this has put an immense amount of added stress on romantic relationships. When living with your partner, it can be very difficult to protect your alone time when you’re both at home constantly. And even if you don’t live together, with the limited number of activities available and the lowered number of people we’re allowed to see these days, setting aside time for self-love and growth outside of your partnership has even less of a road map than it did before.

But the added challenge of creating time for ourselves in today’s climate of external strains means that it’s just as crucial, if not more so, for both our mental health and the health of our relationships to make ourselves and self care a priority. While every relationship dynamic is different, it is invaluable to prioritize ourselves when you’re in a partnership.

If we observe our daily routine, we will find that there are countless things that steal our “self-care” time and make us feel miserable. Do not let technology keep you from appreciating the beautiful gifts that life has for you. Time that is dedicated to ourselves will bring us even closer to our inner person. We can listen to music, take a walk alone, write stories, daydream or just sit quietly for a few minutes, just as long as we are just being with ourselves.

It is said, “success makes us feel great but failures bring along an eternal feeling of satisfaction when we love ourselves.” When we love being us and celebrate our love for ourselves every single moment, our inner happiness does not depend upon our success or failure, as we are always able to treat ourselves as our own best friend. We live a complete life that has a perfect balance of everything we need to be an overall developed individual.

We must not ignore our inner calling. Our inner voice guides us the best since no us knows better than us. It may be difficult to make a decision when we get stuck in life but when we follow our instincts, life gives us a way of realizing our dreams and happiness. When we listen to our own hearts, we will rarely regret our decisions, even when we face setbacks.

A little shift in our attitude towards prioritizing ourselves can actually bring us closer to success and happiness. The secret of a happy and a healthy life is loving ourselves the way we are regardless of anything else.

Here are some suggestions for becoming more of a priority in your life:

• Make time for YOU. Schedule it. Put it on your calendar. Make it a date.

• Practice self-compassion – be kind to yourself, speak kind to yourself.

• STOP feeling guilty – for saying no, for turning down invitations and for changing your mind.

• Practice saying NO – practice with a friend you trust. Say no to things you don't want to do.

• Learn to love your imperfections – accept them, embrace them. They aren't going anywhere. Make peace with them.

• It's ok to ask for help – asking for help is a sign of strength – not a sign of weakness.

• Let go of the need for control – control is an illusion. The only thing any of us have control of is ourselves.

• Embrace your emotions – emotions are what make us human, vulnerable, and alive.

• Surround yourself with encouraging, positive people – negative people are energy draining. And encouraging, positive people are energy giving.

• Start a Gratitude Journal – this has been my greatest strength. There is always something to be grateful for – write it down.

• Believe you are more than enough - At the end of the day, you are and have always been more than enough

Prioritizing yourself is more than just saying all the right words and pampering yourself, but it's knowing what you need and deserve every day. This means saying no when someone is disrespecting your boundaries or when you're getting close to being burned out.

It's taking short breaks when you're feeling drained and it's taking the time to reflect inward.

Prioritizing yourself is knowing who you are and being content with spending time with yourself because it's how you recharge your energy.

I hope this touched you as deeply as it touched me while I wrote it.  Make yourself a priority. Make time for yourself. It's okay to unplug! 

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Self Appreciation

“You’re either self-appreciating or self-depreciating. There is no middle.”― Lana M. H. Wilder

What is Self-Appreciation?

• Self-appreciation is the process of appreciating yourself.

• Appreciating yourself is about being grateful for yourself.

• Self-Appreciation is not self-esteem,  it’s not about feeling special but accepting our uniqueness instead.

• Self appreciation is saying thank you to ourselves, for all the things that we usually compliment others. 

• Self appreciation, means we appreciate ourselves not because we’re better than others, but because all people possess goodness.

• Self Appreciation is about consciously acknowledging the positive within us, without the need to compare ourselves to others.

• Self-appreciation can change our life by transforming negative beliefs of ourselves into positive and nurturing beliefs.

I believe looking within is the first step whenever I find myself at a crossroads of decision-making. I, as well as many of us, ask ourselves, “I am doing the right thing?” or “Am I capable of doing this thing or not?”

Sometimes it’s more difficult to see what’s right about ourselves than what’s wrong. For some of us even thinking about our positive traits makes us uncomfortable. Praise and compliments make us squirm, and we have no idea how to respond without feeling self-conscious. Flattery feels a lot better than insults, but how many of us really take the praise in? Own it. Feel it. Delight in it. For many reasons, it’s often more difficult for us to feel positively about ourselves. Much of this stems from fear.  One fear involves setting up high expectations of ourselves and others. Minimizing our positive traits means that we’re more likely to pleasantly surprise others by doing well rather than disappoint them by doing poorly. If we’re in the habit of putting ourselves down, recognition of our positive qualities will feel foreign to us. Another fear is the perception of being vain.

So how do we celebrate our admirable qualities in a healthy way? I believe the answer is self-compassion, which involves treating ourselves with kindness, a sense of common humanity, and mindfulness when considering our perceived inadequacies — though in a different guise. I like to call it “self-appreciation.” When we can enjoy what’s good about ourselves, acknowledging that all people have strengths as well as weaknesses, we allow ourselves to revel in our goodness without evoking feelings of arrogance or overconfidence.

We need to consider kindness as it applies to self-appreciation. Would you take your friends’ good qualities for granted without ever acknowledging them or letting your friends know what you like about them? Probably not, yet many of us do so to ourselves.

It’s a great gift of self-kindness to appreciate ourselves and to demonstrate our approval with sincere praise. We don’t have to speak this praise aloud, making ourselves and others uncomfortable in the process. But we can quietly give ourselves the inner acknowledgment we deserve.

The sense of common humanity inherent to self-appreciation means that we appreciate ourselves not because we’re better than others, but because all people have goodness in them. To appreciate others’ goodness while ignoring our own creates a false division between us and them. It creates a sense of "better than" or "less than".

Celebrating our achievements is no more self-centered than having compassion for our failings. We can’t really claim personal responsibility for our gifts and talents. They were born from our genetics, the love and nurturing of our parents, the generosity of friends, the guidance of teachers, and the wisdom of our collective culture. Appreciation for our good qualities, then, is really an expression of gratitude for all who have shaped us as individuals. Self-appreciation humbly honors those who have helped us become the person we are today.

Self-appreciation also involves mindfulness. Just as we need to notice others’ good qualities in order to appreciate them, we need to consciously acknowledge our own positive features. However, we’re often so focused on our mistakes and flaws that we don’t even see when we get things right. Try meditating and focusing on your positive qualities and traits. 

What do you notice most when you get a work evaluation, the nine points of praise or the one point of criticism? Some may be concerned that if we focus too much on what’s right about ourselves we’ll ignore much needed areas of growth. If we take a lopsided view of ourselves — “I am perfect and have no weaknesses whatsoever” — this would be a problem. But the truth is that every human being has both positive and negative traits. Rather than running with an exaggerated story-line about either - good or bad - we need to honor and accept ourselves as we authentically are. No better and no worse. The key is having balance and perspective so that we can see ourselves without distortion.

William James wrote, “the deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” We can meet this essential need without depending on other people to approve of us. When we treat ourselves with the same kindness with which we treat our good friends, we’ll have the support and care required to help us thrive.

Here’s some ways we can can show ourselves some self-appreciation:

• Look back and reflect on where you’ve been in your life.

One of the easiest ways to show self-appreciation is practicing reflection. Reflecting gives you the ability to learn new skills by looking at how far you have come. Looking back on where you came from can give you a sense of strength in truly understanding where you can go, providing optimism for the future. 

 

• Put time into your physical health.

This doesn’t mean going on a diet or starting an extreme exercise routine. It means making sure your body is fueled by food that makes you feel good and that you get regular physical exercise. Evidence has shown that when you take care of your body and put time into your physical health, you can have a greater sense of appreciation for who you are and all that your body can do

• Put time and energy into what you value. 

Connecting with something greater than ourselves and finding meaning in what you value can really help you appreciate ourselves by allowing you to have a greater connection and meaning. Finding what you value can be a task. To do this, list 5 people who you look up to or that are role models for you. Think about why those people are important to you and the values they stand for. This can help you realize some of the values you embody as well.

• Evaluate the way you talk to yourself.

We all have self-talk and sometimes that self talk can be our worst enemy. One thing you can do is identify the negative cycles of self-talk. Try to identify when you start having more negative self dialogue. When those cycles are identified, you can start turning them around. When you start to doubt yourself over something you are about to do or have done, allow yourself to turn the fear and doubt into an opportunity, and instead make it positive.

• Make a gratitude list of your talents and assets.

Often times we leave ourselves off our gratitude list, but it is important to make sure you show self-appreciation. By recognizing and reflecting on where you’ve been and where you can go, putting time into your physical health, figuring out what it is that you truly value, and lastly evaluating the way you talk to ourselves, you can show ourselves the same gratitude you would show others.

Most of us have the habit of beating ourselves up all the time. We criticize ourselves for not getting things right, we are rushing, pursuing and doing all day and all night. And yet there is a nagging voice in the back of our head saying you are not good enough, you are not worthy, you can’t make it. Self-appreciation is the key to release self-criticism and low self-esteem. Self-appreciation is the loving light that will gently uplift your authentic self.

Here are 7 ways self-appreciation can help you improve your life:

1. Improved Self-esteem

2. Increased Self-forgiveness

3. Increased Self-understanding

4. Increased Self-worth

5. Mindfulness and Body Awareness

6. Less procrastination

7. Self-Growth

Being appreciative of ourselves is as simple as using kind words on ourselves.

Change how you speak to yourself.

Think of the language you would use when you are being appreciative of someone else.

By practicing self appreciation you experience the opportunity to become closer in recognizing our own inner values, and as a way to heal our spiritual and emotional well being.

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Spirituality and Self-love

 The basis of any spiritual practice is self-love.

Self-love and spirituality go hand-in-hand. When we grow spiritually, we also grow our self-love and vice versa. If you’ve been feeling like you're not connecting with your own self-love then perhaps it's time to focus your spirituality.

Spiritual self-love is a beautiful way to incorporate move love into your life in very simple ways, but more importantly, it connects you to you, the most important connection in life. Without your own connection, you will constantly look for it elsewhere, outside of yourself. You will constantly be disappointed when you can’t find it.

Learn how to love yourself spiritually through self-love practices. Learn how to love with your soul, not only for yourself but for others too!

Self-love and spiritual awakening go hand-in-hand. If you commit to self-love, you also commit to deeper spiritual transformation. Love is a quality of the heart and soul – and when you actively seek to expand that sense of self-compassion, you are also awakening new parts of your being.

Perhaps this is the most enchanting thing about self-love: it’s not just a surface practice, it is actually a spiritual path. When we are devoted to loving the Divine essence within ourselves, our practice takes on a more meaningful, deeper, quality.

Spiritual self-love is all about being good to yourself, learning to be comfortable in your skin; to love, honor, appreciate and accept all of yourself. This includes the “good parts” and the “not-so-good parts.”

It is to smile in the mirror, love your reflection, hug yourself and quietly accept and know that you will get through all difficulties with grace.

On the spiritual path, the first step is really self-love. If you want to live a life that feels joyful, abundant and so on, then you have to first start with yourself. You have to first start with self-love.

Here are some ways to become more spiritual on your journey of self-love:

• Foster Mindfulness to Help You Cultivate Self-Love

• Practice Self-Care

• Forgive Yourself

• Set Boundaries

• Live Intentionally

• Breathe

• Spend time in nature

• Keep a gratitude journal

• Pray

• Meditate

When we learn to love ourselves fully and wholly, amazing things happen!

• You will feel freer and lighter in your energy

• Your vibration and energy levels will be lifted

• You will feel confident and good about yourself

• You will accept yourself just as you are

• You will feel empowered to make changes in your life from a place of love

• You will no longer tolerate being a doormat or not standing up for yourself

• You will feel more grateful about yourself and your life

• You will raise your levels of self-esteem

• You will have more love to give in your relationships

• You will open your heart to attracting more loving relationships

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Self Love #26

Self-acceptance is defined as “an individual’s acceptance of all of their attributes, positive or negative.”

When we fully accept ourselves, we embrace every part of ourselves, not just the things we like about ourselves! Self-acceptance is unconditional; we can recognize our defects, and still fully accept ourselves. To be accepting of ourselves is to feel satisfied with who we are, despite flaws, defects, and our past. Self-acceptance includes body acceptance and self-protection from negative criticism, and believing in one’s capacities.

Self-acceptance is an important concept in understanding the development of our mental well-being.

There are three attitudes that are fundamental to self-acceptance. The first is “body acceptance”. Body acceptance is defined as “accepting one's body regardless of not being completely satisfied with all aspects of it” (Tylka 2011). Another invaluable attitude is “self-protection from negative judgments from others”, which consists in a lack of concern that others are judging oneself negatively. (Carson 2006). The third attitude focuses on “feeling and believing in one's capacities”, which includes recognizing, appreciating and developing positives thoughts and feelings about one's capacities and realizations. (American Psychological Association, 2010)

Self-acceptance has been associated with different positive aspects of our mental health, such as high self-esteem, social contentment and emotional regulation. Self-acceptance allows us to experience a healthy relationship with self, contributing to the process of developing a positive body image. However, self-acceptance has been negatively associated with different various mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety. A lack of self-acceptance is considered as a primary cause to the development of eating disorders and obesity, and contributes to negative body image.

Body acceptance means we don’t have to be thrilled with your body every single minute. Instead we can learn to accept it. This may be easier than body love which can feel like an overwhelming goal. Body acceptance is treating our bodies with respect and care, accepting of our deepest insecurities, and knowing that some days will be harder than others. Body acceptance is about reflecting on why we feel negatively toward our body and how we can find peace with our body without needing to change it. When we have acceptance for our body, we have a more positive quality of life. As our body image improves, our motivation, confidence and self-discipline also improve.

Accepting our bodies doesn’t happen overnight for most of us. When we constantly practice gratitude, we develop a better awareness of the negative things we tell ourselves and the closer we become to accepting our “flaws” and seeing them as unique parts of who you are.

Self-acceptance can help us show up more authentically without worrying about others’ judgments of us. When we accept ourselves, we feel free to be our whole self. Self-acceptance protects us when dealing with stressful situations, failure, negative judgments from others, and stressful life situations. Awareness of this is central to the easing any social or emotional problems the promotion of high levels of life satisfaction and well-being. Self-acceptance builds resiliency in life. Resiliency is defined as “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.” When we have positive self-acceptance, we tend to be more accepting of difficult situations and difficult people. We become more resilient and protect ourselves from negative influences.

Many of use are harder on ourselves than we need to be. And some people are so hard on themselves and so self-loathing that people don’t want to be around them, thus continuing the cycle of feeling unloved. We need to love ourselves and appreciate the differences that make us who we are. We are in control of our self-talk! Negative self-talk is that nagging, negative chatter that interferes in the process of self-acceptance and self love. When we’re constantly focused on what’s wrong with us, we can’t make room for appreciating all that’s great about us.

It’s necessary to accept and values ourselves – including all of our strengths and our weaknesses. This doesn’t mean we have to accept all our flaws. However. If we want to lose weight, get better at our jobs, or learn a new language for example, it’s not OK to simply say “Oh, I’m just not good at those kinds of things, it’s not who I am”. We can learn, grow, and take on new challenges – it’s about knowing the difference between things we can change vs. the things we don’t feel like changing.

Every single one of us is useful and important. We all have a purpose in this world, and once we really accept that, it will improve our self-acceptance. If we’ve had failures in life - that’s not a bad thing. It means we took a risk. Every time we take a risk or make a mistake, we find out what we’re good at! Our belief in our self increases, along with self-acceptance and self-love.

Don’t try to keep up with the “Joneses” in the world. There’s nothing to gain in that. Social media is influencing our self-acceptance and self image more than ever. We are flooded daily with how attractive, rich, happy, fit, talented and successful others are. It’s hard not to be affected when we see such posts and updates, even when we know it’s not all rainbows and orgasms for others despite their best efforts to make it appear so. Comparing ourselves to others is harmful. We need to strive to be our very best selves and appreciate all the good things in our own lives.

It’s one thing to be pleased with ourselves for our good qualities and accomplishments, but another to feel good about ourselves despite the less than desirable qualities we have. Our flaws should never define us or restrict us from pursuing all that life has to offer. This applies to our external selves (our appearance or physical abilities) as well as our internal selves (including our personality traits, intelligence, mental health). We are robbing ourselves of the happiness we deserve every time we fail to accept ourselves for who we are.

Finally, When we have self-respect, we stand up for ourselves and for others. We also act with dignity and honor, even if that’s not what others are doing. It also means we own our mistakes. AND self-respect is a wonderful complimentary value to self-acceptance.

Self-acceptance is a bit complicated, but achievable! Doing the best we can, not judging others, and being good to ourselves and the people around us helps us reach a high level self-acceptance and self-confidence. When we take the time to really know ourselves, feel good about ourselves and respect ourselves, we are well on our way to finding more happiness and satisfaction. And life is way too hard when we constantly put ourselves down.

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Self Love #25

Have you heard of the 5 Love Languages? If you haven't, where have you been??

The author of the Love Languages is Dr. Gary Chapman. They were originally designed for relationships. However, Dr. Chapman has since written the 5 Love Languages for Singles, Men, Couples, Military, and Children. 

You can find more information here: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/learn.

This blog is strictly about the 5 love languages and self love/care. 

The Love Languages are as follows:
1. Words of Affirmation
2. Acts of Service
3. Receiving Gifts
4. Quality Time
5. Physical Touch 

If you have never taken the quiz, here is the link:
https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language

Take the quiz and return to this blog.

When it comes to deep love and nourishment, too often we look to our partners and relationships. However, loving ourselves and our own self-care should take priority.

Here are some ways you can show yourself love and self-care. 

1. Words of Affirmation: Think Self-Love

If this is your love language, then your thoughts precede your emotions and behaviors.

Here are some methods for self love/self care for this love language:

• Write down affirmations to yourself and tape them throughout your car, your home, and at work. 

• Journal your strengths or gratitude, and accomplishments, what you love about yourself.

• Download the app "Mantra" and recite your mantra everyday. Or write down your own Mantra daily and read it to yourself throughout the day. 

• Write a love letter to yourself!

• Purchase Affirmation cards and pull 1 or 2 daily.

• Download the app "Insight Timer" and listen to a Self-Love Meditation. The app also has self-love courses you can take as well. 

• Become your own cheerleader and tell your inner critic to take a HIKE!

2. Acts of Service: Do Self-Love

If this is your love language, you need actions you do for yourself. Such as self love activities like checking things off of your to-do list or cleaning your living space where your future self will thank you. How can you be of service to yourself?

Here are some Acts of Service you can do to show yourself love and care:

• Prepare healthy meals for yourself. Grocery shop with intention and health in mind. 

• Create an clean, organized, home environment for yourself. 

• Schedule regular physical, dental and mental health check-ups.

• Groom yourself with love and care - facials, mani/pedis, haircut/color, etc 

• Make a to-do list and mark things as off as you accomplish them.

• Set a goal and make a plan to accomplish it.

• Buy a planner and organize your life. 
  

• Purge the stuff that doesn't bring you joy.

3. Receiving Gifts: Absorb Self-Love

If this is your love language, it means you will feel self love fully through the investments you put into gifts for yourself, whether it’s something small or a bigger high-ticket item.

Here are some ideas for self-love and self-care through receiving gifts:

• Buy only what you love. Don’t allow things in your home and closet that don’t bring you positive vibrations.

• Gift yourself with an experience on your bucket list. Budget it out and plan it.

• Invest in your education and advancement. Take a course or a class. 

• Treat yourself travel, whatever your budget allows. 

• Buy some new bed sheets or pajamas 

• Treat yourself to a massage

• Take yourself to the movie you've been dying to see or to a play you've wanted to see. 

• Buy yourself some flowers!

4. Quality Time: Be Present with Self-Love

If you find that your self care love language is quality time, that means you appreciate the time you invest in yourself from relaxing alone time to time spent on a fun hobby or improving a skill.

Here are some ways to show yourself some love with quality time:

• Set aside time for daily mindfulness practices such as meditation or deep breathing exercises.

• Make time for leisure and hobbies. Time for play and enjoyment is an important aspect of life.

• Prioritize sleep and exercise 

• Do not over-schedule, over-book or over-commit.

• Take yourself on a date - dinner and a movie? Yes please. 

• A night in - hot bubble bath and soothing music.

• Do some Yoga stretches at home. 

• Go for a nature hike. 

• Visit an art museum alone. 

• Try aromatherapy

5. Physical Touch: Feel Self-Love

Physical touch in the context of self care love languages means that you appreciate self love activities that are physically involved from a relaxing massage to the feeling of comfortable pajamas on your skin.

Here are some ideas for self love and physical touch:

• Stretch your muscles and give yourself a massage with a foam roller. 

• Release toxins by taking a hot bath with Epsom salts or essential oils. Release the stress and soak in the love. 

• Moisturize your skin with lotions or oils. As you touch your skin, thank each body part for all it does for you.

• Give yourself a spa treatment: manicure, pedicure, facial, deep conditioning treatment, etc. 

• Dance 

• Take yourself on a coffee date with a great book.

• Get a message or give yourself a massage

• Take a day to just simply rest and do nothing.

Fostering a loving relationship with yourself is incredibly healing and helps you connect with others more authentically. 

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