Tag: how to love yourself

In today’s society, sadly many of us are unaware of the magnificent details of this connection and are most certainly not taught about it in school or from our parents. But some of us, those we call Emotional or Intuitive Empaths, are born with such capabilities that they without effort absorb and pick up on the energies, thoughts and feelings of those around them.

Self love is about relating to yourself without harsh judgement and without punishment. It’s simply good self care. Research shows it can be associated with decreased depression and anxiety, increased optimism and improved stress recovery time. Those that practice self love regularly are more likely to adhere to other healthy habits and behaviors such as diet and exercise have and report improved quality of sleep thus improving their overall state of well-being. Here are 7 ways to perform #selflove…

We talk a lot about self-love, but talk does nothing. If we are in a relationship where someone says they love us, but then their actions don’t show that love, we don’t feel loved. Our body just doesn’t get it. The same is true for self-love. In order for it to be healing and nurturing, self-love needs to be fully embodied. We need to feel it.
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Forgiving ourselves for actions we feel guilty for is vital to keeping a healthy self-image and keeping peace with yourself and others. Until you can tell your story without getting heated, upset, or ending up in tears, then you have not yet healed and will still have the tendency to bring toxicity into your relationships. Awareness of this fact is the first step in changing negative behavior; however willingness and effort to change must be present or the ego will fight to the death to keep that skeleton scratching at the back of your mind.

If we let fear act as an emotion that halts our growth rather than to inspire more of it, then we will begin to see the ramifications of this in many if not all areas of our lives. We are not being punished or singled out or destined for a crappy life, we are simply being shown where WE need to show up in our own lives even MORE! Life acts to point out where we’re not giving and contributing, but this shows up as our lives appearing to have something missing or being incomplete. This is the curse of being human; always comparing ourselves to one another and looking at them as a guide of how well or not we are doing at life ourselves.