7 Acts of Native Self-Love

7 Acts of Native Self-Love

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MOVE!

Go to IHS for checkups, eye exams and dental care See a therapist address your trauma

Sit with an Elder

Listen.

SHARE A MEAL

offer a hug

Learn

Bring an offering of gratitude.

Harvest your medicine. Keep tobacco in your car. Define your personal ceremony and practice of prayer.

Carry a small amount of medicine in your book bag. Put a patch of fur in your pocket to touch for anxiety. Talk to your relatives. Ask for guidance.

Go to sweat.

Medicine Medicine Medicine

Let it go.

Forgive

Don’t hold onto the toxicity that is attached to harm from others.

You don’t have to tell someone "I forgive you."

Do it.

This includes forgiving yourself.

You deserve grace

Release

bad feelings from your

and grow into

love

spirit

self-acceptance

Be a mentor!

Spend time with young relatives.

Volunteer through your tribe.

Go to your tribal school cafeteria and eat with the students.

Always remember that young eyes are watching you.

Giving of yourself generates the type of love that gives back in so many ways.

It feels really good.

It builds happiness.