Self-Love 101 Imagine waking up in the morning and looking at yourself in the mirror. While you look at yourself you tear yourself down before you can even finish brushing your teeth. As you continue to do your hair and pick out your outfit you pick at the love handles that might flow over your jeans, You persecute the top you choose to wear oversized to hide the handles you condemn as unlovable. As your day goes on you continue to catch yourself in the mirror and criticize yourself mercilessly as if you deserve to be so unloved. I can admit this was me in so many avenues of my life before I learned the profound healing of loving myself. Let’s start from the beginning of what self love 101 means. It isn’t just candles and rose peddled soaked baths with affirmations of love and light. It is first staring at yourself in the mirror and asking why I am so mean to myself. It involves a lot of tears and sadness and forgiving yourself for forgetting that you matter. Some have coined the beginning of this awareness and breaking “Dark Night of the Soul.” I choose to believe in my beginning stages that I was facing the ego that had done her damndest to protect me from the world and others around me. I knew I would never be able to accept the love I truly deserve and desire if it did not start with me. If this is you I am with you my friend and here are my tips and tricks to beginning to love yourself every day whether you are dressed like a goddess or dressed in your oversized stay at home wardrobe with no makeup and no hair brush.
As you continue to wake up as your new self, look in the mirror and say “ I Love You, You Are Worthy.”
First of all let's talk about the forgiveness portion, it's easier than you think but it does come with awareness and tears, at least for me. It starts with small affirmations and post-its all over my mirrors, tucked in all of my cabinets and most importantly in the room I find myself going to have my breakdowns. My place is my laundry room and my bathroom. My bathroom has a plethora of affirmations to choose from as I brush my
