Love, starts from within. When most people think of love we think of loving another person or animal. These relationships are extremely important in our lives, at the same time so is self-love. Self-love is crucial for us to also love one another. Loving others starts with loving yourself first, if we do not love our self first, it may be more challenging to love others. Self-awareness is having a healthy understanding of your strengths and weaknesses. Self-awareness helps to enhance self-love. Self-love does not typically come instinctually for most of us, luckily it is a skill that you can develop.
There are many ways to express self-love:
~A daily meditation or a breathe work practice that incorporates presence
~Gratitude journaling
~Positive self talk
~Engaging in activities that make you happy
~Create and enforce healthy boundaries, surround yourself with those who respect and support your boundaries
~Self-care practices – baths, massage, dry brushing,
BENEFITS
- lowers stress
- instills empathy – having compassion for others
- teaches how to conserve your energy and know where to give it
What will you do for yourself to express self-love? What will you do to express love for another being? Both types of relationships are important for all of us to enhance our overall feelings of positivity. As we are in the month of “love”, be sure to not only express acts of love towards others in your life, but also to yourself ♥