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Self Love / Self Compassion

Loving Balance During Difficult Times of Grieving, Depression or Recovery

Whether you are depressed, sick, recovering from surgery, grieving, feeling less than 100%, or just feeling too—fill in the blank—too fat, too big, too small, too scared, etc., it’s important that you love yourself and soothe yourself through the difficult times.
We’ve all been knocked off center and caught in an experience that feels less than [...]

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Emergence (Poem on Benefits of Keeping a Journal)

Alone with my thoughts
Listening into the silence of my being
Time to reflect upon my journey
I find the peace of my soul
Pouring onto the page 
There is simplicity in solitude
No expectations, no judgment
No need to distort feelings
Time to cultivate forgiveness
Become my own best friend 
Within this sacred place
Freedom to break through layers of resistance
Liberation from fears and doubts
Unlock [...]

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Do You Want to Know How to Improve Your Relationship with Yourself? Take the Quiz!

If you are one of the millions of people who are looking for ways to improve your happiness with yourself, your body, and your life, here’s a quiz that will give you the perfect answers! 
Too often when our relationship with ourselves or our life is not as healthy or happy as it could be, we [...]

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Seven Simple Ways to Fall in Love with Yourself

Not feeling the spark about who you are and why you’re alive?
Can’t get excited about the day ahead of you?
Feel like you’re not in love with yourself? 
If there’s one thing I’ve learned during my 50 years of life, and over 25 years of helping myself and others lead a life filled with energy and enthusiasm, [...]

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How to Increase Self-Compassion in 4 Easy Steps

Self-compassion is a skill. That means if you don’t have much compassion for yourself, especially when you need it most, there’s a lot you can do to erase the self-doubt and self-criticism and bring in the self-love.
 
Here are four easy steps that can get you started:
 
Journal
Keep a journal with you and write down every [...]

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Self-Compassion: The Key to Improving Your Life Now

We all know what it’s like to want to improve ourselves. We want to be healed of our childhood wounds. We want to be free of the burdens that weigh us down. We want to be happier. We want to be better people. We want to be engaged in work that we love. We want [...]

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What is Self-Love? It’s You Being Compassionate To You

If someone were to ask me, “What is self-love?” I would reply, “A growing ability to be true and compassionate to yourself. For it is only when you are filled with the love of who you are that you can share this gift with the world.”
 
To be true to ourselves is a lifetime journey of [...]

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