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If
you want to be a healthy, happy person, it’s very important to
learn to love the person you see in the mirror. Although loving
yourself can be very challenging if you grew up in a dysfunctional
family, it’s definitely worth the time and effort!
Self-love
is the essential ingredient of a healthy, happy life. It gives you
the self-esteem to believe in your abilities and pursue your dreams.
It helps you make healthy choices. It allows you to achieve
satisfaction and fulfillment. It frees you to give and receive love
in loving, supportive relationships.
When
you honestly love yourself,
your love overflows to everyone around you
and everything in your life
begins to sparkle and shine!
10
Simple Ways
to Practice Self-Love:
I.
Say loving, positive words to yourself in the mirror every day. A
good phrase to use is “I love you, just the way you are.” You
can also compliment yourself sincerely on anything you do well that
day.
2.
Love your inner child. Take
a few minutes to relax and imagine yourself as a child and say the
kind, loving words to that little person that he or she always
wanted to hear, for example, “You’re beautiful and special and
important to me!”
3.
Find ways to express your honest feelings and needs. Expressing
your honest feelings and needs helps you to know who you really are.
If there’s no-one you trust, start by writing in a journal. In
time, you’ll learn to express your feelings to others as well.
4.
Write a list of everything you value or appreciate about yourself. Start
with simple things like your honesty, your caring or your sense of
humor. Then let your list naturally grow to include other positive
qualities you often overlook in yourself.
5.
List of all of your successes. Start with the challenges you
survived in your life and then move on to all the ways you’ve
learned and grown through the years.
6.
Make time in your life to do the things you love to do. Notice
what excites you or fascinates you and make time to do those things
more regularly.
7.
Become the person you want to be. Practice in small ways being
more kind, more loving, more generous and more successful. Then
watch what happens over time.
8.
Set clear boundaries about what you will and will not tolerate in
your life! For example, “I’m very happy to listen to your
feelings if you use I-messages, but I will absolutely not tolerate
being criticized and put down!”
9.
Imagine having the life of your dreams! Write in your journal
about what your dream life would be. Then read it daily and imagine
it to be already true until it manifests!
10.
Find ways to laugh and have fun regularly! Your inner child
loves to laugh and play. No matter how challenging life is,
there’s always something to laugh about!
Healthy
self-love will literally change your life from the inside out. It
will definitely take work and effort, but you’ll never be sorry
for the time you spent learning to love yourself. And whatever you
do, don’t forget to have fun in the process!
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