Self Love: Believe it and You Will See it

Welcome to February, the month of LOVE. While most of us might think about love at this time of year as “Valentine’s Day,” flowers, chocolates, and cuddling with that special someone, there’s a different kind of love we can choose celebrate. It’s the kind of love that most of us don’t talk about, or maybe even think about, yet it’s one of the most important kind of loves we will ever have. Self love.

Before you roll your eyes and stop reading, consider this…How you do (or don’t) love and care for yourself is connected to everything in your life. Every success. Every failure. Every thought, feeling, and action.

When you approach life not liking what and who you see in the mirror every morning, you better believe it affects what you do, what you say, what you think, and ultimately who you are. Conversely, when you approach life liking (even loving) what and who you see in the mirror every morning, that also affects you. So which will you choose?

Unfortunately, it seems easier to focus on what we DON’T like about ourselves, whether physical attributes or character traits. And our society that values “perfection” (whatever THAT is) and holds to strict standards of physical beauty doesn’t help matters. You only have to look at TV commercials, magazine ads, and pretty much any kind of advertising to realize what you don’t have and what advertisers would have you believing that you need in order to be better, more worthy.

But the truth is that you are already the best you that you can be. Right now, in this moment. Imagine what life would be like if you believed:

• You are the perfect version of you.
• You have everything you need to be happy and fulfilled.
• You are beautiful just the way you are.

How do you think believing these statements would affect how you FEEL about yourself, what ACTIONS you take, and HOW you treat yourself? If you dare to imagine that these statements are true, what are you waiting for? Live your life as if they are true. Because the truth is that they already are!

To learn more about the art of loving yourself, please join me for my next monthly FREE Telseminar, “Loving the Reflection in the Mirror: The Secret Power of Self Love and Positive Self Talk”. Simply go to the REGISTRATION page and enter your name and email to get signed up. Even if you can’t attend the live call, you will get access to the recording of the call, but only if you register.

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