Learning to love yourself is one of the hardest and most crucial skills that you must learn for a fulfilled and happy life. The fact is if you want to change your life in any form, this right here is where you must start. It seems simplistic but has such a profound effect. When you start loving yourself the job, the partner, the money and success will find you and all that is holding you back will simply start to fall away. Everything that you want is on the other side of this. Sounds easy but where do you start if you are a newbie on the self-love train.

Getting to know yourself is the first step on the self-love journey.  If you don’t know who you are and what you like you will constantly be chasing someone else’s life. Journaling can be very helpful. Soul journaling and freewriting on what brings you joy? What lights you up? What makes you feel most alive? What places do you like to visit? What you like to do in your free time.? What clothes do you want to wear? What foods do you like to eat?

Next, you need to make time for yourself. In order, for any relationship to grow you must make time. This includes the relationship with the self.  Once you start becoming clearer on what you love than making sure to schedule in time during your week for these things. I know people are busy but here is the thing if you aren’t showing up fully for yourself, you are never going to show up fully for anyone else in your life. The amount of space and love you hold for yourself is the exact proportion to that in which you can give other people. I know it can seem overwhelming at first. But it can be as simple as taking a bath or getting up earlier to read or journal. It’s more about the intention behind the action that matters. It’s saying to yourself I am worthy and deserving of this precious time for myself. And whatever amount of time you can dedicate to that practice is enough. That you are enough. And then you build from that place.

This is a practice. That you will not always get right but that is Ok. That is beautiful. Life is about the journey of discovering who you are and what you came here to create. You are not able to fully understand this purpose until you have a loving and intimate relationship with yourself. This right here is the answer you have been searching for. This is where all of your power and wisdom lies. Here within yourself. You do not need anyone or anything to find the love that you have been seeking. Start to learn who you are and why you are here and I promise all of what you have been seeking will find you.