Loving yourself – a simple practise
A couple of weeks ago I came across a simple but powerful self-love practise that I want to share with you.
Self-love – true self-love and respect – is so very important and such a worthwhile pursuit. I started focusing on this years ago in my work when I realised that without a solid base of it, and especially in my female clients (I’m not sure why it’s more so for women than men….but that’s just what I’ve observed), it is much harder to heal your grief. My guess is that it’s harder to achieve most things without a bit of self-love to keep to steady on your feet.
As a coach I need to practise what I preach and continue growing and learning….and I admit that self-love is an area I’ve had to constantly work on in my life. I’m at a point now where I need to come back to it and put more focus on it again. A few stressful years has eroded this in me to a degree. But I do know that it doesn’t take a lot to start to change this – small consistent daily steps.
The practise I came across was shared by a coach I follow and it was simply this: to get 5 photos of yourself as a little child and put them up around the space you live in. Every time you pass one you simply stop and tell little-you “I love you”.
That might seem ridiculously simple and easy…or damn challenging. I’m finding it a bit of both. But I know it’s useful, for so many reasons.
If you’re grieving and you want to heal, try this. It won’t heal you but it lays the foundations as you do the necessary work. If you’ve healed already…try this anyway. Basically if you could use a little more self-love….and shit, couldn’t we all?…give this a go. I’ve been doing it just the last couple of weeks and am committing to doing it more consistently and to watching to see how it affects me.
Try it. I’d love to hear how you go with it too.
Much love,
Kristie
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