Your relationship with yourself is the foundation that everything else rests on. When you’re unsteady, everything else can feel like it’s on shaky ground, too. It takes time, love, and patience to build a relationship with yourself— but it’s soooo worth it. Here are 17 practices you can use to start connecting more deeply with …
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With twilight descending, I entered the fray of Austin, Texas. Rows of cars streamed around me, headlights zipping along the highway. So many cars. So many people. My journey almost complete, tears began to fall. I already missed my small New England city filled with trees and surrounded by farmland. It’s okay, Melissa. Of course …
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Your worth can never grow or fade, increase or decrease, come or go. It’s always in you because it is you. What changes is your perception of your worth, but there are practices to build your sense of worth. What we believe we deserve depends on how we perceive our worth. We judge whether or …
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It was a beautiful moment for me when I discovered my worth. It was a moment to cherish and remember because it was the beginning of something new. It was the beginning of living as if I have worth— because I do. Where was this worth hiding? It wasn’t in my lackluster achievements, and it …
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self-care (/,selfˈker/): The practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s own health. NOT self-care: Laying in bed from 4:00 — 10:00 five days a week binge eating generic Girl Scout cookies and Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos while binge watching Gilmore Girls. Unfortunately, I had a tendency toward the latter. Definitely stuck in a …
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I thought I loved myself. I considered the question, “Do you love yourself?” and thought, sure. I could even stare into my eyes in the mirror and proclaim, “I love you!” But one night the rosy red sunglasses broke, and I looked at my life and realized this is NOT how you treat someone you …
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Sweet Soul, From the moment you were born, you have been nothing less than absolutely precious. This doesn’t go away. This doesn’t change when you make mistakes or quirks begin to emerge. This doesn’t change when you disappoint others or make them angry. There is nothing you can do, nothing that can happen, to take …
Dear Perfectly You, You are perfect. Do you know that? You are perfect, just as you are. The way you can make pancakes and drive a car and sing lullabies is perfect. But the way you can’t solve complicated math problems or bake French pastry or repair a car is perfect, too. You are perfectly …
You are made of magic and miracles. Formed from stardust; what could be more magical and miraculous than that?! Do you realize how incredibly beautiful and precious you are?! How incredibly WORTHY you are??? Sweet gift that you are, the Universe wants nothing more than to make your dreams come true. Sure, there might be …
My dear, who are you? Yes, you may be a wife, mom, student, artist… but who are you, really? What do you hold most dear in your heart? How do you shine brightest? What dreams do you have for this world? These are the questions we need to ask ourselves if we desire a life …
