Loving yourself isn't just important-it's essential! If you don't know your worth people will walk all over you. You will wonder why you feel used. If you are the type of person who is always doing something to let others feel you love them, but manage to neglect yourself, you become a people pleaser, and people pleasers never see themselves. There are probably things about yourself you don't like so you over compensate by doing for others to feel accepted or loved. Maybe you don't feel like you fit in anywhere, and that causes you to give more of yourself away to perhaps people who really don't care about you the way they should. I hope you know you deserve the same love you are giving to others. Have you ever taken time to see what you would feel like if you loved yourself the way you are loving others? It would amaze you to feel what others feel when you put them first instead of yourself. I did that one time, I challenged myself to love myself the way I was loving others. I said kind words to myself, I looked in the mirror and smiled back at me as I said to myself what I saw looking back at me. From that point on I started loving myself correctly, then it became easier and more genuine to love others correctly. You should try it! Self-love comes from inner healing seeing yourself correctly. I always tell my clients to start at the beginning, the foundation, because deep down within you will discover why you are self-sabotaging. Think about who was a part of your life in the beginning, and how you felt around these people. Humanity is deep, and life is deeper. Little nuggets have shaped your life on your journey through words or actions. Reflect over your life to bring awareness of what's gotten you to the place you are at not loving yourself. I suggest purchasing a journal if you don't have one, and write on the first page of your journal " My Beginning" think back as far as you can remember and write down the names of all the people you can remember in the first one to eight years of your life, write adjectives to describe each one. Try to remember their voices, something distinct about them, and for each person write down how you felt in their presence. This will help to get your thoughts flowing. Healing is a process, but the more you heal, the more you can see you! Loving yourself is vital because self-love is a superpower that will energize you to live your best life! You only get one life to live, and if you don't love yourself right now, it's time to make a change!
