Welcome to your pocket-sized guide to nurturing self-love and finding practices that help maintain the love you’ve found within.
Whether you’re brand new to the idea of self-love or have already discovered its power and want to learn more, this post is for you.
Loving yourself is about understanding your worth and honoring it. You may be asking yourself why is it important to love myself?
We aim to answer this question in this post and show you how more self-love can lead to tangible benefits.
Come along with us on this journey and find out how to start loving yourself and start to manifest the life you desire.
Your Simple Guide To Self-Love
The relationship we have with ourselves is the longest one we will ever have and need to maintain.
However, many of us devote much of our lives prioritizing other relationships before we realize the significance of our own self-love.
Fortunately, it’s never too late to focus on this relationship and cultivate our self-love. Self-love goes way beyond just “loving yourself”. It’s not a destination, but instead a continual approach to valuing your own mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing on the journey of life.
Start by incorporating 3 simple acts for your mind, body, and soul into your daily routine:
By cultivating self-love, you can positively influence your mental and emotional well-being. This can enable you to have more self-confidence and the ways to effectively tackle any problem in your path. Additionally, this type of attitude can bring you back closer to your inner wisdom, thus making decisions based on your moral standards and objectives.
So how do we go about embracing and nurturing self-love?
5 Ways To Build Habits Toward Nurturing self-love
As children, we focused our attention on external sources for love, stability, and validation, as rewards were given out for good behavior.
But, now as adults, it’s important to recognize true happiness and security can only be found within.
Feeling confident in your skills, talents, and uniqueness will provide you with a huge sense of safety and contentment that you won’t get from any other person. So, how can we begin to give ourselves the love and appreciation we deserve?
Self-love is the answer!
Self-love can create a whole new level of contentment and enable us to break free from negative self-doubt and live an authentically beautiful life.
Cast Out The Idea of Perfection and Comparison
Guess what? Nobody’s perfect!
When you come to understand that no matter how perfect someone might look from the outside, there’s always some hidden flaw – health issues, weight issues, financial issues, and the list is endless…
Ditch the idea of living the ‘perfect life’ and focus your energy on creating a life and lifestyle that makes you happy.
Find a Moment For Yourself Every Day
We get it, the hustle and bustle of your day starts for the moment you open your eyes…
But, to ensure you nurture your self-love, make sure you take a moment for yourself every day – whether it’s during your daily workout or when you’re in the shower – stop and take a moment to internalize that you’re still alive, breathing, and able to chase your dreams!
Daily Gratitude
The key to happiness and loving yourself is daily gratitude.
Practicing gratitude on a daily basis can be as simple as listing 3 to 5 things that you are grateful for, each day.
You can make it even more meaningful by expressing your thanks to people in your life by writing thank you cards, or dropping a call or text to someone who has made a difference to you.
Focusing on what we have, instead of what we lack, does wonders for our overall outlook.
Embrace The Fact That Somethings Are Out of Your Control
Rather than attempting to exert control over everything in life, recognize that people, decisions, and actions are out of your control, similar to the weather.
You can, however, control your reactions so it is best to do your best and then accept that certain things are out of your hands. Ultimately, all matters tend to resolve themselves so accept this and let go of the need to try and influence the uncontrollable.
Check In With Your Emotions and Manage Your Stress
Take 10 minutes out of your day to practice your favorite stress-management technique. Not only can this help with your mental health, but it can also help to prevent physical health conditions like heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and depression.
Consider trying out one of the following stress management techniques:
- Deep Breathing
- Stretching
- Yoga or Pilates
- Meditation and Mindfulness
- Reading or Writing
“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”
– Maya Angelou
Taking care of your own needs can often be difficult, but is always worth it.
No matter how small or insignificant they may seem, every act of self-care adds up. Even just taking five minutes out of your day to practice self-care can be a powerful way to reconnect with yourself and focus on your mental and emotional needs.
With a little effort and dedication, you can create a practice that can enhance your life for years to come.
So, take that first, gentle step towards self-care and never look back – your mind, body, and soul will thank you!
Mohini Dass Jakobac
Biokinetics & Sport Psychology Certified Expert
Every day you wake up is another day you’re alive and able to achieve your goals. Proud to be part of the Novo Dia Team – I’m on a journey to not only help others reach their goals and find success, but to search for inner peace, grounding, and happiness.