Self-love is not easy but necessary

When you love yourself you want better for yourself and when you want better for yourself your actions align themselves to your standards to attract better. I preach self-love because I know it is necessary for a fulfilled life. I preach it, despite knowing how hard it can be at times. I preach it because with self-love a person will face life challenges as opportunities for growth and less as a victim.

Self-love is not easy. It requires compassion, patience, trust, strength, resilience, vulnerability, and much more. It requires you calling yourself out on your bullshit, taking responsibility for your actions, facing your demons, you parenting yourself, doing the inner work to heal emotional wounds, unlearning certain habits and learning new ones that are aligned with who you want to be, raising your standards and respecting them, disciplining yourself, setting boundaries and enforcing them, acts of self-care, ending the people-pleasing behavior, and more.

The journey to self-love will be uncomfortable, regardless of being in a love relationship or single. There might be heavy emotions coming up. There might be tears. There might be periods of mental or emotional exhaustion when facing parts of ourselves during our inner work. However, trust the process and remember to be gentle with yourself and rest when needed.

I created this blog to share what I have learned through my own life experiences and to help, at least, one person love him/herself fully and create the life he/she wants while being authentic. Sharing what I know does not make me a know-it-all (though, I do know a lot) because I am always learning and evolving. This journey is a lifelong learning journey for me. I love who I have become and am working on becoming a better version of myself every day. What I share is what worked/works for me and some other people. It may or may not work for you and that’s ok. Life is about finding what works for you, as you are unique.