Self-Love for Beginners

In today’s world it is very easy to forget the relationship that you can have with oneself, that is the connection with yourself. We generally tend to forget about ourselves and devote our time and affection to others whether they are family, friends, colleagues or relatives. If you are just beginning with getting familiarized with the idea of self- love, then you are at the right place. Many people find self love challenging and that’s normal. Self- love is a journey, not a destination and everyone’s journey has a different way of approaching it.

What is Self- Love?

Self- love is all about loving yourself. It’s about creating a strong understanding of yourself by acknowledging your importance and looking after yourself with the same warmth and affection that you would extend to your loved one. In other words self-love is about creating a healthy and good relationship with yourself. Self-love also includes adoring yourself with your strengths, weaknesses, challenges and flaws. It’s about being kind with yourself, mostly during the challenging times and realizing that deserve happiness at all times.

Why Self-Love is Important?

Self-love is essential for many reasons. Firstly, it affects how to take care of yourself and how others treat you. The boundaries are limited that safeguards your emotional and mental well-being when you value yourself first, which ultimately admits you to give your 100% in your relationship and in other aspects of life. Factors important for self-love:

• Boosts your confidence: As long as you respect for what you are and cherish yourself, confidence increases genuinely and when you love yourself first, you believe in yourself, your potential, your strength and weaknesses this positive impact helps you to achieve your dreams.

• Improves Mental Health: Self-love is a natural way to block negative thoughts about yourself, self-doubt and unprofessionalism in oneself. When your gentle with yourself, relaxed and have lower stress levels, then Cortisol hormone is produced which leads to better mental well-being.

• Built Strong Relationships: You cannot love others, if you don’t take care and love yourself first. In self-love, when you set goals, connect with others and have deep conversations with others, you are generally making good relation with each other.

• Personal Growth: Self-love motivates you to admit your defects and mistakes, which helps you to grow and learn from your mistakes. Rather than finding fault with yourself, for being imperfect you will develop the flexibility to improve yourself.

Steps to Start Your Self-Love Journey:

1. Begin with Self-Recognition:

Self-love starts with self-recognition itself. Spend time with your thoughts, emotions and how you behave with yourself. Pay attention to the time when you are hard on yourself and recognize from there these thoughts are generated. The more you are conscious of your mind, the more simpler it becomes to love yourself. For instance, if you didn’t get a job which you wanted, instead of saying I am not suitable for this job try saying, I can learn from my mistakes and try at a better place next time.

2. Take Out Time for Self-Care:

Self-care is the most important part of self-love. It is very crucial to take out time for activities that cherishes your mind, body and spirit, which comprises of taking proper rest, eating balanced food, exercising daily or do what makes you happy like reading or baking.

3. Honor your small and big wins:

It’s very easy to concentrate on what we have not achieved in spite of appreciating our achievements. Make time to celebrate your success, whether it is big or small. You can reward yourself by going out to a café after achieving what you wanted or spend some time by watching your favorite movie and going for shopping.

4. Enclose Yourself With Support:

The people with whom you connect with regularly can have a major effect in your life. Ensure that you are surrounded with individuals who boost and supports you in every situation. Look for relationships that are positive and caring.

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