5 Ways On How To Practice Self Love
A year ago, I beat myself down a lot with doubts and insecurities. And you know what my therapist said? She said I needed to learn how to practice self-love.
What did that even mean? I knew what it meant to instill self-care meant but how did I practice self-love?
Definition:
Self-love doesn’t mean giving yourself a nice bath or going on a shopping spree. It’s being intuned with your body and mind based on how you’re feeling. You need to love yourself before knowing how to care your mind, soul, and body (self-care)
There are many ways to practice self-love but below are just a few ways on how
Quick Tips For Practicing Self-Love
Speak kindly to yourself: Compliment yourself… Be your own advocate. Speak to yourself the way you would to your friend!
Example: If you’re discouraged, think about what you would say to your friend and say it back to yourself. “[name] it’s okay. You’re doing a great job. Just keep going!”
Set Boundaries: Create boundaries that cannot be crossed on personal and professional levels.
Example: I turn off email notifications starting at 7 PM so I can focus on my hobbies or cooking for leisure. This is work boundaries because I’m telling others and myself that my off-hour needs to be respected.
Have courage: Courage is to overcome our fear. To go against your fear and confront it! I have a ton of anxieties even for the simplest tasks. It takes me 2 weeks to muster up the courage to re-schedule a doctor’s appointment.
Be your own advocate: Stand up for yourself like you would for your friends and/or family.
Example: When my boss continuously said anxiety-triggering phrases to him, I kindly mentioned I had an anxiety disorder and would appreciate it to re-word some of his phrases.
Are you actually guilty or are you shaming yourself? Did someone say you were guilty or were at wrong or is it entirely in your head!
Example: I felt bad making a mistake on a presentation deck. My colleagues didn’t say I gave a terrible presentation. I just told myself that it wasn’t good enough and I should have presented it better. While this pushed for improvement, it was done in a shaming method.
There are definitely other ways to construe self-love. Hope these 5 ways on how to practice self-love every day were informative!
