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Originally Posted by Andrew Gubb  If you can't love yourself, I suggest loving yourself  I'm still working hard on this... my guides in my reading with Erin told me that it was the most important thing, that all of my problems were about self-hate. Saying "I love you" in the mirror, and meditating on a feeling of self-love, are good practises. Just decide with a lot of determination to love yourself no matter what, and your subconscious will begin to work on it, the universe will begin to bring you help. The universe loves to help you, but it waits until you demonstrate conviction.
Rose of Cairo inspired me hugely with this post. Whenever I think of working on self-love, now, I think of her. From having no friends to loving everybody | Magical Chest
Good luck, we're on this path together  |
Thanks for your post.
One of the best books that has influenced me in self-love and acceptance is "Soul without Shame" by Byron Brown. He theorizes that all self-judgments including both positive and negative are unhelpful.
"People with low self-esteem practice affirmations daily to try to reprogram their beliefs. The attempt is to internalize a judge that will give you approval and recognition instead of disapproval and rejection."
I do not believe telling yourself "I love myself," is going to help most people. For me it didn't and I understand we are all different. However, we need to release the need to judge, work on our inner child, engage in activities that heal and help our body and mind, and become self-aware of the self-limiting and self-defeating tendencies that we may often engage in.
Self-love and acceptance is definitely a process that must come from different therapies.