Want to Know How to Love Yourself?

So, you want to know how to love yourself?

Most of us don't even like ourselves let alone love ourselves, so we have a big job ahead of us if we're going achieve that goal; and from there, learn how to be happy. How can we be happy, if we're not happy with the person occupying our skin?

Vanity is Not What I Mean

You know that the person who is boastful, full of himself, vain and proud, doesn't really love themselves at all? Quite the opposite. They actually dislike themselves, feel unworthy and have a low self esteem. They deal with these uncomfortable feelings by putting on their mask of conceit. I'm certainly not suggesting you turn yourself into a person like that, when I'm talking about how to love yourself. :-)

On the other hand, the people who truly love themselves don't feel the need to blow their own trumpet because they are secure in themselves. They really don't care what others think about them. Would you truly like to feel that way?

Effects of Not Loving Ourselves

When we feel 'not good enough' we tend to punish ourselves by finding ways to make ourselves miserable.

• We procrastinate about things that would benefit us
• We create illness and pain within our bodies
• We mistreat our bodies with food, alcohol, drugs or lack of sleep
• We feel we have to be perfect

So "How do I love myself so I can feel good enough?" you ask. The path of how to love yourself has many avenues. Here are a few.

The Power of Positive Affirmations

I started out on my journey towards happiness using positive affirmations. I was given a book by Louise Hay, which really empowered me. She told me that I was responsible for my own circumstances and state of being. Most importantly though, she also had good advice on how to change both. Her mission in life is to teach how to love yourself. Find out about my first steps here. Read about the power of positive affirmations, and find out how they saved her life.

Emotional Freedom Techniques

A very effective tool in my 'How to love yourself' kit bag is EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques.) EFT is a very effective form of acupressure that helps to shift emotions, turning them from negative to positive at the tap of a finger. Well, it's not quite as simple as that, but it is easy to learn and administer yourself as long as you haven't suffered any serious traumas in your past. If that's the case with you, then you'd be best working with a competent practitioner. Anyway, if your asking how do I love myself, find out how EFT can help you. How does it create powerful affirmations? Find out here

Mirror Work

Want to know how effective a mirror can be in learning to love yourself? I know, if you don't much like yourself you certainly don't want to look in the mirror, do you? Neither did I, but believe me it had a powerful effect. It's all to do with what you do when you look in the mirror. Read how these affirmation exercises can help you love yourself here.

Self Esteem

Many people talk about self esteem, but what is self esteem? Find out here

If you want to find ways to improve self esteem then I can give you some tips here. Find out about your critical voice and what you can do about it, how kind eyes can help and some easy things you can do to help yourself feel proud. I also have a list of affirmations on improving your self esteem at self esteem affirmations.

Well, I hope all these things have given you some useful tips on how to love yourself.

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