The phrases, “self-love” and “self-care” have become buzzwords in today’s society. These phrases have become synonymous with bubble baths and glasses of wine and treating yourself to something you have had your eye on. While those things can be nice and can uplift your spirit, I want to talk a little bit more about the down and dirty when it comes to loving yourself a little bit more.
Healing is not all bubble baths and meditation. While those things can be tools to use to listen to our body, what our mind and body really wants is to be heard on a deeper level. Many times, this deeper healing comes from confronting hidden truths about ourselves and our relationships with others. Self-love comes with careful and compassionate evaluation of our thoughts and behaviors and asking ourselves if we are acting in a way that is honoring ourselves.
When we take a deeper look at some of the choices we make on a daily basis, we start to reveal to ourselves our true priorities. Ask yourself what might you be doing that is restricting love from coming into your life and honoring yourself. Sometimes the relationships we allow or do not allow ourselves to have block the love that comes into our lives. Can we find expansion in our relationships with others? Do our relationships with others encourage us to be better versions of ourselves? Perhaps you have supportive relationships in your life, however, you continually put your health on the back burner telling yourself that you do not have the time thus taking away the energy you need to live a fulfilling life. Explore your choices, what do they tell you?
When we take a deeper look at our choices, we are able to see a clearer picture of what we bring into our lives. Are you happy with what you are bringing in or would you like more of certain aspects of your life? What aspects of life might you want to change and in what ways are your behaviors or thoughts maintaining those patterns of interaction?
At times, it may not be the choices we make to bring something into our lives but the restrictions that we place on ourselves based on what we see is possible for us or what we may be deserving of. How often have you said to yourself, “Oh, I can’t do that?” And to that statement I would agree with you. “You cannot”, based on the current thought patterns and behavior patterns that are narrowed by the belief system of lack. We engage in the world in a different way when we think we cannot. So, the answer is to change the interaction. Change the thought, change the behavior, change the mindset. Explore the ways in which you may be blocking yourself and see what you bring into your life when you remain open to the possibilities.
Mind-Body-Connection 