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10/13/26 Self Love
One of the scariest things to do is to love yourself. There are so many reasons the world says “don’t do it”. “Don’t stay stagnant” “Don’t settle with yourself” “don’t become a narcissist”
The last one is my favorite. Narcissist has become the word of the day. Everyone is a narcissist and everyone is fearful of a narcissist. And yet, what most people don’t know, is deep underneath this mask of grandiosity, there is severe insecurity. This means, you are actually more susceptible to developing narcissistic traits if you don’t truly love and accept yourself.
When we feel shame about ourselves, it is all encompassing. It is hard to look outside of ourselves because we are so focused inwards. Shame creates disconnection. Love creates connection.
There are so many large corporations that benefit from our lack of love and disconnection: The beauty industry, the diet industry, the food industry, drug industry, hair, and clothing. In fact, many aspects of consumer culture benefit from not feeling good about ourselves. If we don’t feel good about ourselves, we might look externally to find things to feel better about ourselves, such as by purchasing a product.
One of the reasons it’s so hard to love yourself is because you are having to push up against inherent components of consumerism.
So how do you learn to love yourself?
Stay tuned for next weeks blog to learn!
10/6/26 Worry Don't think of a pink elephant. Whatever you do, I would like you to try really hard to not think of a pink elephant. What do you think of? If you are like 99% of us, of course, you will think of a pink elephant. The same applies for anxiety.If you tell yourself, don't worry, what whatever you do, don't think about the thing that is causing you anxiety or worry, you will most likely do the one thing you are trying not to do. Our brains are fascinating with how they work. If we cannot stop the worrying, maybe we can find techniques that help reduce it. One of the most helpful tools that I've seen work is "worry time". It is exactly how it sounds. Set aside 15-30 minutes every day (if this time seems too long, you can always make it shorter). During this time, write down everything that comes to your mind. No need to try to limit or control your worry. Once the 15-30 minutes are up, pencils down. Try to really limit yourself to your worry time for this exercise to be the most effective. Throughout the day, you might notice your worrying thoughts start to come up. If you can, remind yourself that your worrying thoughts is for your "worry time". Over time, you will notice your overall worrying significantly going down.
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