Welcome to 7 Days of Self-Love. Of course, I want every day to be a day of self-love for me and for you. This is a start. This seven-day series is to help the practice of self-love and self-care become a healthy habit.
As Valentine’s Day comes closer and there are more ads for chocolate and roses and jewelry, I’m reminded of the days before I was married, before I was dating my husband. Those days when I believed there was something wrong with me if I didn’t have a boyfriend. Instead of acknowledging my best qualities, I indulged in candy. Especially sweet-tart hearts. Oh dear, when I think back to how many I ate. Boxes and boxes. And then chocolate.
Sugar was my drug of choice when I felt alone. If you would have looked up emotional eating at the time, you would have seen my picture. Somehow I thought sugar was my best friend. If I knew then what i know now!
The truth is – I am my own best friend. Are you your own best friend? Self-love is the path to happiness and is such an important foundation for any relationship with another human being. Think about it – if you don’t love yourself, how can you love someone else?
Of course, self-love is not only about being able to love someone else. It is first and foremost about being true to you, to being your best self and living an authentic, abundant, fulfilled life. As Lucille Ball said, “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
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7 Days of Self-Love Special Gifts
4 ways to enter…
1 entry – comment below and tell me what self-love means to you and/or what this Lucille Ball quote means to you.
1 entry – visit www.facebook.com/bravowellness, comment below the post with the Lucille Ball quote about what self-love means to you and/or what this Lucille Ball quote means to you. Include the hashtags #betruetoyou and #selflove.
1 entry – go to @bravowellness on twitter; reply to the tweet with the Lucille Ball quote about what self-love means to you and/or what this Lucille Ball quote means to you. Include the hashtags #betruetoyou and #selflove.
1 entry – go to bravo_wellness on instagram; comment below the Lucille Ball quote about what self-love means to you and/or what this Lucille Ball quote means to you. Include the hashtags #betruetoyou and #selflove.
…to win these great prizes:
Grand Prize – 1 month of support so I can guide you through a whole foods-based cleanse to manage sugar cravings and emotional eating – we will create a customized list of self-care actions that will fit your lifestyle; a journal to keep track of progress; 1 bottle of Young Living lavender essential oil and a copy of Michael Pollan’s book, Food Rules.
3 additional names will be drawn to win a session with me, up to one hour, so we can create a customized self-care routine and a journal to keep track of progress and a copy of Michael Pollan’s book, Food Rules.
Winners will be randomly drawn based on entries on this blog, facebook, twitter and instagram.
