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The Keys to Self-Love and Why Bubble-Baths Are Not Enough
Five qualities that will help you fall in love with yourself more
Love yourself. Accept Yourself. Fully. Unconditionally.
Yeah.
That's certainly great advice and most of us really really want to follow it, too.
But how? How do we actually go about loving the parts of ourselves that we really don't like? That we think are ugly?
How do we go about releasing all the judgments and self-criticism, the shame and the guilt, that so many of us are subject or addicted to?
If it was as easy as choosing or making up our minds to do so, we would all already be there, right? So why are we still looking and reading articles such as this one?
Self-care — like bubble baths! — is essential and a wonderful result of self-love. But self-care is simply not enough.
We can go about indulging in luxurious pampering, spas, shopping, do our yoga and meditation… and still never develop a genuine felt sense of: “I love myself” (read: I'm good enough, warts and all).
Self-love goes way deeper than just relaxation and pleasant treatments. It's rooted in a deep intimacy with oneself, the kind that leaves no stone unturned.
