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Why Is Self-Correction Important to Self-Love?

Learning to love oneself takes self-correction.  Whenever we think of self-love, we think about doing things like,  prioritizing oneself being true to oneself being nice to oneself setting boundaries  forgiving oneself saying "no" taking a nap  taking a walk  breathing deeply sitting in stillness eating nutritiously emotional regulation making a gratitude list connecting with friends communicating honestly with others These acts of self-care are all part of growing ones self-love. Engaging in routine self-care has been clinically proven to assist in reducing depression, anxiety, stress, frustration, and anger while increasing happiness and energy and leading to better relationships. When one is in this state of taking care of ones own needs, one is, for example, more appreciative of life. One is taking responsibility for their own health and wellbeing which promotes more self-love.  But how do we take action when we are busy with our family and work, or caught up in ruminatin

The Way People Treat You


The way people treat you is a statement about who they are as a human being. It is not a statement about you. You are worthy and deserving.

It took me some time to figure this out, but I wrote about it in my book Healing Worthlessness: Coming Into Self-Love as a Trauma Survivor published in 2020. Forever, I thought it was about me. I was so broken down by growing up in a dysfunctional family filled with mental, emotional, and sexual abuse, and, then later in my teens, I was sexually assaulted twice. After that, I ended up being in a relationship that was violent. I kept thinking that I was the problem. That followed me forever!

Until my son started talking to be about what he was seeing and then telling me that other families weren't like ours, only then did I begin to realize that my way of thinking was completely distorted and I needed to correct it. 

Correcting my way of thinking wasn't easy. I had so much turmoil and chaos inside of me that I had to work through, but, eventually, healing occurred when I made the decision to go on that journey. 

Whatever you may be facing, remember that when someone treats you badly, it doesn't mean that it has anything to do with you. When someone overreacts or reacts in an abusive manner, it is about them and whatever problems they haven't worked out on their own. 

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