This is a year for everything wonderful. I truly believe this.
When I sit and think of the year ahead of me, of all of us, I get that feeling in my tummy.. The one that tells you that everything is going to be okay. The ball that you have in motion is going in the right direction. It's almost as if the things you've worked for are right in front of you, and you can reach out and grab it, without failure.
For a lot of us, this is the start of something new. Something amazing. Learning how to be free, without restraints from those around us, or those we impose upon ourselves. Sometimes the hardest hurdles to overcome are the ones we place upon ourselves.
You know, the ones that tell us, that running dialogue in our heads that tells us that we're too fat, not pretty enough, not smart enough, that we don't have time, or that we shouldn't because it's selfish. That if we do blank then blank will happen in return. What if for once, we stopped listening to the negative internal dialogue, and just believed in ourselves? What would we tell our children if we heard them talking to themselves or anyone else the way we talk in our minds?
...That's just it, we wouldn't allow ourselves to be this beaten down.
As mothers, and as women, we often neglect the thing that needs the MOST love and comfort of all. Ourselves. We take ourselves for granted. We fill ourselves full of hateful talk, we don't love ourselves enough or give ourselves enough credit. We don't take time for us, or even just take time to breathe.
Ladies, loving husbands, boyfriends, fathers, best friends, anyone who has a women in their life - Remind her that she is beautiful. Tell yourself you're worth it.
An exercise that I tried years ago, it made me laugh when it was first suggested to me, and it made me laugh for the first three weeks of practice.
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This action needs to be preformed twice daily (three times if you're stressed or having a bad day)
Step One
Find a Mirror.
Step Two
Look at yourself.
Step Three
(this is the hardest step)
Tell yourself you are beautiful. That you are worth it. That the universe is going to bestow upon you everything your heart desires.
It sounds silly. You will laugh. You will scoff at your reactions in the mirror.
You will choose not to believe it..
I promise you that it will change.
This is 10 times easier than going to the gym, quitting smoking, not indulging in chips at bedtime. It takes seconds, and can be done anywhere. The car, the gym, the bathroom, ANYWHERE.
It takes 6 weeks to break an old habit and form a new one in its place.
This change is so easy, you'll thank me for it, I promise.
This is the easiest and quickest and most flattering thing you can do for yourself.
Promise me you'll try it okay?
Namaste.
promise :)
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