the self-love handbook

I love TED Talks. I strive to watch several of them per week. I find many of them inspiring, informational, and everything in between. This week, I encourage all of you to watch the TEDxYouth Talk by Niko Everett regarding self-esteem. She has an inspiring story and even more inspiring ideas about self-esteem and beginning to love yourself.

I am not a morning person. If I could, I would sleep in until noon every day. I love sleep. It's one of my favorite things, alongside pasta and dogs. I despise waking up early. But for self-love, which is something I'm very passionate about, I'll consider it. I happened upon a wonderful article about one woman's "self-love

The law of attraction. "The law of attraction is the name given to the maxim "like attracts like" which in New Thought philosophy is used to sum up the idea that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts a person brings positive or negative experiences into their life." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_attraction_(New_Thought) You are what you think. Your mind is at

Stop comparing yourself to others. Stop comparing yourself to others. Stop comparing yourself to others. STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS. This is so important that I deemed it worthy of being said four (!!!) times. This is critical info, people. Listen here and listen good. There is no one on this planet like you. You are the only

I am not a wizard. I cannot cast a magical spell on you to make you love yourself. No such spell exists. Instead, I can offer you a journey that consists of lots of hard work, determination, entire mental rewiring, bouts of self-doubt, perseverance, and long periods of time. Fun! Learning to love yourself is far from easy,