May 17th, 2012
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Six Steps to Loving Yourself

I asked my patient Molly if anyone in her life had ever told her that she is precious. She looked at me blankly. Molly is the inspiration for this article.

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5. It’s not ok when other people treat you badly. Remember Molly? Since she thinks so little of herself, she thinks it’s fine for other people to treat her badly. It’s not. It’s not OK for people to treat you with disrespect, violence, manipulation, threats, cruelty or a variety of other bad behaviors.  t’s not OK in personal or professional settings. Even if you’re stuck in a situation where you can’t immediately stop or escape the mistreatment, don’t let yourself start to believe that it’s acceptable. You deserve to be treated with basic human kindness, as does everyone else. Anything less is absolutely not ok.

6. You deserve to be healthy. You deserve to nurture your own physical and emotional health and wellbeing. This means that you need to put yourself somewhere near the top of your priority list. You deserve to take the time and energy necessary to take care of yourself, and to make choices the support health in your life.

It’s never too late to teach these messages to the children in your life, or to your own inner child. You can also send these along to any friends and relatives that may have forgotten, or may have never learned, about their own inherent worthiness and lovability.

MORE: Your Self-Esteem Makes You Beautiful

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