Episode 25 - LIVE workshop - Self-acceptance for people who cringe at self-love

Ok, you really want to learn to love yourself. You really want to be kinder to yourself and do the things that you know would make you feel good.

You’ve tried the positive affirmations, the journaling and the self-care practices and yet you still battle with parts of yourself that you wish would disappear.

The thing is – for many of us ‘self-love’ is a radical, out of reach concept. It’s a nice idea, but can feel like a step too far.

Before we can learn to love ourselves we have to learn to acknowledge and accept all parts of ourselves (even the parts we don’t like). Many of us at best ‘tolerate’ these parts and at worst ‘loathe’ them. We try to hide, supress, or get rid of them, in the hope we can become the ‘good’ person we want to be. This causes us to disconnect from ourselves and creates a distance in our relationships too.

So going from this to self-love can feel like a lot of pressure.

Let’s rewind.

Let’s get back to basics.

Let’s create the conditions for a little self-acceptance.

This episode is a recording of a live workshop, so find yourself somewhere quiet for the lovely practices we get into and enjoy!

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