Forget Self-Love
Forget Self-Love Seriously. If you are wounded, unhealed, if you grew up in a dysfunctional family, if you grew up in poverty, war, racism, sexual threats or assault (this covers just about everyone, no?) where on Earth have you learned the skills on how to give yourself healthy self-love? Bombarded by consumerism commercials and the new age messed up messages of “you deserve it” you will be shooting in the dark trying to do something that you have never seen modeled for you and never experienced. Self-love has become a co-opted slogan to sell you “stuff” or “experiences” including all the current workshops that “sell” hope and liberation, guaranteed after attending one weekend. Lord. Let’s dial it back. Start instead with self-care. This will be difficult enough. For those of you who had children, think back on how complex it was figuring out how to care for your first child. You can do the same thing remembering your first pet (as an adult). No matter ...