THE SECRET OF SELF-LOVE
I hesitated for a long time to write this blog like this. Do we really need another text about self-love?
However, the longer I’m on the path and the more women I meet, the clearer it becomes – I can’t do without it! I now even share the assertion that self-love is the be-all and end-all, the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end.
Is it also courageous? Absolutely! Self-love is the prerequisite for courage. I would like to share an experience with you that will make it tangible:
Recently, I decided to ask a famous woman, whom I value and honor very much, if she would participate in my Insta Live format “Let’s talk about…COURAGE | AUTHENTICITY | FEMALITY. The likelihood that she would say “no” felt very high to me – and precisely because I value her so much and her opinion of me is important to me, it felt pretty brave, vulnerable and exciting.
WITHOUT self-love, I wouldn’t have dared to ask at all – because if I said “no”, I would have fallen into a hole of shame and feelings of failure OR I would have played it cool and not let myself feel these feelings in the first place.
But because I have learned over the last few years to stay with myself more and more and to be kind and loving to myself when things get difficult, I was able to ask in the first place! That’s what I mean by self-love as the basis for courage.
As soon as we confront our shadows, we come into contact with our shame. Probably the most difficult feeling (next to powerlessness) in the human spectrum. Without self-love, without not abandoning yourself when things get difficult, nothing works. So why not start practising right away – because self-love can be learned! – and give yourself a kiss in the morning when you get up and whisper “I love you, baby!”?