The problem of self-hate has been the focus of my first three posts about recovering from this painful feeling. (You can find links to these posts at the end of this blog post.) This post is about healing Wounded Self. In my last post, I examined how we recover from self-hate: by returning to Love,… Continue reading Step Four: Healing the Wounded Self
Tag: Self-loathing
Becoming Your Own Best Friend
This post explores how you can become your own best friends and gives you some practical suggestions for doing this. It is the third post in a series. In my last two posts, I discussed how to cultivate self-love by thinking of yourself as a child you love and by speaking to yourself as you would a child… Continue reading Becoming Your Own Best Friend
Loving Affirmations and Self-Love
This is a post about using loving affirmations to connect with our True Self or Higher Self. And this post is a part of a series on cultivating self-love. In my last post, I discussed the first way we can cultivate self-love, which is to think of ourselves as a little child. Just like children… Continue reading Loving Affirmations and Self-Love
Adopting a Loving View of Ourselves
It is possible to adopt a loving view of ourselves. And it is one of the wisest things we can do. The process begins with some self-reflection. For example, consider these questions: How well do you like yourself? Which of the following statements best represents your relationship with yourself? I absolutely love myself. I’m okay,… Continue reading Adopting a Loving View of Ourselves
Leaving Our Self-Constructed Prisons
Sometimes we build self-constructed prisons. This is nothing to be ashamed of because there are often very good reasons that we build these prisons. They often serve some important purpose, at least initially. We often do not realize, however, that we have built these prisons ourselves and that we do not have to stay in… Continue reading Leaving Our Self-Constructed Prisons