3 Ways to Love Yourself More This Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day a week away, love is in the air. While it’s fine to spoil your kiddos with candied hearts or splurge on a fancy dinner out with your sweetie, what about the love you’re giving yourself? That’s right, self-love baby! Here are three simple ways you can love yourself more starting now:
1. Quit Your Diet
Toss the scale, stop counting calories and look inward. Ask yourself how you want to FEEL. Then rather than focusing on the foods you need to take out, focus on fueling your body. This method is called crowding out; by incorporating more of the nutrient-rich, feel-good stuff, we naturally wean off of the foods that leave us feeling depleted.
What foods energize you? Make you feel vibrant? Fill you up? Prioritize those, but know there’s always room for a slice of pizza, a donut or your fave latte too.
2. Create a Morning or Evening Ritual
How do you start or end your day? If it doesn’t feel good to you, change it up. Bring in feel-good routines like journaling, DIY facials, hot lemon water, affirmation card pulls, a cozy cup of tea, or a juicy book. Here’s an example of my New Month Ritual you can pull inspiration from!
Lately, I’ve been re-working my schedule to make it more in alignment with how I want to feel, and for me that’s creating room for FLOW. You can read all about how I’m tidying up my mind over here on the blog, including how I set up Apple Screen Time limits to help me.
3. Celebrate YOU
How often do you step back and celebrate yourself? Honor how far you’ve come, and take note of the things you’re good at.
Whether it’s writing, cooking, painting, striking up conversations with strangers or being a freakin’ amazing budgeter, honor your strengths. Leave a comment below letting me know what your “special sauce” is! It’s worth celebrating, babe.
