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It’s important to understand where fear is coming from and debunk the ‘scariness’ of fear. Fear is simply our response to an imagined future where through our vivid imagination, we’re picturing a perceived reality in which things are not working out for us. While fear has its place in warning us when we’re really in danger, it is our job as evolved beings to detect PERCEIVED danger, versus ACTUAL danger. The mind cannot tell the difference, so we need to jump into the driver’s seat and decide whether we want to believe the story that our imagination has made up about a perceived threat in the future.

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If I was to define what self-love really means to me, I would describe it as nurturing, nourishing and supporting ourselves on every level: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Self-love is the ability to make empowered choices towards the life we desire, which may include creating healthy boundaries in relationships and learning to say “no” when something doesn’t feel right. It means learning to give to ourselves that which we crave most from others, learning to fill our own cup and noticing when it starts to run empty. It means checking in daily with our inner child to see what he or she needs, and then actively meeting those needs. It means practicing forgiveness, compassion and being gentle with ourselves and most importantly it means giving ourselves permission to be HUMAN by allowing each emotion we experience to complete its cycle within us. Ultimately, it means seeing and treating ourselves the same way that source or the universe does, through the lens of unconditional love and acceptance.

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