I always find loving yourself such a vague concept. What is loving yourself? For me it means: fully accepting yourself and being who you are. Knowing that you are good enough when you are yourself. Knowing that you are good enough even on the days when you have eaten that entire bag of chips (even…

Learning to love yourself is a process that never ends, it is a journey. Learning to love yourself is taking steps every day that allow you to feel a little better every day. Loving yourself is different for everyone and that is why unfortunately there is no ready-made manual on how to do this. But…

1. Grab a large garbage bag and throw away anything you don't use, that brings back painful memories, or that you bought in the hope that it would make you a different person. 2. Unfollow anyone who makes you less happy or happy. 3. List all your expenses from the past week in an Excel…

When I think of self-love I think of all the women who struggle every day to realize how much they are actually worth. I think of the young girls who look in the mirror and are mostly dissatisfied with what they see. The insecurity that is so deeply ingrained in so many women.  So when…

Self-love is the best remedy. It is the best way to heal again. Self-love helps you move forward and ultimately look back and realize that you are better off without certain experiences or people in your life.  Self-love makes you stronger. It ensures that the door is open when people want to leave, the people…

Self-respect has nothing to do with selfishness or arrogance. No, it's rather the opposite. Self-respect is about a deep sense of self-worth and self-love through which you receive love and can give love. We sometimes try to gain self-esteem by getting a lot of Facebook likes on your photo or by getting new clothes, a…

Self-love is often not that beautiful or easy at all. Self-love means that you make an Excel overview of your debts, it means that you have a morning routine in the morning, that you cook healthy meals for yourself and that you no longer run away from your problems. Often it is not the things…

Self-love or self-compassion is something that is important and that we should all have. How do you ensure that you develop self-compassion? In this article, compassion means the tender recognition of pain or stress combined with the desire to relieve or soothe it. You can recognize pain and stress by accepting your limits as a…

January, traditionally the month in which we are full of good intentions for the coming year, is already behind us. Time flies and good intentions are difficult to keep, because whether you want to lose weight, exercise more often or spend more time with your family: they are not easy goals.  That's why it might…

Sometimes it seems that we have to make more time for all kinds of meaningless things than for ourselves. We are constantly in the same cycle: we have to make others feel comfortable, make sure everything works, pay our bills, listen to others and be there for them when needed. But in order to keep…