The Self-Love Habit

Resisting fear does one thing only: it creates more fear.

Love and fear are deeply and intrinsically interconnected – one cannot exist without the other.

Listen, open, value, and energise:

The reality is that it’s often the darkness that can teach us the most about ourselves.

Our culture often tricks us into believing we need certain things in order to be happy, and we find ourselves constantly chasing that moment of enlightenment. I spent fifteen years doing it – believing my happiness lay in achievement, material things, success and acceptance from others. I would set a goal, achieve it, and move on to the next one. Ironically, by chasing a certain life, I was missing out on living one. It always felt like there was something missing. It was an unquenchable thirst that I could never satisfy.

FIVE HUGS
A DAY
Human touch is essential for our wellbeing. Without it, we wither. One of the hardest strains on mental health for many people during the Covid-19 social distancing measures was the lack of human touch. A thousand words cannot replace a warm embrace.

Love is the antidote to fear. Love is life itself.

Love is the antidote to fear. Love is life itself.

Ironically, by chasing a certain life, I was missing out on living one. It always felt like there was something missing. It was an unquenchable thirst that I could never satisfy.

As Oscar Wilde said, ‘To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.’