My Self-Love Journey

I started a conscious and active self-love practice on January 2nd, 2011.

What Is A Self-Love Practice?

It’s deciding to actively work towards bringing more self-love into your life.

Why Did I Start My Active Self-Love Practice?

My mom’s a therapist who specializes in helping people recover from eating disorders. She does a lot of body image and self-love work believing that self-love is the main path for recovery from eating disorders.

What Does This Have To Do With My Self-Love Journey?

I created my mom a website, The Love Warrior Community. I was constantly working on developing the community with my mom and making it into an interactive place where people could go to so that they could actively work on self-love, have a community of people with the same goal in mind and build a strong community of Love Warriors to spread the message of self-love to the world.

One of the things in this community is a group blog, SelfLoveWarrior.com. Working on building my mom’s online Love Warrior Community and blogging on her group blog is what activated my self-love work.

Daily Blogging

On January 2, 2011, my mom and I decided to blog daily for a month, actively incorporating self-love actions and thoughts into each day. I have always been focused on self-love and growth, but I never realized the impact of writing about it, writing with a focus in mind and actively working on self-love each day. I was blown away about the impact that writing had.

In January, 2012, my mom and I decided to write daily self-love posts again, but only 10-minute posts so we could see that we didn’t need a lot of time to consciously bring self-love into our lives every day. Since January, 2012, we started monthly self-love writing prompts. You can check them out here.

The Effect

Back in 2011, by day 9 of my active self-love work and daily writing, I had never felt so good and so much love, positivity and joy. Actually, I had. The feelings of self-love, empowerment and confidence are comparable to the self-love, confidence and happiness I felt in my top life experiences: My 1st year as a 6th grade camp counselor, building homes in the Dominican Republic, my first year at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College – all of these periods have one thing in common: I loved myself unconditionally. I was living in the present moment. I was my highest self. I lived and breathed energy. I was 100% me and unafraid to be myself, not only unafraid, but empowered to be myself.

Where’s Waldo? My 1st year as a 6th grade camp counselor. I’m in the yellow.

The Dominican Republic with best bud Brian

 

1st year of college. I made more best friends. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cultivating Self-Love

I realized something valuable. I can cultivate the above mindset, energy, confidence, happiness and present-moment living within a matter of days, and it happened because of the self-love work and daily blogging that I was doing. Consciously bringing self-love into my life is a mindset change. For me, it’s choosing to see what I’m grateful for, instead of disparing over what I’m lacking. It’s waking up happy, instead of waking up stressed and thinking of the list of things I should start doing. It’s finding joy from my activities, instead of viewing them as a list to finish quickly. It’s about being present and engaged in myself and my surroundings. For me, cultivating self-love is cultivating a positive mindset.

After the 1st month of blogging, I strayed away from daily blogging. I noticed the difference. I noticed the difference in how I felt when I took the time to reflect on self-love daily, when I took the time to write consistently, but not daily and when I didn’t take the time at all. I feel a lot better when I’m actively working on self-love, and writing about it helps me to keep an active practice.

Follow My Self-Love Journey

Below I have listed my self-love posts in chronological order.

You can subscribe to SelfLoveWarrior.com and receive the self-love posts from the Love Warrior Community directly to your email. You can also contribute to the Self-Love Warrior Group Blog.

What Does Self-Love Have To Do With Community Bucket List?

Community Bucket List is about empowering ourselves and others to achieve our goals, big or small; it’s about going after our dreams. It’s about living and loving life, now.

A happy person is more likely to succeed in achieving their goals and in pursuing their dreams. A happy person will be more motivated, more productive and more passionate.

If you love yourself, you’ll be happier, more confident and better able to help yourself and others.

Start Your Own Self-Love Journey! :)

SelfLoveWarrior.com is a group blog! You can start your self-love journey and share your writing with the group blog.

You can also visit the Love Warrior Community to read, listen, watch and look at Body Positive & inspiring art, images, music, videos, body love letters, body forgiveness letters, poetry, short fiction and quotes. You can also submit your own creations or your favorites from others.

Start your own self-love journal, or share with the group blog, but begin today to become aware of how Awesome you are, and then share that awesomeness with the world. :)

 

Follow My Self-Love Journey From The Beginning:

  1. My Self-Love Action For Day 1/Jan 2, 2011
  2. No Can Be A Good Thing Too/Jan 3, 2011 – Day 2
  3. Rest: Day 3 Of The Self-Love Challenge/Jan 4, 2011
  4. Give Myself A Break: Self-Love Day 4/Jan 5, 2011
  5. Rest Again! Day 5 of the Self-Love Challenge/Jan 6, 2011
  6. Unlearning Society: Learning To UnWorry/Jan 6, 2011 – Day 5 (again)
  7. Frustration Friday:Self-Love Day 7/Jan 8, 2011
  8. Listening To My Body: Self-Love Day 8/Jan 8, 2011
  9. Reflection of these Past 9 Days of Self-Love/Jan 10, 2011
  10. A Great Relaxing Day: Self-Love Day 10/Jan 11, 2011
  11. Dr. Seuss: Self-Love Day 11/Jan 13, 2011
  12. Saying No, Again :) – Self-Love Day 12/Jan 13, 2011
  13. Self-Love: Nature Trail: Self-Love Day 13/Jan 16, 2011
  14. Self-Love Bucket List:Self-Love Day 14/Jan 16, 2011
  15. Self-Love: Valentines: Self-Love Day 15/Jan 20, 2011
  16. Self-Love: Overwhelmed: Self-Love Day 16/Jan 22, 2011
  17. Realizing My Power: Light: Self-Love Day 17/Jan 23, 2011
  18. Dreaming Reality: Self-Love Day 18/Jan 23, 2011
  19. Appreciation: Self-Love Day 19/Jan 26, 2011
  20. Restful Reading: Self-Love Day 20/Jan 26, 2011
  21. Letting Out The Dogs: Self-Love Day 21/Jan 26, 2011
  22. February Is A New Month: Self-Love Day 22/Feb 7, 2011
  23. Thought Becomes Reality: Self-Love day 23/Feb 9, 2011
  24. Start Out Your Day With A Smile: Self-Love Day 24/March 18, 2011
  25. Realizing My Goals: Self-Love Day 25/March 20, 2011
  26. Just Do It: Self-Love Day 26/March 21, 2011
  27. Waking Up Happy: Self-Love Day 27/March 23, 2011
  28. Traveling Around: Self-Love Day 28/March 31, 2011
  29. Self-Love Is … Self-Love Day 29/April 4, 2011
  30. Your Best Friend, Your True Love, Your Family – It All Starts With Yourself: Self-Love Day 30/April 18, 2011
  31. Self-Love Reflection from Day 1: Self-Love Day 31/April 26, 2011
  32. What I Love: Self-Love Day 32/May 3, 2011
  33. NY: Self-Love Day 33/May 10, 2011
  34. Bucket List: Self-Love Day 34/June 14, 2011
  35. Realistic Goal Setting: Self-Love Day 35/June 18, 2011
  36. I Decided To Take Action: Self-Love Day 36/June 29, 2011
  37. 51 Days To Make The Most of Life: Self-Love Day 37/July 8, 2011
  38. 50 Days To Make The Most Of My Life: Self-Love Day 38/July 9, 2011
  39. Action Oriented Morning: Self-Love Day 39/July 10, 2011
  40. Thinking About the Negative Can Be Beneficial: Self-Love Day 40/July 11, 2011
  41. Self-Love Energy: Self-Love Day 41/July 12, 2011
  42. Too Much of a Good Thing: Self-Love Day 42/July 13, 2011
  43. Having a Crappy Day Made Me Happy: Self-Love Day 42/July 14, 2011
  44. Learning What’s Healthy For Me: Self-Love Day 43/July 15, 2011
  45. Limitation vs. Choice: Self-Love Day 44/July 16, 2011
  46. Measuring My Energy: Self-Love Day 45/July 18, 2011
  47. Change Comes From Within: Self-Love Day 46/July 19, 2011
  48. Self-Love Is Letting Go of Self-Criticism: Self-Love Day 47/July 20, 2011
  49. Conscious Self-Love: Self-Love Day 48/October 7, 2011
  50. Happy and Exhausted/November 27, 2011
  51. The Answers I Need — I Have/December 4, 2011
  52. Self-Love Post in 10 Minutes/January 3, 2012
  53. Thoughts That Went Through My Mind Today/January 4, 2012
  54. What If You Woke Up and Did Something Completely Unexpected?
  55. Connecting/January 6, 2012
  56. Listening To My Inner Wisdom/January 7, 2012
  57. Letting Go: The Energy Value of Our Possessions/January 8, 2012
  58. The Positive in the Negatives/January 10, 2012
  59. Everything Is a Once in a Lifetime Opportunity/January 11, 2012
  60. Learning to See the Beauty in Your Fears/January 13, 2012
  61. Deciding To Live With Purpose/January 14, 2012
  62. Living On My Own Rhythm/January 22, 2012
  63. Struggling To Keep A Positive Mindset/January 23, 2012
  64. Breaking Through Unfounded Fears/January 29, 2012
  65. Relaxation: A Note To My Future Self/January 30, 2012
  66. I don’t know what love would do./February 1, 2012
  67. I Want to Live in the Present Moment/February 6, 2012
  68. What If We Don’t Want A Formula To Life?/February 7, 2012
  69. I Don’t Know What To Write/February 8, 2012
  70. Human Potential/February 9, 2012
  71. What Do I Love?/March 4, 2012
  72. Profiles in Post Collegiate Courage: Emelina Minero/March 6, 2012
  73. I Looked Into My Eyes/March 10, 2012
  74. Adjusting Others’ Expectations To Better Fit Mine/March 31, 2012
  75. Enjoying The Process/April 1, 2012
  76. Developing A Self-Love Practice/April 1, 2012
  77. Dealing with Anxiety/April 30, 2012
  78. Cultivating My Own Mothering Energy/May 8, 2012
  79. Being Grateful For Small Progress/May 9, 2012
  80. On Giving Up/May 10, 2012
  81. Being/May 24, 2012
  82. Difficulties/May 30, 2012
  83. Cultivating Energy/June 4, 2012
  84. My Favorite Method of Self-Discovery/June 13, 2012
  85. Changing No I Can’t to Yes I Can/June 14, 2012
  86. Celebrate Yourself Today & Gift Yourself with Loving Thoughts/June 21, 2012
  87. Inaction & Present Moment Living/August 13, 2012
  88. Stigmas and Judgements/August 15, 2012
  89. Not Sure/August 20, 2012
  90. Can I Accept My Own Brilliance?/October 2, 2012
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