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Self love fangirl

8/6/2013

 
I've written public love letters to myself.
I've written about one of my experiences with Aphrodite.
I've written to encourage you to *shine* and I've taken a stand
against you talking bad about yourself because I'm all about self love

Oh yes...like a fangirl loves Loki I'm all about the self love.  

I think we're confused about what self love really is.
Somewhere along the way we thought self love = vanity

We were told don't brag about your accomplishments, don't be a sore looser 
and other such things.  We thought that meant that we should
be afraid to shine, we should stuff our emotions down (as if being sad about not winning
would somehow rain on the winner's parade).  And because of all of that we thought we 
shouldn't love ourselves.  But that's not how a healthy relationship with one's self works.  

Every time we wake up to a new day is another opportunity to practice relationships
We get practice with our loved ones when we see them and we get to practice with ourselves.

Ultimately self love is really about being in conscious (as in aware of & giving value/ emphasis to) 
relationship with yourself and one of the best ways I know of to bring awareness and give value or 
emphasis to yourself is through self blessing.  

Self blessing is part of my personal practice at relationship and I want to share some of my thoughts
and suggestions for practice with you.  So I'm finally releasing a mini (okay 20 page) self blessing workshop.
This was something I thought about teaching a class on and I may still do that.  But the more I sat with 
this piece the more I felt it needed to be a gift in honor of the 20 something me who was brave enough 
to listen to the words Aphrodite told her and love herself so she could become the woman I am today.

Take this with my blessings and if you know someone who could use a self love boost please point them my way.
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mel link
8/6/2013 07:52:00 am

oh my. it's no coincidence, i think, that i'm hearing/seeing messages on self-love and nurturing Self everywhere i turn.

thank you for being another lovely voice in the chorus...

xo

Dionne
8/6/2013 11:58:24 am

You are welcome Mel!

Ginger (Gin) link
8/6/2013 09:35:04 am

Self blessing... thank you for this, Dionne!

Dionne
8/6/2013 11:58:53 am

Bless you Ginger!

Julia Vazquez link
8/6/2013 10:26:01 am

I really needed to read this. I can see myself reflected so many time.
Hugs,
Julia

Dionne
8/7/2013 09:35:14 am

Glad it was helpful to you Julia! ((HUGS))

Wendy Juhl link
8/6/2013 11:08:49 am

Thank you so much for offering this. I was just thinking today about how I need to practice self-love and then I saw your blog post in my reading list on blogger. Many blessings to you! Wendy

Dionne
8/7/2013 09:36:03 am

So glad this is resonating with you Wendy!

Patricia link
8/6/2013 11:32:05 am

What a wonderful gift Dionne! Thank you :D And thank you for the gentle reminder about self-love and how vital it is to our health. So easy to fall into being kind to others and yet negative to ourselves. Blessings to you <3

Kimee link
8/6/2013 11:53:50 am

Oooh, thank you for this. I actually just blogged this negative post about myself. This is exactly what I needed to see. I found your blog via Effy.

Dionne
8/7/2013 09:36:55 am

Oh Kimee! For better or worse love yourself any way!

Lisa
8/6/2013 10:50:07 pm

I agree with Mel. This has been the season to reexamine what self love means for me too. To see that it has nothing to do with vanity and everything to do with shining as brightly as you dare. For a long while now, I have made myself small. Now I'm starting to explore the freedom of who I am and who I want to be and how that looks. Thanks for the big push D.

Cynthia Lee link
8/7/2013 12:57:09 am

what a beautiful and generous gift!
Thank you!

I am so enjoying getting to know you ... and high five and thank you to Effy and the blogalong for introducing us. I just watched your mini money workshop video ... that is a serendipitous gift as well. There is a lot of baggage surrounding my attitude and approach to money and today I wrote in my money pages that I am ready for a new way ... and what if it really could be day one. I am starting over.

Enough is enough <<<< and that is a LOADED statement.

Thank you!

Dionne
8/7/2013 09:40:20 am

Lovely Cynthia! Yes high fives to Effy! And high fives to you for working on your relationship with money! Its something I still work on and like my relationship to myself I always will work on my money ship!

Serena link
8/7/2013 08:54:50 am

I, too, have been receiving this message everywhere I turn, lately! Synchronicities galore! I always really, really, really enjoy your soulful, heartfelt writings. And thank you so much for your generosity.


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