When you have a chronic illness it can be a struggle to love yourself. Why? Because your body is attacking itself so essentially it is YOU that is attacking YOU. How can you love your arch nemesis?!? Or at least that's how I felt at the crux of my self loathery (yes - I made that up). Why is Self Love Important Self-love is not a fad or slogan. It’s not selfish or vain or conditional. It’s dynamic. Self-love is complete acceptance of who and what you are (and aren[...]
For the entire month of February, I (and others) focused in on self love via the IWWB Self Love Challenge. Since the month has closed, I thought it'd be nice to do a round up of some of my favorite self love quotes meant for inspiring, boosting and elevating self love. Affirmations and quotes are my thing if y'all haven't figured it out yet. These little one liners have helped me in my self love journey. Hopefully they can do the same for you 40 Self Love Quotes Be your own reason to s[...]
"Oh chronically ill body how I love thee. Let me count the ways…" Said no one ever. At least not any spoonie that I know, ESPECIALLY not me. (Shoutout to Toni Braxton btw.) My chronic illness has done a number on me: mentally, emotionally and physically. The toll it has taken on my body and my love for my body is very high. As part of the Self Love Challenge I wanted to focus on loving the more seemingly unlovable parts of myself: starting with my chronically ill body. Self Love[...]
I’ve told you all before that I’m a book nerd. Since it’s Self Love February I thought I share some self love books that are meant to help you cultivate the best relationship with yourself possible. Some of you are probably looking at the screen like what? “Self help?? Hard pass. I’m not into that”. I used to think the same way. Hear me out for a second. As we know self love isn’t easy and it’s a constant revolution. Thankfully there are life coaches and best selling[...]
When I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis, one of the first things to go (besides control of my body) was my self love. It wasn’t a conscious choice. Traumatic life events like chronic illness tend to have a negative effect on self love. What is Self Love? Self love is not a state of being like happiness. It’s not simply a feeling. It is a dynamic revolution. It is a necessary foundation for how I treat myself and how I am treated in the world. To me, self love is uncon[...]
If you're a vet around these parts then you already know what time it is. It's time for the IWWB Self Love Challenge. Who's ready to do some loving? What's the IWWB SLC? So last year I did this and it was pretty cool. I decided the month of February to self-love. When you have a chronic illness, you're faced with so many battles within yourself. Like literally I feel like I'm at war with my body. It's hard to love yourself when yourself is destroying you. So clearly self-love was needed. The[...]