life has been challenging lately. If I’m honest, the periods of time in my life where I’ve gone without adversity or challenges have been few and far between. And so right now, I’m tired.
I’ve cried. I’ve raged. I’ve even gotten down on my knees and sobbed asking the universe not just for guidance but for an explanation. “why me!? Why me again?!”
The reason I’m sharing this with you is because even those of us with oodles of love and a penchant for sparkles and optimism, we get tired too. We need to ask for help too.
A few years ago, I wouldn’t have known how to ask for help. And I most definitely would have thought #selflove during challenging times was a form of toxic positivity. A fool’s errand.
But as luck would have it, I got to experience the power of self-love during my healing journey from narcissistic abuse. And once I started incorporating self-love tools, the difference in my life was like night and day.
So I kept going with it. Even on days when I didn’t feel like it or it felt hard. I kept going because I was on a mission to change my inner narrative, that voice inside my head that said that I wasn’t good enough, pretty enough, skinny enough.
I was sick and tired of that voice in my head saying I was too much, not enough. And once I learned that voice inside my head was not even mine?! It really had to go.
Most days I don’t think about how far I’ve come in my healing journey because it felt as necessary to my survival as oxygen or water to make these changes.
So the other day when I felt like I was drowning, overwhelmed by life, I turned to self-love.
I didn’t know what to do so I did what I tell my clients to do.
Things like:
♥ Breathwork
♥ Positive Affirmations
♥ Healing Water (#Kangen 9.5)
♥ Journal Prompts
♥ Grounding Techniques
♥ Kundalini Release (Dance)
♥ Chakra Alignment
♥ Tibetan Sound Bowls
I took my own #selflove course on Teachable a few times as well.
And it was when I was doing the work, that it hit me: I’m grateful for these challenges, these moments of pressure, because I know that after the painful process of metamorphosis, the beautiful butterfly is set free 🦋