Self-Love. Lets take a minute to think about that word. Self-Love. Lets take another minute to decide what it means. For me, Self-Love means accepting myself for my strengths and my weaknesses. It means trusting myself, protecting myself and most of all it means making myself happy and content. – FaithnTurtles Coming to this personal definition wasn’t easy. Loving yourself, like many other things in life is often easier said than done. I have been saying I love myself for many years but i didn’t fully know or appreciate that or what it meant until God made me appreciate it. When I decided to transform my pain into purpose is…
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How I benefited from a Blogging Break and Why you need One.
You were made to rest regularly. Yes, I just said you were made to rest regularly. It may be hard to rest or take a break from blogging or just from activities, especially living in a fast pace world. With industrialization, rest has become second nature rather than a natural part of life. However, the hustle and bustle will not get you far if you don’t rest. Here is why you need to schedule breaks into your blogging life. Bible Motivation: “Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.” Exodus 34:21 KJV Rest is a Natural…
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Why I decided to love me by Nancy Fleuridor
When my blogging friend @faithnturtles and I decided to write a blog on self- love my mind began to wonder. I started to think about the era when I was very insecure and the times I did not delight in my features like my legs, arms, shoulders and other aspects of my body. I grew up hearing questions like “Why are you so skinny?” a dozen hour in the day. If I had a dollar for every person that mentioned those words to me, I would be a millionaire. Eventually, the Lord freed me from caring about what people thought of me and their outlook of who I was. I…
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Love your Natural Hair (featuring Jessica Lyles and Nzinga-Ain)
My Natural hair, Loved. Hey all, I feel blessed and proud each time I prepare the entries for this series. ‘My natural hair, loved’ is a weekly blog series posted each Tuesday. The aim of this series is to showcase the beauty of natural hair as well as the self-love and confidence that is achieved from it. Your natural hair is much more than a style. Your natural hair should be loved. Today we are being joined by two fellow mental health bloggers and they have interesting stories to share. Do Enjoy. The writers used the following Questions as a guide: What is the state of your natural hair? When…
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What I want For Christmas- Blogmas Day 6
Hey All! So in Keeping with the gift theme, I’ve decided to post Gifts that I want to get myself for Christmas today. But hey! guess what. I finally completed my Christmas shopping. Honestly, it was such a hassle because many of the items that I wanted wouldn’t have been delivered in time for Christmas. Thankfully, I was not set on them and I was able to find alternatives. I haven’t been able to buy anything for myself as yet but I will try to do so tonight. Yes, I am gifting myself. I have worked so hard this year and I have been through so much yet I am…
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The Importance of Self Celebration.
Do you ever say to yourself ‘hey! you did well today. I am proud of you and I am going to take you to dinner?” If you have, how did that feel? Did it feel better than when that same sentence was said to you by a loved one? If you have never said that to yourself then I must say you are missing out on the opportunity; to be your own inspiration, to be enough for yourself, to show yourself true self-love, to take charge of your own happiness. But, there is good news. ALL that STOPS today. Henceforth, you will celebrate yourself. The art of knowing yourself A…
