“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really
have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”- Lucille Ball
So true, self-love is one of the
most important elements of our happiness and overall well-being. Though
traditionally self –love is often considered as an act of selfishness. It has
been taught to us that if we are not working hard for our duties and taking
care of others, we are being selfish, we are being narcissist. But it is not
the complete truth; actually self-love is the act of “love of self” or “regard
of one’s own happiness or advantage” that helps in releasing negative thoughts
and criticism towards you and embracing more loving thoughts.
Research has shown that practising self-love has so many
advantages such as better mental health, increase happiness and productivity.
Personally, I have found that
whenever I feel depressed or overwhelmed by pressurising responsibilities, the
only thing that pulled me up and out is drenching myself in self-love. But during practical life when we had tons of
duties and responsibilities, practising self-love can be challenging for so
many of us.
Here I am sharing some of my favourite “self-love strategies
“that helps me a lot to feel happier and positive during everyday life.
Create a self-love ritual
Like all other important things, it is equally important to
plan your self-love or self-care ritual. Pre-planning and organising a scheduled
time will help a lot to get de-stressed and relieving routine tensions. Self-care
ritual activity could be different for different people. For me, it is always
about spending some quite moments of prayer with god and practising yoga and meditation.
These few moments of self-care provide me an instant energy and I had better
ability to perform my duties and responsibilities.
Go for a nature walk
Nature is the creation of god. Scientific studies suggested
that nature has a sort of healing properties, it relieves tension, anxiety and
reduces blood pressure, ease the muscle tension. Taking in the sights and
sounds of nature improve mood and relive the anxiety. As a mom, we have to deal
with repeatedly tasks and we often need a break. A short break as a nature walk
even in your backyard had a significant psychological benefit. Nature is a positive distraction, which makes us
calm and happier.
Be creative and focus
on your hobby
One of my favourite ways for stress relief and get involve
in self-love, is the being creative and spends some quality time alone for my
hobby. I believed when we engaged in any form of creative activities, we had a
state of complete mental involvement in something and that works like a
meditation. It has a great potential to reduce stress and can alleviate the
burden of various psychosomatic disorders. It is best creative way to involved “Self-love”
in our otherwise hectic life.
Eat healthy and
exercise regularly
During every day hectic life, we often get
more focused on our jobs and responsibilities and involuntarily ignored our
health. And this ignorance causes a wreaking havoc on our physical and mental
fitness. It may cause nutritional deficiencies, muscle pain, weakness of the
immune system, even a state of chronic stress that is very harmful and make our
body to vulnerable to other systemic infections. So pre-plan your daily routine
and schedule some time for proper
healthy eating and exercise is the best thing that helps in the journey of
“self-love”.
Scientific studies suggested that exercise produces
endorphins (good neurochemical) that help in building stamina and mood lifting.
Even 5 minutes of aerobic exercise provide excellent health benefits. And
nutritious healthy diet helps in strengthening of our immune system and makes
our body strong enough to deal with stress.
Last but not the least tries to enjoy each and every moment
of life. Sometimes, when we had too much to do and feel piled up with tasks, we
often forget to enjoy tiny sweet moments of joy and happiness; everything seems
like a burden for us. So forget those unnecessary negative circles of thoughts
and try to enjoy each tiny moment of life. We cannot take care of our families
unless we take time and care for ourselves, so try these simple de-stressing
strategies and enjoy a Happy and healthy life.
Moms, these were the ideas to follow a “self-love” routine.
What are yours? Which strategies you liked most? Please share with us.
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I think for me eating healthy and exercising is the best way to express self love as a healthy body leads to a healthy mind.
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