Love Yourself

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My Instagram followers know I am a pro-self-lover for all women, especially women over 40. The whole “self-love” thing is being talked about everywhere right now. #SELFLOVE

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04/01/2019

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So I start this new year with a piece on self-love and why it’s so important to love yourself, especially for women over 40 coping with self-conscious aging in a time where every wrinkle is seen as failure. Many women experience a feeling of becoming “invisible when they get older”.

Why women are increasingly treated as if they’re invisible as they age (apparently, it applies more to women than to men) is not very surprising. We live in a youth-fixated culture where people are afraid to age and to be vulnerable to growing older, where ideals about attractiveness are oriented around those with young, flawless, and healthy bodies.

Self-love on social media meaning “You have to love yourself more”. In daily conversation with our friends we ask them “Why don’t you love yourself?” And “If you only loved yourself, this wouldn’t have happened to you” is a common answer to many problems.

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“You can’t love another person until you love yourself first.”

These are just a few of the self-love directives that we give or get to suggest a way to more living fulfillment. Easier said than done because what really is self-love? It took me years to understand the concept of self-love. I didn’t really love myself in the first place but I also really didn’t like to get older. But ultimately I found out that self-love is one of these concepts you “just get”. You don’t logically understand it. You feel it.

In my case I read about it, I practiced what was suggested in books and articles, I gave birth to my son (what has put my life in a different perspective) and then one day I just got it (or rather on most days..). My mindset shifted, and I started loving myself more and more. Just like that? Yes, just like that… What I found out is that self-love is a practice. That’s great news, right? You can practice your self-love to build the foundation of your happy life.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer nec odio. Praesent libero. Sed cursus ante dapibus diam. Sed nisi. Nulla quis sem at nibh elementum imperdiet.

These are just a few of the self-love directives that we give or get to suggest a way to more living fulfillment. Easier said than done because what really is self-love? It took me years to understand the concept of self-love. I didn’t really love myself in the first place but I also really didn’t like to get older. But ultimately I found out that self-love is one of these concepts you “just get”. You don’t logically understand it. You feel it.

In my case I read about it, I practiced what was suggested in books and articles, I gave birth to my son (what has put my life in a different perspective) and then one day I just got it (or rather on most days..). My mindset shifted, and I started loving myself more and more. Just like that? Yes, just like that… What I found out is that self-love is a practice. That’s great news, right? You can practice your self-love to build the foundation of your happy life.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer nec odio. Praesent libero. Sed cursus ante dapibus diam. Sed nisi. Nulla quis sem at nibh elementum imperdiet.

“You can’t love another person until you love yourself first.”

These are just a few of the self-love directives that we give or get to suggest a way to more living fulfillment. Easier said than done because what really is self-love? It took me years to understand the concept of self-love. I didn’t really love myself in the first place but I also really didn’t like to get older. But ultimately I found out that self-love is one of these concepts you “just get”. You don’t logically understand it. You feel it.

In my case I read about it, I practiced what was suggested in books and articles, I gave birth to my son (what has put my life in a different perspective) and then one day I just got it (or rather on most days..). My mindset shifted, and I started loving myself more and more. Just like that? Yes, just like that… What I found out is that self-love is a practice. That’s great news, right? You can practice your self-love to build the foundation of your happy life.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer nec odio. Praesent libero. Sed cursus ante dapibus diam. Sed nisi. Nulla quis sem at nibh elementum imperdiet.