“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
Psalm 139:14 NIV

We are all born beautiful little babies who naturally love themselves and others. Somewhere along the way we lose this self-love and become critical of ourselves and others. We learn to deny our true passions and feelings in order to fit in, to be like everyone else. We become self-conscious and try to hide who we truly are.

Watch how one teacher helps his students to love themselves and what happens when they do. A Radical New Teaching Method – Compliments and high fives go a long way in the classroom.

By starting the day with just ten minutes of complimenting his students and giving them high fives, he got amazing results: “After a few weeks of this practice, my students started complimenting one another consistently. They praise each other for accomplishments as if it was their own. They never insult one another and actively work towards helping each other.”

“Praising each other for accomplishments as if it was their own.” Learning to value themselves taught them to also value others; instead of being jealous of someone else having success, they felt good about it.

Why don’t all children get raised this way, at home and in school? Why not teach all children to love themselves, to value their uniqueness and value the uniqueness of others? Imagine how much better your life would be if you and the other people you grew up with had learned to love themselves and others.

It is insecurity and fear that drive people to put others down in order to build themselves up. When you value yourself for the beautiful unique person that you are, you do not need to put someone else down to make yourself feel good.

“Self-care is never a selfish act – it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.”
― Parker J. Palmer

What is self-care?

“Self-care is about seeking and nurturing internal validation. It is finding the sweet child within and giving him or her soothing comfort, reassurance, and warm, loving thoughts and wishes. It is about taking care of the internal emotional side of our being and learning self-compassion.”
Karyl McBride Ph.D. Psychology Today, Is Self-Care Selfish?

Loving yourself is not selfish, it is a true expression of who you are, who you were born to be. It is you being authentic and real, recognizing how special you are and not trying to be like someone else. It also means that you see others for the wonderful unique person that they are.

Look for the good in yourself and others. Compliment often. Nurture the beautiful child within. Let’s be the example that we want our children to follow. Love yourself. Love others.

If you have self-esteem issues and fears that are keeping you from fully embracing and accepting who you are, know that it is never too late to make the changes you want in your life. You can love yourself no matter what other people say, no matter what you’ve been through, no matter your past, or your circumstances. You can take control of your life.

In my book, Love Yourself Being You: A Way to Live Your Best Life (Quiet Your Mind, Eliminate Stress, Find Inner Peace) I share ideas, tools and techniques to help you connect with the beautiful creation that you are; the wonderful, capable person that exists within you and always has. Learn to love yourself, to reduce stress and anxiety, and to overcome your daily struggles. Conquer your fears and escape the downward spiral of negative thinking and emotions.

You have the power to love yourself exactly as you are. You have the ability to have unshakable confidence. You are powerful. You are amazing!

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“Be still, and know that I am God!
I will be honored by every nation.
I will be honored throughout the world.”

Psalm 46:10 (NLT)

You are loved. You are blessed.

Have a wonderful Easter!

Good Friday weather; a little snow, a little rain, a little ice!

I think I’ll stay in today!

Stop for a moment every day and seek to find something beautiful.
Remember to look inside yourself, beauty can always be found there.
Allow this beauty to fill your heart to overflowing with love, joy, and peace.
Feel the love radiating out from you, bringing a smile to your face.
You are wonderful! You are amazing! You are beautiful!

Insanely productive people, we’ve all seen them; they come out with a new book every month, they run programs, hold webinars, they post regularly on all the social media sites, they are unstoppable! How do they do it?

Mindset. They have the right mindset. They don’t let limiting beliefs stop them. They work smarter not harder. They focus, use their energy wisely, are disciplined and organized.

How can you get the right mindset?

You can get the right mindset by reprogramming your mind, changing the negative things that you say to yourself, getting rid of limiting beliefs and other self-sabotaging behavior that goes on in the background, most of which you are not even aware of. Using hypnosis and NLP can help to replace beliefs that are not serving you with new empowering beliefs.

After listening to the hypnosis session, Be Insanely Productive, I found myself focusing on the important things and making improvements in my productivity.

Listening to the session over and over increased the level of productivity I experienced each day. Writing positive statements from the session on a whiteboard where I would read them often helped to increase my level of productivity even more. Becoming really really productive was becoming my new normal, my new habit.

I chose these positive statements from Be Insanely Productive to read daily on my whiteboard:

• I’m stepping up
• I’m setting a new standard
• I make it happen!
• I’m strong, confident, and productive.
• I have the power to change!
• It is easy to let go and be really, really productive!

Click on the video below to listen to Be Insanely Productive by Hypnosis Live

After listening a couple of times, you could skip the introduction and begin the session at 13:07.

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