Tag: love

Creating an intimate relationship with yourself – 3 questions to ponder

Do you know who you are? Do you know what you like or don’t like?

Maybe you’re a bit like me. At face value, you can answer these questions as ‘yes’. Of course I know who I am, of course I know what I like and what I don’t like. After feeling somewhat defensive when I answered, I thought: oh boy – these questions struck a chord with me. Let me sit with this idea of creating an intimate relationship with myself and see where it takes me.

Self-care Through Care for Others

While self-care is all about ‘self’, I always feel better about life in general when I have been of service to others. I realize how counterintuitive this is but hear me out.

You’ve probably heard the saying that goes something like this, when you point 1 finger at someone, you’re also pointing 4 fingers back at yourself. 

When you help someone else out, while you’re giving of your time, talent, skills and resources, you’re also receiving much more in return. Feeling good about a purposeful action and contributing to something that’s greater than a single person, is what makes this world go around.