Have you turned on the TV recently? I usually don’t watch much TV, but I turned it on during a recent weekend getaway and I was blown away by the massive amount of psychological programming being shot out to the world. There was commercial after commercial stating that happiness, joy, and a simple peace of [...]
What are Affirmations? When searching for ways to increase your happiness and self-esteem, one of the many techniques that comes up over and over again is the use of affirmations. Affirmations are a form of positive self-talk which may be used to increase happiness by restructuring how you view yourself. How frequently are you speaking [...]
There are hundreds of great affirmations you can say to yourself daily to help you increase your self esteem, but here are 25 that I feel are pretty good ones. Print this list out and keep it by your bed. Keep it on your cellphone to read over. Make it into a bookmark. Keep it [...]
Happiness. What do you believe happiness is? A reader recently emailed me saying that happiness is to be without problems. I completely disagree. “Happiness is not the absence of problems; it’s the ability to deal with them” – Steve Maraboli I recently came across that quote online and it had obviously been passed around a [...]
The biggest and best changes in your life will always come from the smallest idea, action, or habit. A fantastic way to add or remove habits in your life is to simply give them a test run. See how your life is with or without that particular habit. I’ve done this practice for many years [...]
It’s the weekend! Finally! A break from the job, and hopefully some time for you to relax, unwind, have some fun, and get refreshed before that dreaded Monday comes back around. It’s always nice to relax and get some time away from your work and duties. Without that time, how long do you think you [...]
Hey everyone! I’ve been wanting to do a less formal newsletter to send out thoughts, stories, insight, and maybe some wisdom to all you readers, so I’ve created a little I Love Myself.net newsletter. Even though I wouldn’t really call it a newsletter, because I won’t really be sharing ‘news’. But more just a way [...]
Life is a flowing current – like a stream. Sometimes it flows calm and smooth, and you barely notice it is going by, offering times of joy, happiness, free of issues or difficulties. The view is nice, temperature just right, the flow is slow, smooth, and comfortable. It can seem like heaven. Other times, the [...]
In relationships, there seems to be a bit of confusion between two things: Love, and Need. Do you know what your relationship based on? The truth might be a little surprising. When you truly love, you don’t need anything in return. Otherwise, it’s not really love; it’s an offering to mask fear. Fear that you [...]
What do we repeatedly teach ourselves when it comes to the love of self? Do we speak about ourselves in a way that suggests we aren’t good enough? That we aren’t worthy? One may think that it is a skill to love yourself, and just like any acquired skill, you need to learn it going [...]
