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<\/a>One of the love languages is words.<\/strong> Do you speak nicely to yourself or is your inner critic alive and well? What would it be like if you made a point of not judging yourself? What would it be like if you practiced self compassion? How might you feel if your inner narrative was patient, kind and loving?<\/p>\nA great way to change your narrative is by shifting focus.<\/p>\n
Exercise: <\/b>between now and the end of the month start your day by looking into the mirror and saying \u201cI love you.\u201d<\/i>End\u00a0 your day by writing down five things about yourself that you appreciate, that you are excited about or that you are proud of.<\/i><\/p>\n
Another love language is touch.<\/strong>\u00a0 Do you receive\u00a0 enough loving touch in your life? Do you offer loving and sensual touch to your body or do you tend to engage with your body in a more \u201cfunctional\u201d or perhaps even critical way? Exercise:<\/b> between now and the end of the month, I invite you to focus on a mindful engagement of your senses. Treat yourself to a special cream or body wash.\u00a0 Get a massage. \u00a0 Slow down when you eat and truly enjoy your food. Luxuriate in the feeling of fresh sheets or special lingerie against your skin.\u00a0 When you put cream on your face (or your body), touch your skin with love and mindfulness. Honour this body of yours\u00a0 with its scars, stretch marks and fat rolls. It is carrying you thru life.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n The third and fourth love languages are \u201cacts of service\u201d and \u201ctime.\u201d<\/strong> Do you tend to put your own needs at the bottom of the list?Do you have a long list of things that you \u201cshould\u201d be doing? (If you have done the 21 day practice of \u201cLetting go of \u201cI should\u201d <\/a>you have probably shifted that dynamic in your life \ud83d\ude42 )\u00a0 When is the last time that you just spent time being rather than doing?<\/p>\n Finally, the fifth language of love is \u201cgifts.\u201d<\/strong> If you had just met this amazing person that totally stole your heart, you would probably delight in spoiling them with small gifts here and there. Whether it was that specialty coffee you know they loved or something else. Gifts don\u2019t have to be expensive.<\/p>\n Exercise: <\/b>between now and the end of the month, extend that delight, love and care in gifting something to yourself. Find at least 5 opportunities to make yourself feel special with a treat.<\/p>\n As you read this article, did you have any thoughts about being too busy or too tired to do any of these things? Busyness and fatigue or often a place of resistance. If you close your eyes for a moment and go back to a time when you had just fallen in love and connect to that energy in your body – would you have felt too busy or tired to do any of the special things suggested today? Would you have thought that this person you loved didn\u2019t need all that fuss, that there shouldn\u2019t be so much focus on them or that they weren\u2019t good enough yet? I\u2019m sure the answer is NO \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n I hope you enjoy the journey of falling in love again\u2026with YOU because it is the most important relationship of all for you to nurture and care about. February is often considered \u201cthe month of love\u201d or \u201c Heart\u201d month. This may be a …<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Exercise:<\/b> Make a list of things you love to do but haven\u2019t done for a while. Whether it is reading a book, going thru you closet and letting go of all the things you don\u2019t love anymore, meeting with a good friend or just \u201changing\u201d\u2026write down at least 12 things that make you feel good. Between now and the end of the month,\u00a0 plan your next day on the evening before. Schedule and prioritize one of the things from your list.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"