What is self-love? This is certainly a question many life coaches will have considered. No, it’s not about your ego. Nor about being selfish. Self-love is the acceptance and understanding of yourself and of your emotions. Once you find this kind of love for yourself it will have a major impact on the way that you lead your life. Self-love isn’t about putting yourself at the centre of everything, splashing out on extravagant gifts for yourself or setting unrealistic standards for those around you in regard to their treatment of you. These are just mistakes that people often make in their quest for their one true love; their self-love.
Having the ability to love the self means being able to deal with negative emotions and situations that are unpleasant but inevitable. Instead of thinking, it’s not fair; those with the ability to love themselves don’t overcomplicate matters. Instead, life coaches encourage that loving yourself means accepting the things that you cannot change, instead focusing energy on what you can.
Cut down on narcissism and vanity and instead work on building meaningful relationships with others and doing meaningful work or activities that are good for the soul.
