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From Your Tango

Mika Maddela

Have you ever been skeptical of a compliment?

Have you ever compared yourself to other woman and felt inadequate?

Do you often think you’re not “good enough”?

If this sounds like you, it’s time for you to stop betting against yourself and come face to face with your biggest enemy…Yourself!

Goodbye to those days when you berated yourself for having curves.

Goodbye to those days when you ate your emotions with pizza and cake.

Goodbye to the judgement and self-loathing whenever you looked in the mirror.

Goodbye to 2012.

Well, hello, 2013. Make this the year you will finally fall in love with yourself!

Your relationship with yourself makes up the quality of your life. If you don’t respect or love yourself, your love life will surely suffer.

Here are three ways to start loving yourself in 2013.

1. Forgive And Move On

You made a huge mistake, you cheated on your diet and ate a whole pizza by yourself, you failed at meeting a deadline, you burnt the roast in oven… Whatever you did practice the art of forgiveness and move on. The more you hold onto regret, the more suffering you add to your own life.

How can you move on and make tangible changes in your life if you can’t let go of the past?

Like everybody else, you will falter, you will fall and make mistakes. Instead of holding on to what you can’t undo, forgive yourself and aspire to move your situation in a positive direction. Letting go of the past is the first step to loving yourself.

Check out the other two ways on YourTango.com.