“When you love yourself more, it helps you to take other peoples’ actions less personally. So you’re no longer stuck in a trigger/shame spiral,” says Francesca Hogi.
People throw the term self-love around so casually as if it’s so easily done but it takes work.
You do not need to give up gluten and sugar to find yourself. In fact, you probably shouldn’t make a giant and unsustainable diet change, in the hopes of finding yourself. Whatever you think you find there is probably just the moodiness that comes from being deprived of carbs.
You seem intent on gathering some offbeat friends. There’s nothing wrong with having offbeat friends. But it almost seems like you’re seeking out and even forcing friendships with elderly individuals, silent monks, homeless people, and nudists. You seem to have some collect-them-all thing happening with different characters.
The harsh reality that many women struggle to admit is that if you are dating a guy who doesn’t make you happy—I mean overwhelmingly, so clearly, no question about it happy—you don’t fully love yourself. Some women cringe or close up when someone suggests they don’t fully love themselves because it can feel like an […]
When I was in a toxic relationship years back, I heard a very helpful phrase from a good friend. I was telling her that my boyfriend at the time was depressed a lot, that he wasn’t very optimistic about the future, and I couldn’t help but find myself attracted to other guys—happier guys, ambitious guys, […]