{"id":5092,"date":"2014-01-08T12:01:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T17:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2014-01-08T14:55:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T19:55:46","slug":"i-love-me-tip-say-kind-reassuring-word-to-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2014\/01\/i-love-me-tip-say-kind-reassuring-word-to-yourself.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Love Me\u201d Tip: Say Kind, Reassuring Words to Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/files\/2012\/12\/Self-Love-logo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3701\" alt=\"Self-Love logo\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/91\/2012\/12\/Self-Love-logo-300x64.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Today is Day 8 of my 31 Days of Self-Love posts to celebrate <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\/\">Self-Love Month<\/a><\/strong> with suggestions for jump-starting your own self-love and joining <a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Self-Love Movement<\/strong><\/a>\u2122.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/files\/2014\/01\/SL-book_cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5093\" alt=\"* SL book_cover\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/91\/2014\/01\/SL-book_cover-231x300.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s so easy to put ourselves down, I talked about in my post <a href=\"ww.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2014\/01\/are-you-a-bully-to-yourself.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Are You a Bully\u2014to Yourself<\/strong><\/a>? Making mistakes can bring out negative self-talk, which is often on autopilot. Break that habit and replace it with a habit of kind, gentle self-talk\u2014all day long!<\/p>\n<p>* \u201dI\u2019m trying my best and hat\u2019s good enough.\u201d<br \/>\n*\u201cI\u2019m a wonderful person with a good heart.\u201d<br \/>\n*\u201cI\u2019m perfectly capable of getting this job done.\u201d<br \/>\n*\u201cI can do it! I can do it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And extend that habit to other people. Reassure the people around you when you see one struggling with fear of self-doubt. This will make you feel good too! Reassuring words are a goo way to say, &#8220;I love me!&#8221;<br \/>\n**************<\/p>\n<p>Join <a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Self-Love Movement\u2122!<\/strong><\/a> Take the <a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\/the-pledge\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>31 Days of Self-Love Commitment<\/strong><\/a>&#8212;<strong>\u201cI commit to do my best to do something loving for myself, however big or small, for <strong>the next 31 days<\/strong>.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and get my book, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\/the-book\" target=\"_blank\">How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways<\/a><\/strong> for free at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\/\">http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com<\/a><\/strong>. Read my 2013 31 Days of Self-Love Posts <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2013\/02\/3961.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>. Join the <a href=\"http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Self-Love Movement\u2122<\/strong><\/a>! on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSelfLoveMovement\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Day 8 of my 31 Days of Self-Love posts to celebrate Self-Love Month with suggestions for jump-starting your own self-love and joining The Self-Love Movement\u2122. It\u2019s so easy to put ourselves down, I talked about in my post Are You a Bully\u2014to Yourself? 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