How many of you think, or have thought at one time or another, that focusing on taking care of yourself is / was selfish?
How many of you believe that you love yourself? Then when you think about what it means to really dig who you are and all that comes along with it, you begrudging realize you don’t truly love yourself, and you don’t know if you ever have.
How many of you have learned or better yet, been taught, that confident women are really just arrogant or bitchy or self-centered?
Women have been taught that our purpose is to care for others, serve others, put other’s needs ahead of our own. Taking care of ourselves has been sacrificed.
Women have been taught that we aren’t ever enough, or paradoxically, we are too much. Being caught in a web that won’t let you love yourself keeps you trapped no matter what you do. Special shout-outs to the media and patriarchy!
Women have been taught that having confidence is attractive, but when you exhibit it, others (sometimes our own) tear us down to make themselves feel better.
[bctt tweet=”Be the phoenix and rise from these ashes a whole new you!”]The outdated, harmful belief that focusing on yourself by caring, loving, and having confidence in who you are and your abilities have done nothing except hold women back from being their most powerful selves. And that includes you!!!
The truth is powerful women have learned to care for themselves in much bigger ways than just going for a 2-hour massage twice a month and daily visits to the gym. Powerful women have learned to love themselves as they are in all their perfectly, imperfect glory. Having confidence in who they are and their unique abilities has led to some of the most unbelievable opportunities landing in their laps. **Check out Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena Thomashauer.
Powerless women don’t love themselves, care for themselves, or have self-confidence. Essentially they are a shell of a person.
So now, It’s time to STOP, DROP, and ROLL. Let’s put out this destructive fire. Be the phoenix and rise from these ashes a whole new you!
First things first.
You need to STOP with all these negative tapes you’ve had running your life. When you notice yourself thinking something that no longer serves this new you, notice it without judgment. Don’t feel bad about thinking these thoughts.
Thoughts are going to happen no matter what you do. It’s kinda like breathing. You don’t have to control them to make them happen. They just run on autopilot. But when you notice them without judging them, you get to STOP the power you’ve believed they have over you.
Next!
You get to DROP that thought. You now know you aren’t those thoughts, so there is no reason to believe them. Let it go with love, gratitude, and compassion. DROP it likes it haaaawt!
And finally…let’s ROLL.
Reclaim who you are with affirmations (“I am…” statements)
Own your desires to care for and love yourself
Leave perfection at the curb
Listen to your intuition
These simple steps will have you rethinking selfishness faster than you can say…rethinking selfishness three times fast!
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