Choose Yourself…

These words came to me when I realized that my life is my own and it’s completely up to me how I live it. How I spend my time, who to give my energy to and that it’s completely okay to say no.

When I’m 90 years old - what kind of stories do I want to tell to my nephews and younger generations? How did my life look like? What did I achieve and what kind of impact I had in the world? How do I want to be remembered?

In order to understand what YOU really want, you have to go inwards. You have to allow yourself some reflection time without distractions. To look at yourself in the mirror and ask:

Who are you without the conditioning and expectations of your culture, family and environment you were born into?

What do YOU really want?

What makes you excited, what turns on the light in you?

What is your purpose and how would your most fulfilling life look like?

To discover all of that that, we need to start listening to our inner voice, to our gut feeling.

It’s been there all along, but we have been thought to ignore it and give priority to the expectations of our environment. We can find it again and build a beautiful relationship with it. So we can step forward with confidence, joy and endless source of energy.

We are each responsible for our own happiness. When we unapologetically embrace who we are, our relationships improve, we sleep better at night and our life gets focus and direction.

Take care of yourself first. Choose yourself.

Give yourself a hug

(right now!)

Hugs are incredibly beneficial to our physical and mental state.

When we hug, the hormone of love and bonding (oxytocin) gets released and you know what? That happens even when you give yourself a hug. Not even kidding, this was proven by science.

Wanna try it out?

Fold your arms around your body and hold yourself gently. Hug yourself. Caress yourself. Talk to yourself in a soothing manner, like a mother would to a child. You will experience a gentle relief, physical touch will release the oxytocin and you will be able to self-sooth and calm your stress.

We don’t have to look for comfort in other people. We have the ability to comfort ourselves.

We are resourceful, creative and whole. We are strong. Again and again, we choose ourselves.