How To Start A Self-Love Journey (6 Steps)

So, you want to start a self-love journey, and you are unsure of how to start? You may have asked yourself, “how do I love myself better?”

You might have gone through some painful experiences, or you might have realized that you could be doing better for yourself. Either way, you have stumbled across the right page. Before you read any further, I should state that there is no specific step-by-step plan to go about the self-love journey or, as I would like to say, the Journey to Rediscovering Yourself. You can read about the experiences that have worked for me and some that may work for you as well.

The self-love pathway is not one to be intimidated by but a journey to be embraced in life. Here are some important key points to know before and during your self-love journey.

1) The Self Love Journey Is An Infinite Journey 

They are no beginning and ending to the self-love journey. At this very moment, you are already on your journey. Every single day when you wake up and give yourself a chance to experience life, this is one way you are showing love to yourself. There is no ending to your journey means that they are no end to the path of self-love. You do not get to a particular point in your journey and decides that it all ends. When you become committed to knowing, loving, and embracing your authentic self, you will always learn and alter (when necessary) things about yourself for the better.

2) Understand That Everybody’s Journey Will Look Different

What works for Person A may not work for Person B. No one knows you better than you know yourself. During this journey, you will have to trust yourself and use discernment to recognize what resonates with your soul to grow into a better individual. Your self-love journey is unique and a path that leads you to your authentic self. Embrace it.

3) Use MO’s 5 Self-Love Pillars

In one of my posts: MO’s 5 Self-Love Pillars, I discuss the 5 pillars of self-love that can help shape you into a happier and healthier individual. By understanding the 5 pillars of self-love, it can assist you in navigating your journey better. I talk about how improving these certain areas within yourself will lead you closer to self-acceptance.

4) What Worked In Your Past May Not Work In Your Future

Most times, people try to hold onto old bad habits and still try to build a healthier and happier life. This method does not usually work out so well. When you try to create change in your life, you will be challenged to improve certain behaviors, mindsets, and routines. Anything that has hindered you from growing into the person you desire to become will have to be released. Forming new habits will get you to new destinations. 

5) You Will Make Mistake Because You Are Not Perfect

People often associate self-love with being the “perfect version of yourself” rather than the “healthier version of yourself.” NOBODY is asking you for perfection. During your journey to self-love, focus on showing up and doing the best you can do for yourself. Throughout your journey, certain habits, skills, the mindset will become new. Understand that you will not be perfect overnight, and that is okay because you will never be perfect, only better. The journey to loving yourself does not require perfection, it requires commitment. Just show up for you.

6) Know That You Are Capable of Loving Yourself

Most people fear the self-love journey because of many false starts. Maybe the level of trauma you have experienced in your life has caused you to believe you are incapable of loving yourself. Things may not have gone so well in the past. Maybe you attempted to show up for yourself but always seem to end up failing. Somehow you feel incompetent or unworthy of love, even if that love is from yourself. You are worthy. You are worthy of love, EVEN love from yourself. It does not matter how many times you have attempted to practice self-love but what matters is that you keep going. Remember, the journey to rediscovering yourself is infinity, and It does not end. You have to Keep Moving Forward.

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With Great Love,

MO