Becoming your own bestie is, hands down, on the top of the ‘to do’ list if you’re determined to create a more compassionate world. The practice of unconditional self-love heals inner wounds and provides a solid foundation for pushing past limiting beliefs. People who love themselves have an immense ability to reduce conflicts by patterning a way of being which elevates understanding to a high status. Take a look at these 3 strategies for becoming your own best friend and helping to uplift the world in the process.
3 Keys to Unlock Self-Love and Awaken Your Inner Best Friend
Make a Practice of Bragging About Yourself
Whether you take to social media, tell a friend, or even talk to your pet about it, the point is to give yourself a shout out for a job well done. This is important because speaking our accomplishments out loud helps create a greater sense of self-worth.
If you want to engage in the type of bragging that triggers unconditional self-love. Imagine what a good friend might say about you if they were trying to boost your self-esteem. The key here is to get into the same warm and comforted emotional state that you would be in if this were actually happening. This is because the brain can’t differentiate between real and make believe. Boasting about yourself may seem a bit awkward at first. With repetition time you’ll begin to feel a greater sense of peace because you’ve experienced firsthand your own immense power to shift your life upward.
Begin to Shift Your Inner Dialogue
When you consistently focus on self-affirming thoughts and ideas about yourself, you are actually reprogramming your brain in ways that create new connections in the parts of your mind associated with positive change. In other words, you have the remote control and can change the channel to a new, more uplifting show. This shift allows you to more readily take action in the direction of your dreams because your inner landscape more closely matches your outer goals.
The bonus? Taking action in the direction of your dreams also allows you to have a more positive inner dialogue!
Engage in Self-Care
Overcoming negativity and learning to be your own best friend is no walk in the park. Set aside a little time each week to pamper yourself. You’re sending your brain a strong message that you deserve good things in your life. This is why quality self-care not only rejuvenates your body, but also helps rebalance your mind. Here are a few strategies to get you started on renewing your energy. It’s time to bring more harmony into your life again:
- Take yourself out to dinner. This is a handy one to do because you can combine it with bragging on yourself to the waiter, waitress, or even your fellow diners!
- Take a long, relaxing bath with essential oils, which have been shown to have numerous healing qualities.
- Enjoy some Netflix for an evening. Watching an inspiring documentary can be especially refreshing because you get to see how others overcame obstacles on their way to greater self-love.
