THE BEST GIFT YOU COULD GIVE YOUR SELF

Lets start with a statement many people might think is strange or outrageous but is actually a powerful truth:

The best gift you could give yourself for the holidays is the gift of SELF-LOVE.

If you love your self a lot you will be able to make healthy decisions about your body (including your weight loss), your relationships, your work and your life purpose. If your level of self-love is low (everyone loves themselves at least a little) then you will find it difficult to identify and act on positive and life giving ideas and opportunities.

If you struggle with weight loss then you would be wise to evaluate your ability to love and accept yourself exactly as you are. Lack of self-love makes it very difficult to find the will to make positive changes in our eating, exercise, mental and spiritual habits.

We decide that we need to lose weight and begin a program with enthusiasm. For a while we make progress and then for no clear reason, we lose all focus and return to our fattening habits. We commonly blame ourselves for being “lazy or lacking in will-power” and that makes our self-love go even lower. This is a toxic cycle and cannot be broken unless we make progress in our ability to love who and what we are.

I am sure that someone is reading this article and thinking; “Oh, no. I have tried to love myself for years and I have such a hard time of it. Will I ever be able to love who I am?” I used to think that way so don’t despair. I made great progress with this issue and you can also. It takes a bit of work but there is no work more worthwhile than learning to love your self. It benefits you and all who know you. Everyone wins when you love you a lot more than you do now.

Big question; How do I learn to love myself a lot more than I do right now?

Let’s start with the awareness that you already love your self at least a little bit. I am not trying to use some “pop-psychology” on you. You actually have a part of you that already loves you and will sometimes assert itself and guide you to do something self-loving – like reading an article about increasing your self-love.

If you want to make big progress in your ability to love you then you will be wise to believe me on this one. You have a part of you, a basic and indestructible part, that loves who you are no matter what you have done or failed to do. There are many names for this part both psychological and spiritual but it does not have to be named to exist and have an effect on your life.

Your task is to nurture and strengthen that self-loving part until it takes over and guides your thinking and acting. Then you will experience a healing miracle in just about every aspect of your daily life, work and relationships. You will be guided by a love that really cares about your well-being and your decisions will constantly reflect that guidance.

Here is a simple exercise that I have shared with members of my Food Addicts Boot Camp. They have used it to make great strides in their ability to love themselves and so can you. The exercise is deceptively simple and far more powerful than you may imagine until you try it for 30 days. Go for it. You are worth the effort.

Exercise in increasing self-love:

Ask the following question as many times a day as you can remember then do what seems right.

“If I loved myself, what would I do right now?”

You will see real progress if you do this exercise as if the quality of your life depends on it… and actually it does. Let me know what happens.

*If you want more helpful tools and guides for your own inner journey please see the information listed below and visit www.DrAusa.com .

Holiday Package Special

***This special offer is going on now through January 1st, 2008***

To all of my very loyal readers and internet clients, I am offering a holiday package that has never been put together before!

Buy my 3 CD set, Journey to Self-Love and receive FREE my internet course entitled The Journey Of Love ($49.99 value).

The best gift I can think of for the holidays is the gift of Self-Love. If you or anyone you know has thought of doing inner-work as described in my article above this package is for you.

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Three intense hours of personal, one-on-one guidance to help you on your journey to loving your self by Dr. Matthew Anderson. Learning to love your self can be the most important journey you ever take. Unfortunately, most of us have difficulty achieving a high level of self-love. We remain stuck in patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving that block our ability to live and enjoy our lives to the fullest. However, it is possible to breakthrough those blocks and discover your self anew as loveable, worthy and valuable. This discovery will transform your experience of who you are, what life is really about and what you can become.

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Each lesson will be an intimate experience of love discovery with God, yourself and with all of the most important areas of your life. Each lesson will include an inspirational lecture based on the teachings of ancient and contemporary spiritual lovers like Hafiz, Rumi, Jesus, Kabir, and Rilke. Your weekly lesson will also include specific (optional) homework designed to make the lesson applicable to your daily life, growth and aliveness. Once you sign up for this course you will receive an email lesson with homework every Wednesday.

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Happy Holidays to all of you.

Dr. A