Self-Love: Developing Self-Love through Emotional Awareness

Self-Love Part 1: developing self-love through emotional awareness, 07/07/2021

 

In this episode of The Mindset Maniac, host Leslie Crevar talks about Self Love. She explains that Self-love is a state of appreciation for oneself that grows from understanding and actions that support our physical, psychological, and emotional growth. Self-Love also means having a high regard for your well-being and happiness.

 

Episode Highlights: 

 

1. Leslie dives deeper into the meaning of Self-Love. According to Leslie, Self-Love is an active practice of accepting, caring, and encouraging oneself. 
2. Self-Love provides oneself with an opportunity to understand and see themselves completely. 
3. Leslie explains Self-Love with a classic example; she asks the listeners to consider themselves as house; she explains there are some things within our house that need work or attention. If we consistently step over or ignore the things that need work, we lose the opportunity to fix those things, and down the road, those things keep piling up. 
4. Just as the journey of self-awareness and self-growth differs from person to person, the definition may vary as well, says Leslie.
5. Leslie points out, “Why having self-awareness is important?”
6. Leslie suggests a simple, productive exercise to help the listener’s brain work a little differently when it comes to figuring out emotions. 
7. She asks listeners to think about their emotions in a different manner than usual and ask oneself, “How you feel them?” “Why you feel them?”
8. Leslie lists the different combinations of emotions and asks the listeners to think about different scenarios for each. 
9. Groups of 5 emotions are: Relaxed and Creative, Excited and Confident, Important and Playful, Lonely, and Insecure, Inadequate and Foolish. She asks the listeners to think about “What does it feel like to be both of the listed emotions at the same time?”

3 Key Points:

1. Leslie talks about the 7 categories of Self-Love: Self-Respect, Self-Esteem, Self-Kindness, Self-Growth, Self-Care, Self-Exploration, and Self-Awareness.
2. Leslie explains how important it is to recognize a person’s strengths and weaknesses.
3. Listeners learn about the exercises that help to improve Self-Awareness.

Tweetable Quotes: 

• “If we want any positive changes in our lives, it has to start within.” - Leslie Crevar
• “Self-Love is not just an interpersonal concept, but it is also an intrapersonal process.” - Leslie Crevar
• “It is common to experience multiple given emotions at any given point of time.” - Leslie Crevar
• “Our default is typically to latch on to one emotion.” - Leslie Crevar

 

Resources Mentioned: 

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