♡ What is Self Love ♡ How to Practice It ♡
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- Hello lovelies :) What does Self Love mean to you and how do you practice it in your life? Thank you!
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Hello lovelies :) What does Self Love mean to you and how do you practice it in your life? Thank you!
Sassy Masha Vlogs self love to me means accepting yourself and making the best of what your given, despite it all ❣️
Forgiving yourself when you make mistakes.
Thank you for this video. I really needed it. Much love!! 😚
One lesson I'm learning right now is that a manifestation of self love is the expectation that people will treat you kindly, and not forming relationships with people when they don't. I've put up with people who put me down for so many years, and only now am I growing and asking for more from better people.
Self love for me is being kind to others, growing as a person, and becoming empowered and stronger. Crystals have helped me so much with so many things in my life. Your crystal shop RP is what got me interested in crystals, so I have you to thank ❤️
Maria, you said in a previous video that You wanted a beautiful, successful woman to guide you.. I hope you take comfort knowing that for many, YOU are that beautiful successful woman. I have so much admiration for you, I wish I could be more like you. I’m in tears watching this as I am one of those mothers that neglects herself. I started my family very young so I have a lot of soul searching to do when they’re older, I have no real hobbies or interests, it’ll be interesting to learn more about myself as the years go by. But for now, you’ll continue to be my distraction, my relaxing inspiration. P.S. my children love you too! 😘
Katie Louise don’t let motherhood keep you from finding you! it may be hard to keep an eye on them as well as do things, but small steps and research do build up in the long run.
THIS.
What you wrote about yourself is beautiful and touching and i think you re right. She doesnt realize fully how much she inspires and touches others and that she might as well be considered a role model or simply amazing inspiring person for many.
i am also a mother who neglects herself, i feel the same way about maria, she’s an inspiration! 🔮💕
Me too 💜
"Self love is different from self care." "Self love...makes your soul bigger." You’re so wise. ♡ I recently cut someone out of my life after two decades, and I've learned so much. I feel like I'm at the beginning of a new, brighter era of my life. I've always had ideals for myself, like not gossiping, and I never realized that I couldn't become my ideal self with this toxic person in my life. It's hard but I'm feeling optimistic.
I am proud of you!! I truly hope you feel like you're on the right journey now. Much love!
TheBermuda the same thing happened to me recently, but it was an 11 year old relationship, and i used to have this idea that i would be so lonely without this person, (i mean we were best friends for more than 11 years) so the sole thought that i could be away from this person used to be terrifying, but then it happened we parted different ways and of course i was so sad at first, because we used to be so close and suddenly i was alone, but now i see everything, this person was so toxic and our relationship was made from one way, i used to blame myself at first but now i know it wasn't my fault(that kind of relationship when they make you think that the blame is on you) and now i feel brighter and healthier and i can see a great future on my way, at least that's what i hope. I'm sending light and good vibes to you.
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So extremely proud of you!! I know how hard this is, did this recently as well. Hope you will feel better soon!🍀👍🏻🌸💟
this is beautiful. you are so brave for this, im happy for you
Self love is acceptance. The ability to accept every little aspect of you, to embrace your strengths and weaknesses and try to give yourself the space it needs, to express whatever emotion may feel right at a specific moment. It’s the ability to still love you and be proud of you, in your lowest, when your heart aches, when you lose hope, when you feel drowned of strength. Self love is to know you have to give your self time, to know when it’s the right moment to restart, to rebirth. Self love is the power you find to not feel the need to apologize for every little thing you need, want, desire. Self love is the ability to look in to the mirror and be able to see you are beautiful, not matter what. For me, self love is the ability to always know, that me and myself is the relationship that exist before and beyond anything else. Before I am a daughter, a friend, a mother, a lover, I am Helena. Just me. I can’t be all those things, without being my true self. If I stop existing, all those other relationships, also end with that. So I come first, not in an egoistic way, but in a form that allows me to be a better version of me, for me, and eventually for everyone else. I buy presents for myself for Christmas, I give to myself all the things I need from others, like acceptance, kindness, forgiveness. We have to love ourselves first, because we are the only ones that know our whole story, what we have been through, what we overcame, what we need and dream of. So, we have to love the shit out of us, because we deserve it.
Helena Liakopoulou, so beautifully said, lovely 💗💗💗
Helena and Maria I really resonate a lot with both of your explanations. ❤️💚☺️
Sassy Masha Vlogs Oh, Maria, you replied!! I’ve been watching your videos for years! I feel like I know you!! Greetings from Greece! ❤️
Helena, I'll start right now planning my own christmas present this year :) "I give to myself all the things I need from others" is truly wonderful. Why wait for someone else to figure it out?
Furry Bear ASMR Hell yeah, get yourself the most amazing gift! You know, when I was little, I remember my parents asking “who do you love the most? Mummy or daddy?” No one ever told me that neither answer was correct. Because I should have answered that I loved me the most! No one ever says it! If we give ourselves what they need, we will end up with individuals who are emotionally complete and full with kindness and love. And when you are complete, you start sharing and giving and eventually it all comes back to you. This is the path for a much more beautiful and kind world in my opinion. If you first, deprive yourself of love, you end up seeking it in the wrong place, creating a domino effect around you. (I really hope to make sense, because I haven’t practice English in quite some time! Sorry if I keep butchering it)
This is an important topic. I’m glad you’re sharing this with us.
Crow T. Robot gotta get some ASMR in between watching all those bad movies. :P
to me, self love is staying organized and productive. i try not to stay stagnant in life, which makes me feel empowered. i apply this by cutting out distractions as much as possible that may get in the way of achieving my goals.
Self love is taking a break and listening to some wonderfully relaxing Masha talk :)
It’s so important to be generous and loving with ourselves, just like we are with others. I am really getting better at that, and you are helping too, so thank you! ♥️
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Self love is loving my body and brain despite MS trying to steal it away... it's knowing that my scars, and stretch marks aren't things to be ashamed of, but memories I get to carry everywhere I go. It's never giving up on myself, even on the bad days, and knowing better days are ahead. 💕
Kimberly Woolwine Beautifully stated, Kimberly 👍🏻💗
TIRED OF LYME I was checked for pretty much everything that could mimic MS, and everything was negative. My brain has multiple lesions and I've had multiple flare ups (at the time I didn't know that was MS, but looking back, it makes sense) over a few years. Thankfully my Neuro is awesome. I am glad you don't have it! That's a blessing. I wish you well, too. Thank you!
@@kimberlywoolwine7797 I read your comments today and just wondered how your health is. I hope you are well!
@@rainyday2002 I am well! No flare ups in a long time. Thank you for checking 💜 I love this community
I think you touched on this subject beautifully. I am someone who also tried to emulate women who had innate self love and it just didn't work for me and for a long time I just didn't get it. Totally agree that love is power and we have to take ownership of everything that empowers us. It also takes honesty, integrity, self awareness and discipline. It's challenging but worthwhile.
The Power of Now is an AMAZING book and worth every second it takes to read it. The book changed my life.
One of my favorite videos from you! I love how you shared the different between self care and self love. What I do for self love is ask myself “what do I actually want right now?” I just finished up a long European vacation, and most days the answer was not to walk around to every site/monument, but to visit only a select, special few 💖
For me, self love is giving myself permission to be joyful. It is also respecting myself enough to work hard to achieve my goals. It's allowing myself to BE my truest, best self!! ♡
At the age of 41, I just started the journey of self-love. Specifically, I'm finally paying attention to what I eat, where my money really goes, and making sure my home is peaceful and organized, so that I feel the same way. I have never focused on myself like this, and it is truly difficult. But I know it's all going to be worth it.
For me one example of self love is to trust your own thoughts and sticking to what makes sense to you despite being surrounded by others who thinks differently from you.
Definitely! Accepting your own personal little path
Self love for me is accepting myself at this moment the way I am. Believing and trusting that I am the best version of myself at this present moment. Self love is not empowering or trying or making, changing or forcing anything about yourself. Self love is pure accepting what IS created already just exactly as it is now and knowing that it is good enough, best as it can be now.
Vanja Aragovic Really appreciate you writing this. Self acceptance in the moment is it. Constant striving to be the "best me" so I'm lovable is conditional love. I try to love others unconditionally...and myself.
dogdonut3 i am certain you are absolutely beautiful the way you are and you are enough. You are good enough and perfect the way you are now.
Vanja Aragovic You too! Thank you!
Vanja Aragovic That sounds good, but I know there were many moments in my life where I was a horrible person. I was angry and mean and a bully, even if I never said my thoughts out loud. And in those moments, I should of NEVER accepted and loved myself the way I was. Once I grew as a person and seriously sat down and changed things about myself that I knew was hurting people around me, I was able to love myself more and more and more. And Im continuing to love myself more as I grow into the woman and human being I wish to become. Sometimes we need a kick in the butt to change, and that kick in the butt is hating the way we are and not being content to STAY in that bad place but to WORK to improve ourselves and be better.
This is a beautiful concept for self love. I’ve taken note of it - thank you ☺️ 📝
Thank you for this video Maria. I only just realised that I do truly love myself after a long and hard recovery from an eating disorder, where self-hatred was my only fuel for too many years of my life. As soon as I started trying to improve myself with the motivation of making myself better because I deserve better, instead of improving only because I thought I would hate myself less - that’s when I realised that I do truly care for myself now. It is such a relief, and it took me way too long, and I hope everyone finds their own true self-love eventually, because we have to be on our own team to truly prosper. 💜 thank you for being such a calming presence in my life Maria.
gigi Fellow ED warrior here, just wanted to say I’m super proud of you for working so hard on recovery. I know how hard it is! So happy for you ❤️
Mari P you’re so brave, thank you 💕
I've been watching your videos since I was like 13 years old. I'm 18 now and I'm so thankful to have grown up receiving all this wisdom from you! Sooooo much love for you
Pansy's Purple Patience Same, I've been watching Maria since I was 15, 20 now. She is a God sent!
I never understood the idea of self love. and your take on it really makes sense to me. I'm gonna try it. thank you Maria!♡
much love.♡
Wow! You should become an inspirational speaker😊
David I think she does that already by helping us thru her channel
Part of loving is learning to place appropriate boundaries. Easier said than done.
this gave me such peace and hope. I think you brought to my attention the difference between self love & self care, I think both are important but I don't think I put the time into self love as much because it's the more difficult one to tackle - not a quick fix. I will try!
Taylor Lynn tyttt
Self love, to me, means feeling confident in your choices and decisions, always carrying a positive mindset, being ok with making mistakes ( that's how we learn!),and embracing the love others show you. For me, I had to shed my self conscious nature and learn to be strong in my convictions. I'm still learning more about self love each day, but it definitely helps to have other positive people around you too! 💙💚❤️💛💜
To me, the process of self-loving sums to this Nikita Gill's quote: "Some days I am more a wolf than a woman, and I'm still learning how to stop apologising for my wild".
María Jesús Gutiérrez what a great quote 💖 thank you for sharing it
I really like how you explained this. A friend and I were just talking about self-love and I’ve only just now reached that place in my life. I always thought that self-love was something you could think your way to, but that hasn’t been my experience. You have to start acting in ways that show love to yourself - like pursuing a goal, or taking good care of your health, or whatever it is. You have to act first and over time the action fosters the feeling. And that can be super hard because you might not want to act in empowering and affirming ways if the self-love isn’t there yet. That’s why I think at its core self-love is an act of faith. You have to believe that you are lovable, even if it doesn’t feel that way yet. And then you take one positive action. Rinse and repeat. Those are my thoughts, thanks for this vidja!
I LOVE THIS! When you first started this channel, I was hoping for such videos to come. I love the vlogs and the full moon/new moon vids to death as well, but I love these a lot too!
Btw, I have issues with self love as well, I cannot take criticism from anyone, but I am my worst critic.
And my issues with self helf books is also what you described. I want someone to tell me what to do, not just talk about what the issues are for hundres of pages...or just say "love yourself"...gee thanks :D
I have a few chronic illnesses and had to learn that my value isn't tied to a job or money or possessions.
My value is based on my compassion, my empathy, my intuition. My value is based on my desire to better the lives of others through charities that matter and through contacting my state representatives and senators. Suffering drains me. Not my suffering (though I could do without non-stop pain and a cruddy immune system). The suffering of others, of those without power, without a voice - it takes everything out of me. It used to eat me up that I couldn't do more but, I realized that every drop of goodness and kindness counts. Witnessing cruelty towards people and animals leaves me feeling sick. So I act. And by acting I'm making a difference. And my making a difference, I feel more love for myself.
I'm not perfect. I can be hurtful. I can lash out when someone makes my life more difficult. But I'm working on becoming a better person. And I know my value comes from my kindness.
When I stopped seeing myself as helpless and broken, I realized I deserved better. No more settling. I give love, I deserve love. As unconditional as possible.
TIRED OF LYME I hope you have many more good days than bad days and I hope a cure will be found sooner rather than later. I wish you the best. 😊
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I can really relate to you.... I've had a difficult chronic illness since I was 16 and it completely changed tht course of my life. I used to feel broken and hopeless until I learned to change my perspective about what's truly important. I still struggle a lot, but I've realized that my illness has made me a much more patient, kind and loving person. I don't think I would want to change my path even if I could. Spreading love and positivity is all that matters when you look at the bigger picture.
Leila I think it can be especially difficult when chronic illness strikes at that age. I wish for you to be surrounded by good people, people who understand you, who lift you up when you're not doing well and cheer you on when you're feeling better.
When it hits you so early, you can't even get a foot in the door; while others continue their work after their cancer, we could never build anything to continue. Shit that happened to you too. Let's hope it makes us smarter people with bigger hearts, maybe, but we sure are trying.
Crackpot Honey So well said. 😊
Thank you so much for this Maria! I've struggled with self love for my entire life and just recently started talking about it with my therapist because I've just never known how to practice self love. And this video helped me a lot!❤️
For me self-love is loving myself enough to give myself the attention I need to be a better version of myself. Empowering myself to be able to live my best life. By empowering I mean eating healthy and working out so that my body and mind are strong. Constantly educating myself on various subjects. Whether for a better paying job, promotion, or just knowledge of the world around me.
Butter Pecan Rican this is a wonderful example of self love. Thank you
Forever Natalyn thank you! ♥️
Your American accent has always been excellent, but I feel like in the past year it has become even more perfect! It's amazing.
Even though you're not whispering or talking very softly, I still got a bit asmr because of how soothing your voice is 💗
maria, THANK YOU FOR THIS! Never in my 39 years have I ever heard anyone explain self love in a way that I felt I had clicked with something I could understand and take to heart. I think this enlightenment will really help me in the right direction towards a better me. I'm completely full of chicks right now and it feels like everything has become clearer. You are so incredibly smart, wise and clear-minded, an incredible role model. everyone who is lucky enough to live in your vicinity is lucky, thank you again. this meant immensely ♡
This is so great. There are like a million videos about ‚how to love yourself‘ and I‘ve probably watched 90 percent of them - but none of those have given me, what your video has given me.
Straight to the point. I love it.
Thank you so much!
I would also agree that self-love is self-acceptance: realising that no one else can be you, and finding autonomy and self-respect in this. It is also accepting the past and how it may have hurt or helped you to become the person that you are now in the present. This is not of course forgetting to hope to always improve in the future, but using the present as a guide for that.
Thank you for this video, Maria, I would love more videos on such topics as this! I find them very useful. Lots of love!
Self love to me is accepting myself and all my faults as the way God created me to be. It is an affirmation that you admit that you have faults and weaknesses, but am trying my best to work on these things. As just myself, I’m nothing. I cannot do everything on my own, but through God all things are possible. And because of his love and what he did for me On the cross I am made whole. It’s important to think positive thoughts about yourself as well. “For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7
This is EXACTLY what I needed to hear, I'm going through the exact same stuff you talk about. Self love for me is constantly bettering myself, growing, learning. Cutting out the bad and unnecessary things (people, habits, etc), and just figuring out who I am so I can be my own person without vicariously living through others. I've been reading more, learning new languages, getting back into photography, journaling... Anxiety ruined my life and now I'm taking back control.
"Self love is what empowers you." Wow. I had really never thought of it like that before... I love this so much, thank you for sharing!!!
Perfect lighting! Grass is so pretty and so are you!
Lovely Masha! Been watching since 2013, have never commented. You have helped me in different situations in life & I’m so grateful. I talk about you all the time to my husband and somehow I feel I know you, but of course I don’t. Be happy, be everything you want to be, please keep sharing. You mean so much to us 💕
So insightful Maria! For me, self-care and self-improvement are ways to express love for one’s self. Think of how you love other people, you accept them as they are, their flaws and their strengths, and you want what is best for them and makes them happy. You want them to be their best selves and live their best lives and you will support them and encourage them, as well as pull them back if they start to go down a destructive or dangerous path. So treat love of self the way you love the people closest to you, be forgiving and understanding and supportive and tolerant but still gently push towards something better that will make them/you a stronger, better, more compassionate and more loving person 😊💕
Машуля! Я вдохновлена тем, как ты все время развиваешься. Тем, что ты не зазнаёшься, несмотря на то, что у тебя два популярных канала. Мне очень нравится, какой глубокий и разносторонний ты человек. Это мотивирует. Так же мне нравится, что во многом наши мысли схожи, я понимаю, что ты имеешь ввиду, потому что чувствую тоже самое. Спасибо тебе за все, я так тебя люблю
Спасибо большое, моя золотая 🌞 какже приятно! 🤗 любви тебе и спокойствия душевного 💖
This video is so pure and beautiful, you're such an angel.
I struggled with this for years..had no idea what people meant when they said love yourself. To me it is accepting myself as I am, and not accepting anything I wouldn't do to anyone else. I'm always growing. Love this video 💚💚💚💚 you help others just by speaking your truth, and I thank you
Thank you for sharing ♥️ Self love comes from within, as you said. You can give yourself all the self care in the world, but the real life change comes from what you work on from within 🌞
I have been working this notion through more and more recently as well!
Self love, to me, is all about self-improvement. Accepting the flaws that one has and then working out of self-interest to better these sides of yourself, whether these be physical or mental, matters not.
In my case that translates to developing grace, improving in art, appearance (exercise, self-care) and anything else that may strike my fancy! It's like having an ideal vision of yourself and then working towards that, doing what you need to do to get as close to that vision as possible.
Doing all of these things makes me feel happy and good about myself because I can feel myself moving forward. This is what self love means to me. It's not so much about the destination, more about the journey.
I honestly love and admire you so much ... thank you for being there for us when we need it the most
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I believe that all of my struggles in life empower me. I have learned to look at the bigger picture in life and embrace all of my hardships. It has taken me a very long time to get to the place that I'm at. You are amazing Maria!
THANK YOU, MARIA!! As someone who STRUGGLES big time with self love...this is soooooo helpful!
To view self love as simply doing MORE of what empowers myself and LESS of what drains me. As well as creating a separate person up there in my head that can just go thru and regularly CHECK on things.
What a beautiful human being you are. The world needs more of this.
I am so happy I have found your channel. All these years you've always been an absolute angel!! Im going into college soon so self love/finding myself is very important to me right now. Thank you for this.
I feel as if you’re like the big sister I need in my life. I’m so glad you do what you do. You’ve helped me through some really tough years and I can’t thank you enough xx
This ‘self-empowering’ is a really interesting concept and I agree.
I struggle with self love having gone through an abusive childhood and an abusive relationship. Self- nurturing really is the way to find it for yourself- when I spend my free time doing yoga, learning a language and reading I feel fulfilled and good about myself, whereas if I eat/ watch rubbish I don’t. And in that way it’s also about knowing who you are what you like. Which is empowering in itself.
Your warmth and loveliness come across in all your videos and they both relax me and bring some sunshine to my day. Much love to you!
Hello Maria! This is such great advice. It really hits home for me because I’ve really struggled with this. For me, self love is just taking the time to do things for me. I tend to think of what others want, neglecting myself and my wants and needs. Every once and a while i try to separate myself from other people and take the time to really think about myself and what I believe in and who I am, and when I’m done I say out loud “ya know what you’re all right”
You look gorgeous btw 🤗😘
I wanna cry!!! This is sooo true!! Thank you Masha! Sometimes is so difficult to stay in that mind frame when around you there are people who drain your energy. Big hug beautiful soul!
I love the egg analogy. Self love is all encompassing like you've mentioned. Asking yourself what you like, what you don't. Personal reflection is key, turning inwards is key.
People are weary to make their own choices and opinions, it's too easy to hide behind someone else and just be agreeable, being introspective is hard, saying how you feel isn't easy. Valuing yourself is self love, and I believe with time, patience and age, lol... It can be created.
I’ll be watching this one over and over for some encouragement. This conversation and all the comments are what we need to be talking about more often!!! So young Maria yet so wise 💕🙏🏻
At 42 I recently realized I constantly take care of the outside of me...(skin, hair, ex... but the inside of me has always been depressed, my diet sucks, not happy w me at all... don’t think I’ve ever really loved myself. I love everyone around me, try to always respect and help others but not myself. Thank you Maria...I so needed to hear and see this.... and will try my best to practice all these things. God Bless you and God Bless us all 🙏🏻
Probably the most satisfying explanation of what self love is I have heard in my life. Your beautiful soul always shines through, Maria! Sending you lots of love xxx
This puts it into perspective for me so much! It's been a long road but I feel I'm on the right path. I first started limiting my time spent with my group of friends I didn't need anymore who were not bringing anything valuable to me. Then I started getting fitter, quitting smoking, enjoying sport more and more and making it centric to my life, not for my physical looks, but for heart health, lowering my high cholesterol and setting myself and health up for the long run. This makes me feel so empowered and structured in my life. It helps me make good choices in diet, people I hang around and just general life. I also finally ended a relationship that was just draining me and wasn't giving me anything good anymore. I felt really empowered and happy when I ended this because with all these choices I made, I realised I wasn't selfish, but I was finally putting myself first for the first time in my life. Because at the end of the day, you're with yourself 24/7 and you feel what you feel, not someone else feeling that for you. So why not make it good feelings? All these things you engage in will then equip you to take on any criticisms or negative energy because you can just deflect it back. Why? Because you know you're making all the right choices for you. That's self-love for me.
This is a lovely topic, Maria. For me, self love is being courageous in life and also having compassion for myself thru failure or disappointment. I agree that it’s important to empower yourself, but you have to love yourself thru the difficult times too. Treat yourself the way you would a best friend, with joy, love, compassion, and patience.
Maria you are such a beautiful soul, you deserve to love yourself so much because you bring so much light to everyone around you xxx
I need to practice more self-love, but I love that word.. empowering. Beautiful video and great message!
I’ve always struggled with this, but I think for me self-love is waking up with a deep appreciation for getting to be me that day. I went through a period of feeling like I lost myself and it wasn’t until I started feeling like myself again that I understood what it felt like to be deeply grateful for myself. Like putting yourself on the top of your own gratitude list and feeling like you wouldn’t want to live life as anyone but you. 😊💙
I am 19 and really struggling to figure my life out, but you are someone I truly look up to. Your caring and nurturing nature, confidence, grace, and kindness are qualities I aspire to embody more as I grow older. You not only have wisdom but you have found a calling to share that wisdom and encouragement with others, which is very meaningful. Thank you for being a role model to me and I'm sure many others.
I just came home from a very bad day. I'm gonna put this on blast through the entire house now, thanks Maria. I needed this!
This is really affirming for me 💖Throughout most of my adult life I would often become depressed when I saw self confident women and felt that I lacked that love for myself. I realised that trying to force myself into being more self confident only made myself more frustrated and unhappy. I’ve learned that comparing yourself to others can be incredibly damaging, and instead you should focus on what makes you yourself happy.
A beautiful setting for a lovely topic. Thank you for taking time to talk about this, self love is extremely important and I’m glad to see you’ve taken the time to share your thoughts on it. :)
Sweet Maria! I’ve been watching you for the past 5 years and I’ve learned so much from you. You and the rest of the ASMR community has taught me how to relax and invite peace into my life for at least 20 minutes a day, and I am forever grateful. I watch at least one ASMR video every day to relax and be in the now, which I feel is essential to our happiness. I get caught up in my anxieties and have to remind myself that I am only being true to myself when I am here in the present, not worrying about the future or lingering on the past. I look to you for all sorts of guidance, and I appreciate you sharing this with us. Thank you💗
"Self-love is doing more of the things that empower you and doing less of the things that drain you"
Getting ready for work this morning and I was feeling horrible about myself. Thank you for always bringing a sense of peace into my life
Maria, I follow both of your channels and I must say, I absolutely adore you! You’ve helped me with my make-up, folding creative towels for my guests, most importantly how to relax before sleep and now you’re helping to remind me of what self-love means for me. Thanks girl 💞
“self love is doing more of the things that empower you” i love it
Self Love is a journey. A continuous practice that we must always do to fall in love with ourselves deeper and deeper. Self love to me means doing what is best for me and doing what is best for me sometimes means not indulging in the thing that feels good like eating chocolate in the bathtub but doing my laundry and dishes and meal prepping healthy delicious food for myself. However sometimes loving yourself means giving yourself permission to take a rest, watch a movie and indulge in something that you love. You must really love yourself Maria because you are so beautiful and you radiate so much love! Just watching you speak about self love gives me that warm tingling sensation inside that I know is love. You are amazing. 💜💙💜
Thank you. I struggle with self love. I'm still trying to find my place...
This is the most peaceful and genuinely caring thing I have seen on TH-cam.
Love is power. You are totally right, never really thought about it but now I can't come up with anything better to describe love. You are such an inspiration💕
I make a sacred space for myself! Crystals, candles, incense, yoga, meditation, reading, even making myself a cup of tea. :)
Thank you for this video, Maria. We love you!
you cease to amaze Maria. even as you sometimes feel down, you still manage to think of others. i notice in some videos that you are a little down but still concentrate on your work as you go about healing everyone despite yourself. may you find peace and happiness always.
Totally agree that self love does NOT come naturally to most people! I struggled all my life with being so critical on myself that I didn’t even realise I was doing it 99% of the time. After an amazing bout of therapy, I have learned so much so far! Self love for me is choosing to focus on my favourite parts of myself inside and out rather than a constant microscope on the negative. Acknowledging that I’m not perfect but loving who I am and how I got here. I listen to my intuition, and do more of what makes me happy long term and less of what doesn’t, even if those things are different to others around me. I take care of myself and cherish myself as if I was my own best friend/daughter/mother. Thanks for opening a wonderful conversation topic Maria 💜
Possibly my favorite video you’ve ever done on this channel!! People are always preaching self love but rarely how to actually put it into practice! I have struggled with it my whole life, but now I do something similar to what you described as creating another person in your head to check things with. Every time I catch myself struggling with something, I pretend that I am my best friend and give myself the advice that I would give her. It has worked wonders! Thank you as always for being you and caring so deeply for yourself and others. It is truly inspiring. Sending love from San Diego! 💗
Wow, I really needed this! I was thinking how much I lacked in life and how I've lost my confidence in myself. This was a great reminder that I need to reel myself back in and check on what I need to work on and practice self love!
Maria, I do not have a mother or grandmother to look to for advice as I have entered various stages of my life. Marriage. Motherhood. etc. Now as I near my mid 30s, I find myself hurting in a way like never before for that mother figure I never had. I ache for wisdom and support and over the last couple of years more than ever I have felt this odd pull towards needing to have a close woman or 2 that I could truly befriend , support and learn from. I tell u this because I want u to know that watching this ---the kindness, the sincerity, the open-ness..is what I imagine my perfect bomd w/ another female would be. Although I haven't made that friend or found that circle of women just yet, this vid brought me such a sweet peace and joy watching it that for a moment I had forgotten, I hadn't.
Empowerment in your case comes from feeling ok about not having had a Mother or Grandmother. Learn to be ok with whom your are. You are enough.
Try a good therapist. X
bunny michael on instagram said it best for me when she wrote "you'll start to love yourself when you stop convincing yourself that you don't"
Thank you Maria. You have such a keen sense of self and the fact that you are starting to use your social platform on TH-cam to express your thoughts that are relatable to all is...powerful! And enlightening and beautiful. And vulnerable. All of the best things.
For me self love is taking care of my needs first. I have been focusing on my mental health this year by seeing a therapist, and really have grown in understanding myself. Physical, emotional, and everything else i have been prioritizing as well! Doing things I want to do instead of what others want i.e.-Not going out to party, but staying home or going hiking because thats what I want to do.
Thanks for touching on this topic, it's very important and I feel we are all becoming more empowered and aware of ourselves, which is awesome!!
Thanks for sharing, Maria! I struggle with self love as well, but recently for me it has really meant being respectful to my body and being patient/forgiving with myself for behaviors that I struggle with, just as I would for anyone else that I love.
those background nature noises are so soothing!! thank you Maria!
You have no idea how much I needed this today. I have no idea how to love myself. I never have. Also fun fact, for months now I have been getting subtle signs from the universe telling me to get that book and I finally caved and bought the book but I haven't started reading it yet. You have been the final sign I didn't know i needed to start. I will try my hardest so find what empowers me! Honestly I feel like you empower me! You are so wholesome and good! The world would be a peaceful place with more people like you in it.
Ahh! The movie is Runaway Bride 😄 I loved that movie when I was a kid!
maria, thank you so much for this. you always post things at the perfect time when i need someone to listen to for advice. i have struggled with self love for so long, and i think social media exacerbates this. i try so hard to appear like those women who have that natural self love, because i feel like if i can act/pretend, it will be. and this is not the case.. your description helped me so much though. when you mentioned relationships with others i also heavily resonated with this aspect of it. toxic relationships can be so awful for your mental/physical health. i have a lot of learning to do to gain the courage to face the things that do not empower me, so thank you for explaining that. love you!
Lovely video! I agree. I've learned self love has to do with knowing and respecting your boundaries. Doing what fills you, and rejecting what drains you. Expressing your true feelings no matter how hard it is. Going inside your soul and looking around at whats there, what needs work, what may be hidden. Being brutally honest with yourself. Doing what you can to make yourself better, but accepting who you are now as enough, and being your own best friend :)
This helped me so much! I'm 41 years old and just now trying to figure this out. I think it's an easy trap when you become a mom to always put yourself last and I've been doing that for twenty years. I love your videos! My oldest son was killed in an accident ten years and I've had so much anxiety and trouble sleeping. Last night was the best nights sleep I've had in years! Thank you! For everything you're doing!❤😊
Self love for me began exactly as you said, from being mindful and more self aware. I started paying attention to my feelings and listening to myself more. Sounds so simple but I do feel more loving and peaceful with myself. After acting on those feelings.
I still need to work on loving my body. I don't know if I'll ever get over that. If anybody has experience with that I'd love to hear it. What a lovely video Maria:)
This video came at the right time for me. Lately I’ve been feeling very anxious. A lot of the time I doubt whether I’m doing the right things: I worry that I’m being selfish or that if I express an opinion in class it won’t be smart enough. What I’ve noticed, though, is that I usually put myself into a place of doubting for no reason! If I allow myself to trust in my capabilities (which I often forget I have) then I do well. Through this video I learned that sometimes having a lack of power is not because anyone is taking it from you, it’s because you’re not allowing yourself to recognize your own power. And that’s what I did. That’s it, tomorrow I’m going to try to trust myself more!
Maria, ever since moving to California, you seem to radiate even more positivity and joy! You seem so happy in your new home and I’m so happy you have found a place you feel you belong! I grew up in and still live here in Sacramento and it is such a great place to be. I hope I am fortunate enough to run into you some day! Thank you for the relaxing and inspiring video. 🤗💙
Self love is such a complicated topic for me, I'm not sure about what it is or if I'm even trying to implement it in my life, and since my thoughts about it are so blurry, I'm always grateful to hear other people ideas
I empower other women to achieve that power of self love. I have found uplifting and being kind to women in particular has freed me of any envy or self doubt in my own mind. Every time I go out, almost every single day, I make sure to give a random woman a compliment. Whether it’s a “great hair sugar” or “I love your make up” or whatever, it empowers me to see these random girls light up a little with just a genuine compliment. Every lady should try it, it has shown me the power of feminine kindness, and I love myself much more since I started.
You are such an amazing person. You have introduced me to so many positive and wonderful things. Thank you for what you do. To me, self love should be as much unconditional love as we would want to give to someone else.
You’re so beautiful and inspirational. Gained so much from watching this and I’ll watch it again a million times to remind myself what self love really is. Thank you so much
You have no idea how much I love this. Thank you. We all need a little more self love. It is something I struggle with very hard. Thank you for your kind and encouraging voice. 💖
This is crazy! The timing of this video. I have actually realised this for myself for the first time in my life. When this year started, I told myself "I'm going to love myself this year" It's something you have to actually feel indeed. I've had people telling me "love yourself" for the majority of my life but I've only come to terms with it recently and it's honestly probably the most important thing in your life. And it actually took a big mental breakdown for me to realize it. Thank you for this video Maria
The nature background, birds singing, calm voice, good thoughts combined made me feel so calm.. I rewatched it twice, and I could almost feel something like a wave of calmness in my body! Weird sounding, but I also can describe it as energy floating or dancing inside of me, haha (: