Reveal our Inner Radiance

Use these three tips to cultivate inner-love, embrace your unique gifts, and inspire the world.

Cultivating self-love and self-validation is vital to maintain a positive sense of self. These impact our mental health and overall well-being. Here are three tips to help feed and nurture your inner radiance and embrace your unique qualities and imperfections:

1. Practice self-compassion: Treat yourself with the same kindness, concern, and understanding that you would offer to a friend of family member. This requires you to accept your own imperfections and qualities. Everyone has things that don’t work out like we hope. Everyone makes mistakes. That doesn’t make you any less worthy, or radiant. I like to use positive self talk to work on this. It doesn’t mean that you have to remove all the negative things you think about yourself but it does mean if you find yourself being overly critical or negative turn that around.
2. Focus on your strengths: Instead of dwelling on things your might not like about yourself, focus on things you do like or things. Make a list of your strengths and accomplishments, then take time to review the list on a weekly basis. What things have you done well, what things are you good at? Is there a way you can more regularly use these skills in your day to day life or at work? If you could how will it impact you, others around you, the greater community?
3. Embrace your uniqueness: Everyone is special. These qualities are what make you radiant. If you can embrace and celebrate these qualities it will help you. Instead of comparing yourself to everyone else around you, take time to focus on the things that make you special. Using your unique qualities as a strength and not something to hid can elevate your life in a way that you might have never imagined.

Cultivating self-love and acceptance takes time, and some practices. If you do take time to celebrate you, and focus on things that make you feel empowered you will be successful. Remember it is important to be patient and kind to yourself. And of course we all need additional support sometimes and it is important to ask for help when we feel like we need it.