From Self-Loathing To Self-Love

JUST FOR TODAY:  If you have been telling yourself a "story" filled with self-criticism or self-loathing, try writing a new "story" filled with Self-Love.

As a child, you probably began writing your own "story" as you experienced certain situations and heard certain messages.  If your story includes statements such as "you're not good enough, you never were, and you never will be," do you really believe this?  Why?  You may have gathered "evidence" over the years to "prove your story."  But what if your story isn't true?  What if you are good enough, always have been, and always will be?  What "evidence" can you find to support your new story?  In your past, you may have experienced pain and negativity, but you don't have to "stay stuck" in that story.  Focus on what is working in your life, right now.  Imagine the new story that you would really like to experience.  Start writing that story today, filled with Self-Love.  Your "true hunger" is for love, so give some to your Self today.                

©2010 by "Dr. Dorie" McCubbrey, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. – Eating Disorder & Obesity Treatment Specialist – Denver, Colorado