Do you know how important it is to be kind to yourself?
Or do you feel uncomfortable with being kind to yourself and think it is silly or childish?
Do you realize that being kind to yourself is the best thing you can do
for yourself?
When you are thinking during the day, you may not be very kind to yourself. At least sometimes, you may have told yourself: I am an idiot, fat, crazy, or other negative things. But If you are unhappy with yourself, nobody else can be pleased with you; this is the truth.
When I had my first child, I always remember I visited a doctor and he was a famous child psychologist, writing books and doing radio shows. He said to me: Always remember to take first care of yourself; if you are not happy, your child can’t be happy, and your family too. I never forgot about it.
It is essential to make sure that you are happy, kind, and gentle with yourself. Only then your friends, family, and colleagues can feel comfortable being around you.
Tips that can help you.
Begin with getting aware of the thoughts you are thinking.
Are you sometimes unkind to yourself?
Monitor your self-talk more often. Do you think good about yourself?
When was the last time you did it?
Unfortunately, most people can not remember.
Positive self-talk is crucial to lead to a better and happier feeling. It may sound strange at first if you start in the morning by saying: “I love you” into the mirror to yourself. But over time, you will feel more comfortable saying that. You will get happier when you see yourself in your mirror.
Do each day something you love to do. Problems, work, and life keep us too busy, and often we do not even think about doing something joyful for ourselves for weeks. Have fun and do something which makes you happy every day. It does not need a long time, but you care for others; why not treat yourself better?
Spend time with like-minded people who are kind and loving to you. Stay away from negative and toxic people who only make your thoughts negative, steal your energy, and make you feel miserable.
Keep thinking good and positive thoughts. Listen to your favorite music and dance.
Start a Notebook and make a list of your virtues and talents; write down all that you find good about yourself.
Whenever you feel down and not good enough, look at this, and it will help you see how fantastic and talented you are.
Hopefully, this suggestion will help you to be kind to yourself.
Look at these tips whenever you feel down.
It may help and give you a bit of relief from everyday life and to remember how fantastic you are.
Believe me, it is worth it.
Be kind to yourself – Are you?
See also Easy Steps to Make Self-Acceptance And Self-Love a Habit.
Hi Erika,
What a wonderful post and good advice to share. You are right about we have to be happy in order for others to be happy too. It does sound selfish in a way but not when you really think about it in great detail. Thank you for the wonderful words.
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Hi Monna,
you are welcome. I think it is more selfish
if we expect from others to be with us when
we have a bad attitude.
Thank you,Monna
Erika
Hi Erika,
Such awesome tips on how you be kind to yourself 🙂 It is so important! Thanks for sharing this inspirational post!!
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You are welcome Joan,
I am happy you like it.
Thank you for commenting
Erika
What you say is so true. Our own attitude affects those close to us and it’s hard to always hide the fact that you’re unhappy. It took me a long time to learn how to be kind to myself without feeling guilty or selfish but ,now I have, my positivity flows through to others.
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Hi Sue,
Yes it needs some work, feeling guilt is what we have been taught,being selfish is
often misunderstood, we are not selfish if we are kind to ourselves ,it is selfish
if we want others to behave and act as we want it.
I am happy,you are kind to yourself.
Thank you
Erika
Hi Erika,
This is so true! I have to practice this more often as I do find myself encouraging others and forgetting to give kind words to myself. Thanks for the encouragement!
Take care,
Lillian
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Hi Lillian,
you are right, do not forget
about yourself,it is not healthy.
Be kind to yourself, do something good for yourself 🙂
Take care of yourself
Erika
I absolutely agree Erika, we must be kind to ourselves. It is easy to take on board criticism and negative input from others and let this become part of our self-talk. We must rise above this and reassure ourselves we are loved and important to feed ourselves with love and kindness. The world can be rough and tough, and when we give so much to others we must take care not to drain ourselves of our own special feeling 🙂
Jacs
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Hi Jacs you are very right,
love and kindness we need,not toxicity.
Let’s be kind to ourselves.
Thank you
Erika
Erika Why is it that I always feel so good after reading your blog?
I loved the “Be Kind To Yourself” article.
“Start a Notebook and make a list of your virtues and talents write down all what you find good about you.
Whenever you feel down and not good enough ,look at this and it will help you to see how fantastic and
talented you are”.
Listing all the things that I do well in a journal is an excellent idea. I’ll start today!
Thank you my friend!
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Hi Kathryn,
It makes me happy too if you feel good after visiting my blog.
This is my intention,to make people feel good.
Often we appreciate what others do and forget to
notice what we accomplish ourselves.
We need to really look at this too,
makes happy 🙂
Thank you
Erika