Learning to Love Yourself Quotes

“The quick ticket to ecstasy is to catch yourself feeling in a very low state of mind--depressed, stupid, hateful--and to love yourself for feeling that way. When you do that you can experience a rocket ride right to the top. Love does not take time; it's possible to transform depression into ecstasy in a flash. But please do not accept my word for it. Try it as an experiment next time you are feeling low.
Something else to consider is that we will always be in the process of remembering how to love ourselves, then forgetting, then remembering again. It does not seem to be our destiny to be any one way all the time. So let's get used to being pendulums and enjoy the ride.”
― Gay Hendricks, Learning to Love Yourself

“Adult life is a process of becoming a guardian angel to ourselves. We have to learn how to nurture ourselves and how to gather the kind of people around us that can nurture us in the ways we like.”
― Gay Hendricks, Learning To Love Yourself

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― Gay Hendricks, Learning To Love Yourself

“1.Notice your present state of mind or feeling. It could be mad, scared, joyous, hating yourself, bored, neutral. 2.Love yourself for what you are experiencing. It matters not if you do not know how to love yourself. At first just say the words if you can’t figure out how. Say “I love myself for (not being able to love myself, being scared, feeling happy, etc.).” After a while you will probably identify a physical sensation of loving yourself. 3.Stay with it as long as it feels interesting and comfortable. 4.Remember, you don’t need to go around loving yourself all the time for your life to work wonderfully. You just have to go around being willing to love yourself. Willingness lets you flow with the stream rather than against it. WHAT”
― Gay Hendricks, Learning To Love Yourself