What would it feel like if you stopped fighting yourself and started honoring yourself? 

We’ve been taught that we’re broken and need fixing. But there is so much inside of us that we fight and try to “fix” that really needs healing and loving. 

We’ve been taught to look outside of ourselves for approval and validation so that we can feel accepted and at peace. But there is so much inside of us that really needs our own acceptance and validation for us to begin to feel at peace. 

We’ve been taught to fit ourselves into neat little boxes and to pull and pull, bend and twist, numb and ignore, and morph ourselves into who and what we “should” be in hopes that we’ll one day be happy (like we’re supposed to feel, right?!). But there is so much inside of us that needs to be free and held and fully expressed in order for us to get to the real happiness we’re each looking for. 

That healing, love, peace, and happiness comes from within you. It sounds cheesy, I know, but the messages we’ve gotten that we’re “not enough” or “too much” (or maybe a little bit of both) put us at war within ourselves. It makes us feel like we can’t trust (let alone Love) ourselves and that it’s not safe or okay to be our truest selves in the world. 

Becoming aware of, and breaking up with, those limiting beliefs that keep us small and feeling broken helps us to start coming home to ourselves. To remember your innate enoughness, worth and value. To become your own sanctuary and friend. To begin to realize that you are not a battlefield to be conquered - you are a temple to be treasured. And that temple is who you really are: the truest you - body, mind, voice, feelings, dreams and heart. A true treasure that the world needs right now. 

Where in your life have been treating yourself like a battlefield? How can you begin to treat yourself like a temple?