100 Things I Love About Myself

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100 Things I Love About Myself

A Word About Self-Love 

Many years ago, a therapist challenged me to name 5 things I loved about myself that had nothing to do with my job or me taking care of everybody else in my life. I sat there for a while, and then burst into tears, because I could not name even one! But that day and many others like it became a driving force behind my self-love and self-care journey. A journey which actually became my career.

For the past 15 years, I’ve been a self-care, self-love,  and wellbeing researcher, speaker, and author, empowering thousands of women all over the world to rewrite their stories, discover happiness, purpose, and inner peace through a life-changing power of true self-love.

And in this blog post, I’ll not only share  my  100 Things I About Myself, but true and proven tools on how you can get to 100 Things You Love About Yourself as well.

Why is It So Hard to Love Ourselves?

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Over the years, I’ve asked thousands of people to name 5 things they love about themselves, and although the answers vary, common denominator stays the same-the answers don’t come easy. 

When I do this exercise in my workshops, women often get emotional just like I did, because it’s really hard for them to not only find things about themselves that they love but also they get to the realization that they cannot even imagine where to start with fostering self-love. This is completely normal and expected.

As women, we’ve been so trained by our society to focus on others, their needs, and desires, that we often start out our self-love journey not knowing our self-love and self-care needs at all, but instead being very familiar with our inner critic and the negative self-talk that comes along with it. 

I think it’s actually a real gift to find ourselves in this position of not knowing because it means we can change that, we can get to know ourselves and our needs, we can start liking ourselves, taking care of ourselves better, and eventually develop a strong and profound sense of self-love. And from my personal and professional experience, I can tell you, this feeling is magical!

 

What’s Self-Love, Anyway? 

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Think about how we interact with our best friends. We support them, we feel compassion when they suffer, we accept them as they are. Self-love is about striving to treat yourself like your best friend. It’s a feeling of self-appreciation, self-kindness, and self-acceptance that grows over time as a result of continuous nurturing actions that support our resilience, wellbeing, and growth.

Self-love begins with action.  Just starting with small acts of self love, as well as noticing and tending to our needs, consistently showing up for ourselves, choosing ourselves one day at a time-all of these create a space for self-love to develop, grow, and flourish.

But most people struggle with self-love. If you are one of them- I highly recommend you check out the Self Love Wheel!

 

The Self Love Wheel

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The Self Love Wheel is a revolutionary six-dimensional framework, expertly designed to guide you towards self-empowerment, fulfillment, happiness, and true self love. If you, like most people, struggle with self-love, the Self Love Wheel will became your roadmap on how to love yourself more, finally turning the abstract concept of self love into a tangible reality.

Within the Self-Love Wheel, you will find six dimensions: Self-Care, Self-Worth, Self-Compassion, Self-Discovery, Self-Esteem, and Self-Growth. Each of the dimensions is an essential pillar of self love, together offering 86 practical and life-changing strategies to building loving relationship with yourself. 

If you’d  like to learn more and to implement this life-changing tool in your personal life, I highly recommend you checkout the Ultimate Self Love Wheel Guide, Workbook, Journal, and Affirmation Cards Collection (take advantage of our 87% off  Blowout Sale Today!).

 

The Ultimate Self Love Wheel Collection 

Each component of the Ultimate Self-Love Wheel Collection: the Self-Love Wheel Starter Guide, the Self-Love Wheel Journal, the Self-Love Wheel Workbook, and the Self-Love Wheel Affirmation Cards, engages all six key pillars of self-love from a different perspective, providing a multi-dimensional approach to finally experiencing true self-love.

It is not magic or theory. It’s a very practical evidence-based approach to breaking barriers to true self-love, de-mystifying the process, becoming very self-aware, and utilizing a transformative and strategic set of tools, rooted in positive psychology, that challenges old limiting beliefs and provides a structured pathway to embracing new patterns of thinking and living that guide, support, and celebrate you at every step of your self-love journey. 

If you are ready to reclaim your self-worth, embrace your potential, chase your dreams, and lead a life filled with thriving wellbeing, confidence and peace, to replace self-doubt with self-empowerment, comparison with self-acceptance, and self-loathing with true self-love. The Ultimate Self-Love Wheel Collection can show you how, step by step.

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“100 Things I Love About Myself” List 

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One of the best exercises to start nurturing self love is the “100 Things I Love About Myself” list. As I said before, naming 5 things is very often difficult for people, and writing 100 will definitely take a lot of effort and time. But as you work on it, you will start feeling the budding presence of self-love, appreciation, and self-knowledge which with time and practice will become part of our everyday life.

I encourage you to name at least 5 things you love/like/appreciate about yourself today. Below you’ll my “100 Things I Love About Myself” List. Please use it as a baseline or a source of inspiration for your own list. Remember, self-love is a journey, not a destination!

My “100 Things I Love About Myself” List

  1. I love that I am NOT afraid to take risks.

  2. I am adventurous.

  3. I am a loving and supportive partner.

  4. I am a resilient survivor.

  5. I respect and love diversity of any kind, which makes me open-minded and accepting.

  6. I am strongly, profoundly committed to my recovery from trauma and everything else I struggle with.woman running after her dog at beach

  7. I am committed to personal improvement and growth.

  8. I am not afraid to be honest with myself and others.

  9. I have guts.

  10. I have strong drive and passion to make this world a better place.

  11. I love my eyes, my hair, my breasts, my butt, my thighs, my legs, my feet.

  12. I recognize and cherish my strengths.

  13. I’m a great swimmer and love water.

  14. I am authentic.

  15. I am funny.

  16. I am a loyal and trustworthy friend.Happy Woman Friends at Coffee Shop

  17. I am very curious and interested.

  18. I enjoy bonding and connecting with people.

  19. I am a loving mother to my feline babies.

  20. I take steps towards achieving my goals and dreams.

  21. I love learning new things.

  22. I always find solutions to problems that arise.

  23. I am not helpless and can take care of myself.

  24. I never stop seeking knowledge.

  25. I’m very spiritual.

  26. I have a great connection with the Universe.woman meditating

  27. I’m compassionate towards myself and others.

  28. I’m always kind to strangers.

  29. I’m the biggest cheerleader for my friends and family.

  30. I finish my projects and follow through.

  31. I am committed to my mental and physical health.

  32. I’m not too proud or afraid to ask for help when I need it.

  33. I go to therapy regularly as it’s a huge part of my self-care plan.

  34. I have a sustainable self-care plan and I actually use it on regular basis.

  35. Mental and psychical health and wellbeing are very important to me.mother daughter doing yoga

  36. I’m committed to feeling and living my best.

  37. I completed a lot of formal and informal education.

  38. I traveled the world by myself and enjoyed every second of it.

  39. I overcame a lot of hardships and trauma, but decided to not let it ruin my life and got help.

  40. When I set a goal, I usually follow through with it.

  41. I have a sense of great accomplishment from the work I do.

  42. I feel like I know what my life purpose is and I actually engage in my life purpose on regular basis.

  43. I go to great lengths to accomplish my dreams.

  44. I don’t let fear stop me.

  45. I’m often fearful, but do whatever it is I fear anyway.

  46. I am very entertaining.diverse couples at the beach

  47. I was told that I inspire others to take positive change.

  48. I love getting older and wiser.

  49. I love being silly.

  50. I’m always myself, regardless of the crowd around me.

  51. I have strong boundaries.

  52. I never compromise my values for another person or situation.

  53. I almost never do what I don’t want to do.

  54. I like myself.

  55. I love spending time with myself, I’m a good company:).

  56. I am super creative.woman writing

  57. I have tons of ideas for new projects at all times.

  58. I actually believe that my projects will work out.

  59. I understand that sometimes things won’t work out and okay with it.

  60. I’m a good judge of character.

  61. I really love and respect people in my life.

  62. People in my life really love and respect me.

  63. I surround myself with people who are loving and supportive.

  64. I’m emotionally intelligent.

  65. When I’m tough on myself, I notice it and try to be kind instead.

  66. I know that perfectionism is a hard way to live and work to be kind and accepting instead. woman and her cat

  67. I know my flaws and things that I want to do better, and practice doing better every day.

  68. Sometimes I take myself to the beach in the middle of the workweek to self-care.

  69. I know I’m worthy of love and kindness, just like everyone else.

  70. I show myself love and kindness when I’m able.

  71. I know that buying things won’t make me feel better.

  72. I know that growing and helping others will.

  73. I’m committed to living my best life, authentically, and true to myself.

  74. I love being active.

  75. I have dreams.

  76. I have a vision for my life.

  77. I’m actually doing something every day to take a step closer to my dreams daily.woman in the city

  78. I love my family and have strong boundaries with them all at the same time.

  79. I don’t betray myself and stick to my values and goals.

  80. I pursue a better life for me and my family.

  81. I don’t believe in impossible.

  82. I see miracles and beauty in everyday things.

  83. I love to dance.

  84. I lived in several countries and learned a lot about different cultures.

  85. I know that life is very precious and short, and I get to live it one day at a time.

  86. I have a very interesting life because I take risks and pursue my goals and dreams.two women hugging

  87. I’m committed to my values and beliefs.

  88. I know that taking brave action will get me where I want/need to go.

  89. I have many experiences setting and achieving my goals and dreams.

  90. I love helping people.

  91. I love creating social change.

  92. I’m good at being the 1st one to do things.

  93. I know that I’ve made and making a positive impact on the world.

  94. I know that life is sometimes very hard but tomorrow is always a better day.

  95. I always have a vacation idea up my sleeve.

  96. I really know how to relax.

  97. Writing 100 things I love about myself is not hard anymore.

  98. I’m very grateful for being alive.happy woman jumping

  99. I’m very grateful to be in recovery.

  100. I’m very grateful to be me.

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About The Author

Olga Phoenix, MPA, MA is a globally recognized self-love, self-care, and wellbeing expert, speaker, and best-selling author, featured widely in media outlets such as Women’s Health, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, Popsugar, and Positive Psychology. 

Olga is the CEO of Olga Phoenix International, and for the past 16 years, her books, keynotes, workshops, and courses  have been empowering and inspiring thousands of women all over the world to rewrite their stories, discover happiness, purpose, and inner peace through a life-changing power of true self-love. 

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