Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It: The positive self-help phenomenon

hit the gym. Already, I’m in the best shape I’ve been in years. My diet is on point, no exceptions. Whenever I’m tempted to cheat or slide, I ask myself, If I loved myself, what would I do? The answer is clear and I live it.

What is is what happened. There is not one single thing I can do about it. It is the past. And the past is dead. Done. The only question is, Who am I going to be today? That’s it.

No matter what we’ve experienced in our lives, we’re all hardwired for love.

If a person or situation exits your life, it doesn’t change who you are. Only you know you. And if you’re unhappy with any aspect of yourself, then use this emotional energy. Wring out every single fiber. It no longer happens to you. You happen to it. Burn into the Phoenix. Go all in. Become excellent.

Do whatever it takes to feel powerful from the inside out. To feel in control. To feel that I happen to things. Decide that I and only I am responsible for my feelings, my emotions, and ultimately, my life. Every single piece.

But I’m no longer a child. And an adult only gets two choices: victim or hero.

That is where the question came from. In dealing with others and reacting to their negative emotions with my own, I found myself asking this question: If I loved myself truly and deeply, would I let myself experience this? The answer, always, was a no. It worked beautifully. Because I’d been working on the mental loop, the step after no was clear.

When I first started the practice, I got better on the inside. Then, life got better on the outside. I started to experience synchronicities that I couldn’t explain. The most honest way to state it is this: life just started to work.

My intention is that by the time you finish, not only will you be committed to loving yourself, you’ll know exactly how to do it. And most importantly, how to make it last.