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Whew! We made it through this challenge. I hope you feel like you’ve learned a lot about self- love and learning to manage your inner naysayer. It’s definitely a process.

In this series, we’ve been focusing on self-love and its importance. You now understand the ways in which loving yourself can dramatically improve your life.

As we’ve seen in this series, your inner critic can have a tremendous effect on all aspects of your life. It holds you back from taking risks and putting yourself out there.

Being vulnerable is difficult. No, vulnerability isn’t weakness. It’s allowing yourself to be open, to be yourself, to accept help. It’s showing the world who you are with the understanding that not everyone will like or accept that person, but you show up anyway.

Self-acceptance is a concept that we don’t think about very often. However, we probably should. Whether or not you accept yourself can have a great impact on how you feel and how you act.

Your inner naysayer can be relentless. It makes you believe you’ll never measure up, and it holds you to impossibly high standards. The truth is, you’ll never be perfect and we all have flaws.

Gratitude is an underrated virtue. Feeling thankful for the wonderful things in your life can do a lot to improve your mood and your view of yourself. It’s easy to forget all the blessings in our lives when things get difficult or when our inner naysayer is being particularly loud.

Shutting up that inner critic can be hard. You’ve learned so great strategies so far on our journey together. However, these tactics are all things you have to do on your own.

Social media can be a great way to stay connected with friends and family. Unfortunately, it can also be a toxic environment that leads many of us to feel bad about ourselves.

We’ve been talking a lot about your inner naysayer. That’s because this pesky little voice can cause you big problems throughout your life if you don’t get a handle on it.

We’ve discovered that your inner naysayer is usually trying to protect you from something with its negative messages. Sometimes this presents itself as your intuition or gut protecting you from real harm, and you should learn to identify this voice and listen to it.

You may have heard of the practice of mindfulness. It’s become all the rage in new age philosophy. And for good reason. This simple concept can deliver powerful results.

Your inner naysayer thrives on the unknown. When things are ambiguous or uncertain, fear can set in. It’s only natural and is part of the human condition. That voice inside your head that’s trying desperately to keep you safe will see the unknown as a threat.

Negative self talk is made up of the messages your inner naysayer tells you. It comes from the beliefs you hold about yourself, based on what others have expressed to you throughout your life and the feelings you have internalized.

Journaling is an activity that can benefit you in so many ways, and there are many different kinds of journals you can keep. This is an underrated ritual that can truly help you toward increasing your self love.

We’ve discussed your inner naysayer and how to manage it. That little voice inside your head tries to protect you by telling you negative things. Sometimes, it’s possible that it could be your intuition keeping you safe.

Stress and anxiety go hand in hand. When you feel stressed or anxious, your physical and mental wellbeing can suffer. You’re not living your best quality of life if you experience these things on a regular basis.

Recognizing and becoming aware of your inner naysayer can be tremendously difficult. This is especially true because you’ve probably been living with it for as long as you can remember.

You may still feel unsure about the idea of self love, especially if you’ve been taught your whole life to put others ahead of yourself and that it’s selfish to take care of yourself.

By now, you should have a fairly good idea of what self-love is and why it’s important. You know that confidence and self-awareness are essential components of loving yourself.

As you’ve discovered in our time together, your inner naysayer can present itself in a number of ways.

No matter how much you’ve internalized the concept of self-love, you probably still have inner naysayer nagging at you.

Labels are all-encompassing. We use them to describe and identify both ourselves and others. Labels are even applied by people who don’t know each other.

In yesterday’s post, we discussed ways that obtaining a sense of purpose can lead to greater confidence. Understanding your priorities and what matters most to you in life can help you to feel more secure in yourself.

Having a strong sense of self is imperative to loving yourself. As noted in yesterday’s post, self-awareness helps you to better understand yourself and what drives your behavior.

Emotions can wreak havoc on various aspects of life. All sorts of feelings, both positive and negative, likely play a role in how you behave and the choices you make.

Self love is a journey. It doesn’t come easily or quickly for most of us. Learning to love, care for and respect ourselves takes time and dedication.

Now that you have an understanding of the negativity that can hold you back from loving yourself fully, it’s time to focus on what self love really means.