098: Why You Should Stop Trying To Love Yourself
School of Self-Image
Tonya Leigh
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Of course, it’s important for you to learn how to love yourself, but what if trying to do so actually leads you further away from self-love? In this episode, we explore why trying to love yourself can lead to a life of self-obsession and away from cultivating self-love. What if there’s a much more fun approach? There is. Listen to this episode to discover the conversation Tonya had with a friend that changed how she approaches self-love.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the French Kiss Life podcast all about living with more elegance |
| 0:06.0 | style and Joa de Vieve in your everyday life. I'm Tanya Lee your hostess? Let's get started. Hello my friends I feel like I have to whisper right now I never knew how hard it would be to record a |
| 0:35.2 | podcast with a golden retriever in the house. And he finally went down for a nap |
| 0:41.4 | and I have a little space where I can record. |
| 0:44.9 | It seriously feels like I'm raising a kid again, but I wouldn't treat it for the world because |
| 0:49.5 | I am in love with this guy. |
| 0:52.1 | Seriously, I wake up every morning to puppy kisses. |
| 0:56.0 | We go out and play. |
| 0:58.0 | I go out for a walk with him and I throw the ball and he's just so full of life. This dude loves life. |
| 1:06.5 | And that's something I want to talk about today in the podcast. |
| 1:10.7 | This is the month of Valentine's Day. It's the month of romance and love and you can just go on Facebook and you'll see a lot of things being shared about self-love. |
| 1:22.0 | But I want to tell you why you should stop trying |
| 1:25.6 | to love yourself. I know. You're probably thinking what? That's what I thought I was |
| 1:31.6 | supposed to do. |
| 1:32.8 | And yes, I do want you to love yourself. |
| 1:36.0 | But sometimes the way we go about it |
| 1:38.6 | actually takes us further and further away from self-love. |
| 1:41.8 | So just hear me out. Just stay open-minded over the next 20 or so |
| 1:46.1 | minutes. You know, the other day I was thinking about when I was a little girl. I didn't |
| 1:51.3 | obsess about my thighs. I didn't |
| 1:54.2 | worry about what people thought of me nor did I ever wonder if I was pretty or smart enough |
| 1:58.8 | and my thoughts about self-love I don't think I even thought about myself that much. I was |
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