This is Hello Freedom and I'm your host Terry Cole.

For almost two decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist and transformation coach, and on this show I will bring you simple strategies based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews, and my own insights and observations

from my time on the front lines of the fascinating worlds of entertainment,

empowerment, and mental health.

Now let's get going with today's episode.

Well, hello and welcome to Hello Freedom. I am your host Terry Cole and I'm super psyched that you were hanging out with me today.

I'm going to be talking about one of my favorite topics

which is authentic self-love.

I find that this topic in particular is pretty misunderstood.

When we talk about self-love, first of all, a lot of times,

people on social media and you see little quotes everywhere about you know just

do it self-love as if self-love were a feeling that you could just conjure by wishing it to be so or an experience that you could make happen with your mind.

You know your mind is involved, but the reality is that self-love, authentic self-love, is evidenced in your behavior.

So for the next couple of weeks right now I'm really focusing on real love revolution 2018 topics which are all about self-love, being in relationships, being single, attracting healthy love,

understanding what it is.

And really it's all about creating good relationship with yourself, because that's where all of your other good relationships begin, is with how is your relationship to you? What do you think about you? How do you feel about yourself?

That really does have everything to do with what happens in your romantic life,

whether you're in a relationship or not. So let's move into what is authentic self-love? What does that actually mean?

Authentic self-love is regarding yourself in the same positive way that you do other people

that you love. Holding yourself in high esteem. treating yourself with respect, speaking kindly about yourself, and to yourself.

So take a minute to think about how do you talk to yourself? Do you put

yourself down to make other people feel not threatened or feel better about themselves.

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