3845: What's The First Big Step Toward Loving Yourself? by Irene Elias of Self Love Junkie on Cultivating Self-Love

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3845: Irene Elias gently guides readers through the process of silencing their inner critic by transforming self-talk, not through resistance but through awareness, compassion, and spiritual alignment. With practical tools and mindset shifts, she shows how embracing your negative thoughts with l Read along with the original article(s) here: https://selflovejunkie.com/whats-the-first-big-step-toward-loving-yourself/ Quotes to ponder: "Your mind was designed to help you move forward and work in your favor." "You can be positive and still have negative thoughts floating around in your mind, however, you get to choose which ones you're going to dance with." "Part of loving yourself is allowing your inner critic to come to the surface and marinating it with love." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.9	This is Optimal Living Daily. What's the first big step toward loving yourself?
1:08.8	By Irene Elias of self-lovejunkie.com and I'm Justin Mollick.
1:13.2	We'll get jump right into today's post as we optimize your life.
1:20.7	What's the first big step toward loving yourself by Irene Elias ofselflovejunkie.com.
1:28.2	By now you've heard that you need to love yourself, but how do you do that exactly,
1:32.6	and where do you start?
1:34.1	Because loving yourself can be overwhelming, and most people don't know where or how to start.
1:39.1	We all have a critical voice, the voice that whispers, I'm too fat, I'm not pretty enough, I'm not good enough, I will never'm too fat I'm not pretty enough I'm not good enough I will
1:46.2	never find love I'm not courageous enough to follow my dreams and on and on as you know this
1:52.5	voice doesn't make you feel good and listening to these thoughts affect your mood
1:56.5	behavior and the decisions you make when ultimately determines the quality of your life.
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