Hi, just checking in how you're doing today.

And seeing if you might want to just take a little break.

Step away from the noise of the world for just a moment and connect back to you.

If so, let's take a deep breath in. Breathe out. And let it all settle. I'm your host, Michael

Galleon, and this is Letting It Settle. Before we begin, I just want to give you a nice little gents reminder today,

that you don't have to change a single thing to be worthy of the things you desire,

that who you are right now, in this moment, is enough.

Perfection is not a requirement of a well-lived life,

so if you've been striving for perfection and holding yourself back until you get there, I want you to take a moment today and recognize that without a single

shift in who you are, you are enough, you are worthy, and you are deserving of whatever

it is that your heart desires. Stop holding yourself back by holding yourself to impossible

standards and start seeing the beauty that is you. So today we're going to talk about self-love

and how to quiet the mind in those moments when it starts telling you all the reasons why you are not

enough, giving you a few reasons why you are not enough,

giving you a few tools so you can begin to develop a practice of care and compassion for

yourself and start to silence the negative self-talk. Then we'll end with a guided visualization

to get you on the path towards self-love and acceptance.

So often we're told that in order for us to be able to express love to others,

we need to first learn to love ourselves.

But I think that sentiment ignores the fact that many of us grew up in households where self-love wasn't modeled to us,

but shame certainly was, where love was something to be earned and perfection was required

to be deserving of that love. In a society that continually places value and feelings of worth on external achievements and the

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