I Belong to Me

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

One of the hardest practices is self-love, especially when it feels like the world is against you. Today we hear the story of Regina Louise, an author and personal growth coach, who learned how to define love on her own terms after growing up in and out of foster care. Regina finds her voice in a story that shows us that true love doesn’t always come from the outside.

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0:00.0	There is nothing more profound than the human capacity to change, and to grow, it is core
0:15.8	seminal to my to my existence.
0:20.0	Hey Hannah, hey Lila, that was a powerful statement.
0:27.6	I mean, I've been thinking a lot about self-love, and what that means in particular.
0:36.6	I mean, it's talked about everywhere, and it sometimes feels tiresome.
0:39.6	You hear it so much, it's such a buzzword, that I don't even know what it means sometimes
0:44.6	anymore.
0:45.6	You know, what does self-love look like?
0:48.6	Is it me taking a bubble bath?
0:52.2	Is it me relaxing with my show and my coffee?
0:56.7	You know, I'm doing myself some good.
0:59.7	I'm feeling good.
1:00.7	Is that self-love?
1:02.7	I don't know.
1:03.7	I was saying, I don't know, I'm not that person that wakes up every morning and looks at myself
1:09.7	and says, I love me.
1:11.7	I love me some me.
1:13.7	Do you do that?
1:14.7	I don't.
1:15.7	I don't.
1:16.7	And then here's this question.
1:17.7	Like, what if you're feeling so disconnected from yourself or you're stressed or disappointed
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