Hey, it's your friend Mel Robbins and I am the guest host for the week.

Welcome to Radio Headspace and Happy Wednesday.

In case you don't know who I am, I'm one of the world's leading experts on change and motivation.

And I'm so excited you tuned in today because this week it is all about tapping into your potential.

And a big part of that is loving yourself.

And I'm going to talk with you today about what it actually means to love yourself.

How self-criticism can hinder you from creating positive change in your life.

And of course, you're going to leave with simple tips to help you tap into self-love.

First of all, self-love is not a feeling. It is an action.

Self-love is something that you demonstrate.

So let me give you an example.

I want you to stop and think about someone that you know loves you.

Whether that's your parent or your kids or your partner or maybe a pet.

How do you know that this person loves you?

The way that you know is because they demonstrate it. It's in their actions.

When my husband makes me a cup of coffee in the morning, that's an act of love.

When he plans a night out, when he sits with me and holds my hand, when he tells me good job.

Those are all actions that demonstrate love.

And where I think we get self-love wrong is that so many of us struggle with issues of self-worth and self-doubt.

And we're busy in our heads, criticizing ourselves.

And we don't realize that self-love isn't just positive and kind self-talk.

But that the fastest way to build self-love as a muscle and as your default way of moving through the world is to demonstrate it to yourself.

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