Hey, it's your girl, simply Shanika, and you are now listening to The Goddess Confessions. the goddess confessions. How do you begin to love yourself, especially when you're fighting a constant battle in your

head daily? Self-love is essential because it not only will keep you disciplined, but that's the final piece of the puzzle.

You have to love yourself in order to truly evolve. Some of us has trauma that runs so deep,

it seems almost impossible to get out of that sunk in place, but I'm here to tell you that you can get through anything if you truly want to and if you truly believe that you have the willpower to do so.

The first thing that you always have to remember is

thoughts or thoughts. Those are things that you can control. All physical trauma and abuse. It heals, but it still

stays in the mind and sometimes it gets so deeply rooted.

We feel like we're drowning and we feel like we don't know where we're going to turn, what we're going to do, what tomorrow looks like.

But I'm here to tell you that you have to take it day by day.

Step by step.

You can't focus on what's to come

when you haven't corrected what's right now.

A lot of us didn't get the proper love and care that we needed as

children so now that we are adults you're suffering and a lot of us are suffering in silence, but I'm here to tell you that you

don't need to suffer anymore. You have to heal yourself and learn to love yourself. You cannot allow other people to hold chains around your neck anymore.

You have to be the person to break those chains because nobody else is going to do it for you.

Sometimes we need to unplug from everybody, especially from social media, and really take some time to think about ourselves

and if we are truly leading a life that makes us happy.

I want to tell you guys about two books that I've read that have

truly helped me and I think that they can help you. The first one is The Untethered soul, the journey beyond yourself. You guys should definitely check that book out.

And the other one is called You Are the placebobo Making Your Mind Matter. Both of these books tremendously helped me on my journey. They helped me discover who I am, what was going on in my mind, and how I could fix that, essentially.

I think something that a lot of us have to get comfortable with is realizing that no one is coming to save you.

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