Bees Knees

Embracing Self-Love & SAGE Energy with My Mum

In today’s episode, Patricia discusses, how her self-love journey, rooted in SAGE energy, positively impacted her relationship with her mother. She shares how her mum, at 88 years old, is embracing self-care and shifting her mindset from self-sabotage to positive self-talk. Patricia highlights the power of kind words, self-compassion, and how they can improve our well-being, health, and overall energy.

Key Highlights:

• Self-Love & Empowerment: How self-love can transform relationships and mental well-being.
• SAGE Energy: Patricia shares how adopting a SAGE mindset, self-awareness, compassion, and empowerment, helps to replace self-criticism with kindness.
• The Impact of Language: Speaking kindly to yourself and others fosters a healthier, more positive life.
• Personal Stories: Patricia recounts a touching and humorous moment with her mum as they bonded over a sprained foot and practiced positive self-talk.
• Mind-Body Connection: How words influence our bodies, including scientific studies on plants thriving with kind words and suffering from negative ones.
• Practical Tips: Simple steps to cultivate self-compassion, including daily affirmations and mindfulness about how we speak to ourselves.

Takeaways:

• Be Gentle with Yourself: Learning to speak kindly to your body and mind is a powerful act of self-care.
• Shift Negative Self-Talk: Replace self-criticism with empowering language to build a positive mindset.
• Lead by Example: Show kindness to yourself and others, especially in challenging times.

Resources:

• Research on Words & Stress: Studies linking negative words to stress and illness (Gabor Maté and others).
• Personal Growth: More on shifting from self-sabotage to self-love in future episodes.
• Study DO WORDS HURT? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304395909004564
• Book by Gabor Mate - When the body says no
• Samantha Petralgia study :

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/bullied-plants-project-bullying-samantha-petraglia-long-island-coalition-against-bullying/

 

• IKEA study (video):

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/bullied-plants-project-bullying-samantha-petraglia-long-island-coalition-against-bullying/

 

Actionable Steps:

• Self-Love Practice: Each day, choose one body part to connect to with tender loving attention and choose to speak kindly to that part, and your whole body, acknowledging and appreciating the complexity of all the various parts.
• Journaling Exercise: Write about your relationship with that body part and explore how it feels to speak kindly to it. Start with small steps. Choose to be your body’s best friend.

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