May 22, 2024 • 12 mins
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We've got a phone chat recording episode today, so why not settle in and have a listen! Talking and thinking about Self Love vs Self Indulgence. What's the difference? How can you grow into greater self love & spread it around? Lots to think about here! What's your feeling about this subject?
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We've got a phone chat recording episode today, so why not settle in and have a listen! Talking and thinking about Self Love vs Self Indulgence. What's the difference? How can you grow into greater self love & spread it around? Lots to think about here! What's your feeling about this subject?
Coffee fuels us up ... donations keep us going... please pop over to ko-fi for a coffee donation if you'd like to financially support our work. If you would like to get more inspiration and motivation, there are lots of inspirational positive videos, messages and artwork over there.
https://ko-fi.com/happythought...
Many thanks, your listens, likes, subscribes and support mean the world to us.
This podcast is available on Spreaker, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, iHeartRadio and most podcast platforms and apps. If you like what you hear please feel free to share and to leave a review on your site of choice.
Visit my Bandcamp page for more inspiration affirmations, meditations and stories for purchase and sample. Helping you live the positive lifestyle that you deserve.
https://stefanialintonbon.band...
__________
And for the children, do check out our other podcast "The Classic Children's Story Podcast ".
Also, have a look at our YouTube channel of stories, affirmations, songs and more for kids:
https://www.youtube.com/@SleepStoriesandFairyTales4U
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/positive-affirmations-and-audio-stories--1338752/support.
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(00:01):
Hi, This is Stefana over atpositive informations and audio stories bringing you happy
thoughts, inspiration, motivation and entertainmentto start your day. We use the
power of positive words to help youlive the positive, uplifting lifestyle that you
(00:23):
deserve. Yeah, you deserve it. Today, let's talk about a topic
that sometimes brings up mixed feelings andmisconceptions. Let's talk about self love versus
(00:50):
self indulgent. Let's think about theimportance of self love. Loving yourself is
not being selfish, it's not beingconceited. Is really a nurturing quality that
(01:14):
allows you to honor your strengths,your worth, and take care of your
needs. It can give you helpyou to have peace of mind because you
(01:36):
learn while you may have goals anddreams and such, you learn to be
at peace with who you are andwhere you are and your world. Doesn't
(01:57):
mean complacent, It just means beingat peace and acknowledging it. Taking care
of yourself is essential to living abalanced and a happy life. And when
you have a strong sense of selflove, you're better equipped to show love
(02:21):
and kindness to others. How aboutthat when you have a strong sense of
self love for yourself others benefit.They benefit without the slightest effort from you,
just by you accepting and loving yourself, that energy goes out to others.
(02:49):
So another reason it's helpful to becaring to yourself because when you pride
prior to rise your own well being, you can show up more fully in
your relationships and your responsibilities because youknow who you are. You're more resilient,
(03:10):
you're more compassionate, and you're moreempathetic towards others because you care for
yourself, so you have that bitof room to open up and care for
others and be empathetic. Not aboutbeing self centered, it's about recognizing your
(03:36):
worth. As we said, recognizingyour worth. That's worth repeating. That
is so totally important. I've beenduilty not recognizing my worth. And it's
not like it's an every day thing. Every day you recognize your worth.
(04:00):
Sometimes we slip and we don't.It's worth working on this self love,
recognizing your worth and treating yourself withthe same kindness and respect that you offer
to a friend. It's worth developing. It's worth putting in the time and
(04:28):
the effort, the mental effort,the spiritual effort, the physical effort,
to learn to be at peace withyourself, being your own best friend.
As the old saying goes, thisis really dead easy, dead simple.
(04:51):
When you're happy and confident, youradiate that energy to everyone around you.
Then you're more likely to be supportiveand understanding and patient with others when you're
in a good headspace. If you'renot in a good headspace, you're not
even patient with yourself, So howdo you even have the energy to be
(05:12):
patient with others? But we cango too far. We can go too
far over to the other side andfall into self conceit, which can be
detrimental. When we have this inflatedsense of self importance, we can overlook
(05:42):
possibly the needs and feelings of others. We live with others, maybe not
physically, but in the same space, going here and there, or work,
or friends, or just relating.When we start overlooking the needs and
(06:05):
feelings of others because we're too busythinking about ourselves, that can lead to
lacking in empathy and compassion, andworse, alienate people around us. And
then we do have to be ourown best friend because no one else wants
(06:27):
to be our friend. So wedon't want to go down that road.
It's important to strike a balance betweenconfidence and humility, recognizing we're all work
in progress, We're all room forgrowth. Our worth is not determined by
(06:53):
comparison to others. We're not anyworse or any better than anyone else.
There might be people who are moretalented or less talented in certain areas than
we are, but in our essence, our being, we don't need to
(07:15):
compare ourselves to others by looking downon someone just to make us feel better.
We can learn we talk about metoo. We all of us,
can learn to keep our energy inthe right place, keep our energy balanced
(07:45):
between protecting and empowering and nourishing ourselvesand still having space for highness and helping
others. This self love doesn't haveto be all about me, but it
(08:09):
has to be believing in me andcaring about me. It's okay to practice
your well being. You're special,You're unique, and we can cultivate greater
(08:31):
self esteem and self love by practicingthis self care, by setting boundaries and
this supid one reframing negative self talk. Sometimes that negative self talk can slip
in very quietly, so quietly wedon't even know it's there, but it
(09:01):
is. Those little thoughts that saywe're not good enough. Everybody's better than
me at this. It's human.It slipped in, but we've got to
catch it. Self love self carewill help us train us to be alert,
(09:30):
so if it comes in, wedon't beat ourselves over the head.
We just kind of turn it awayand move on. It's not selfish to
prioritize your well being and happiness becauseby taking care of yourself, you're better
able to help others and make apositive impact in the world. We can
(09:56):
ask ourselves, are we being kindor are we being overly critical? What's
that expression constructive criticism? Be mindfulof that. Sometimes constructive criticism is good,
but sometimes constructive criticism is just criticism. So just be on your guard,
(10:22):
be alert from within and without.And self love is about honoring your
strengths. You have them, whetheryou recognize it or not. You do
recognizing your worth and treating yourself withkindness and compassion. It is totally oh
(10:45):
kay for yourself to take care ofyourself and prioritize your well being. You
don't need anybody to tell you that, but just in case you do,
it's okay. Tell myself that it'sokay. And it's okay for you.
(11:07):
It's okay for all of us tomind ourselves prioritize our wellbeing. That gives
us an overflow of energy and kindnessto send out to others. And that's
it for today. That's set forthe musings for today. Feel free to
(11:35):
share this podcast with your family,with your friends, with everybody. And
if you need a little more inspirationin between podcast episodes, please feel free
to visit our covie page. Youcan find the website address in the show
notes, and over there you canfind some more inspiration, inspirational media videos,
(11:58):
artwork, and if you like,you can buy some coffee, yes
please or hey, just have alook around, enjoy and get inspired.
So have a good day, staywell, be happy, and bye for now.
Hi, This is Stefana over atpositive informations and audio stories bringing you happy
thoughts, inspiration, motivation and entertainmentto start your day. We use the
power of positive words to help youlive the positive, uplifting lifestyle that you
(00:23):
deserve. Yeah, you deserve it. Today, let's talk about a topic
that sometimes brings up mixed feelings andmisconceptions. Let's talk about self love versus
(00:50):
self indulgent. Let's think about theimportance of self love. Loving yourself is
not being selfish, it's not beingconceited. Is really a nurturing quality that
(01:14):
allows you to honor your strengths,your worth, and take care of your
needs. It can give you helpyou to have peace of mind because you
(01:36):
learn while you may have goals anddreams and such, you learn to be
at peace with who you are andwhere you are and your world. Doesn't
(01:57):
mean complacent, It just means beingat peace and acknowledging it. Taking care
of yourself is essential to living abalanced and a happy life. And when
you have a strong sense of selflove, you're better equipped to show love
(02:21):
and kindness to others. How aboutthat when you have a strong sense of
self love for yourself others benefit.They benefit without the slightest effort from you,
just by you accepting and loving yourself, that energy goes out to others.
(02:49):
So another reason it's helpful to becaring to yourself because when you pride
prior to rise your own well being, you can show up more fully in
your relationships and your responsibilities because youknow who you are. You're more resilient,
(03:10):
you're more compassionate, and you're moreempathetic towards others because you care for
yourself, so you have that bitof room to open up and care for
others and be empathetic. Not aboutbeing self centered, it's about recognizing your
(03:36):
worth. As we said, recognizingyour worth. That's worth repeating. That
is so totally important. I've beenduilty not recognizing my worth. And it's
not like it's an every day thing. Every day you recognize your worth.
(04:00):
Sometimes we slip and we don't.It's worth working on this self love,
recognizing your worth and treating yourself withthe same kindness and respect that you offer
to a friend. It's worth developing. It's worth putting in the time and
(04:28):
the effort, the mental effort,the spiritual effort, the physical effort,
to learn to be at peace withyourself, being your own best friend.
As the old saying goes, thisis really dead easy, dead simple.
(04:51):
When you're happy and confident, youradiate that energy to everyone around you.
Then you're more likely to be supportiveand understanding and patient with others when you're
in a good headspace. If you'renot in a good headspace, you're not
even patient with yourself, So howdo you even have the energy to be
(05:12):
patient with others? But we cango too far. We can go too
far over to the other side andfall into self conceit, which can be
detrimental. When we have this inflatedsense of self importance, we can overlook
(05:42):
possibly the needs and feelings of others. We live with others, maybe not
physically, but in the same space, going here and there, or work,
or friends, or just relating.When we start overlooking the needs and
(06:05):
feelings of others because we're too busythinking about ourselves, that can lead to
lacking in empathy and compassion, andworse, alienate people around us. And
then we do have to be ourown best friend because no one else wants
(06:27):
to be our friend. So wedon't want to go down that road.
It's important to strike a balance betweenconfidence and humility, recognizing we're all work
in progress, We're all room forgrowth. Our worth is not determined by
(06:53):
comparison to others. We're not anyworse or any better than anyone else.
There might be people who are moretalented or less talented in certain areas than
we are, but in our essence, our being, we don't need to
(07:15):
compare ourselves to others by looking downon someone just to make us feel better.
We can learn we talk about metoo. We all of us,
can learn to keep our energy inthe right place, keep our energy balanced
(07:45):
between protecting and empowering and nourishing ourselvesand still having space for highness and helping
others. This self love doesn't haveto be all about me, but it
(08:09):
has to be believing in me andcaring about me. It's okay to practice
your well being. You're special,You're unique, and we can cultivate greater
(08:31):
self esteem and self love by practicingthis self care, by setting boundaries and
this supid one reframing negative self talk. Sometimes that negative self talk can slip
in very quietly, so quietly wedon't even know it's there, but it
(09:01):
is. Those little thoughts that saywe're not good enough. Everybody's better than
me at this. It's human.It slipped in, but we've got to
catch it. Self love self carewill help us train us to be alert,
(09:30):
so if it comes in, wedon't beat ourselves over the head.
We just kind of turn it awayand move on. It's not selfish to
prioritize your well being and happiness becauseby taking care of yourself, you're better
able to help others and make apositive impact in the world. We can
(09:56):
ask ourselves, are we being kindor are we being overly critical? What's
that expression constructive criticism? Be mindfulof that. Sometimes constructive criticism is good,
but sometimes constructive criticism is just criticism. So just be on your guard,
(10:22):
be alert from within and without.And self love is about honoring your
strengths. You have them, whetheryou recognize it or not. You do
recognizing your worth and treating yourself withkindness and compassion. It is totally oh
(10:45):
kay for yourself to take care ofyourself and prioritize your well being. You
don't need anybody to tell you that, but just in case you do,
it's okay. Tell myself that it'sokay. And it's okay for you.
(11:07):
It's okay for all of us tomind ourselves prioritize our wellbeing. That gives
us an overflow of energy and kindnessto send out to others. And that's
it for today. That's set forthe musings for today. Feel free to
(11:35):
share this podcast with your family,with your friends, with everybody. And
if you need a little more inspirationin between podcast episodes, please feel free
to visit our covie page. Youcan find the website address in the show
notes, and over there you canfind some more inspiration, inspirational media videos,
(11:58):
artwork, and if you like,you can buy some coffee, yes
please or hey, just have alook around, enjoy and get inspired.
So have a good day, staywell, be happy, and bye for now.
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