Monday Motivation : Accept, Love & Celebrate Yourself

These last few weeks into the new year have been a bit overwhelming & exciting. With Cut the Sugar being launched it’s been a time of celebrations from my family, friends and blogging community. And I’m so grateful for it all! 

But this new year has also been a great reminder that I can’t  move mountains and force certain any situations. I have so many big plans and dreams for Pure Ella and I’m lucky to create the life that I love of pursuing my dreams as a #girlboss but at the end of the day just 3 things matter:

1. I have accepted things as they are. I have learned that I can’t force things and put too much pressure on myself because that brings on stress. And stress kills everything ~ my health, my vibe, and everything and everyone else is affected by it. (Not worth it!) I work with what I can in a time I have – I don’t stay up late working on a post and I work around my daughter’s nap times (even though today it was only 20 minutes) and about 2 hours devoted of my time to try to get her to sleep longer with no success. But I accept all these things that may not go as planned. And my approach to accepting things as they are helps me put things into perspective: My family comes first. Everything else comes after.
2. I love and respect myself. I struggled with loving myself for so long. A harsh illness does that to people I guess. I hated myself so much; my face, my weak body and it was hard to find something I could love. With overcoming so much (over time) I feel like I was given a second chance to live. I think I deserve a little pat on the back from little old me because heck, it’s been rough. It’s been a long and slow road to success but I feel so much stronger and braver now. And you know what – I love myself now. I respect my body and my mind and work on doing things that make me happy on a daily basis. It’s little things like knowing when to push myself to go for a walk in the wintery cold or knowing when not to clean my kitchen because sleep is more important that night. I guess self-love is different for all of us and it’s taken me a long time to find my own happiness. If you’re struggling with loving yourself more – it’s all about these little things – just listening to what your body needs that moment… 
3. I help people. I put meaning in what I do and this is very important to what and the why I do it. If at the end of the day, I help just one person, my day’s mission is complete.

And although I now celebrate my book launch this month, I feel like celebrating has been a part of my everyday life for the last few years now. I love to applaud small victories and even if it’s not 100% what I wanted – I try to find something in every situation to be grateful for, even if it is a lesson.

Do tell: how does this quote resonate with you. Do you struggle with acceptance or self-love or possibly celebrating more in your life? Do share in the comments.

I wish you a wonderful week ahead my friends! Happy Monday! 

♥

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