but...how do you fall in love with yourself?
let's find out together this summer!
Last week I announced I’m having a “fall in love with me a little more” summer. People resonated with it. So I thought — why don’t we do it together?
So starting July 16 until the end of the summer, I’ll be sending out little love notes with prompts and questions each week on how you can fall in love with yourself a little more.
But, Brie, what does it means to fall in love with yourself?
Good question!
“Self-love” is tossed around a lot like a garden salad at The Olive Garden (omg remember the breadsticks?!). We’re expected to know what it means to love ourselves and what it looks like, and how it should feel. But let’s be honest — it’s a little esoteric. Because love is kind of esoteric, too. How do you know when you KNOW? It’s usually a feeling that hits us like a ton of bricks. One minute you’re wondering if this guy looks like a Muppet, and the next, you’re like, “Oh, hello! It's YOU! I LOVE YOU!” (even if he does still look like a Muppet)
Anyway. I think we know love means to show up for someone…to trust someone…to respect and admire someone…to show affection for someone…to have that fuzzy wuzzy feeling about someone…
But how often do we cultivate those feelings for ourselves? And how do we do it?
GUYS I DON’T KNOW!
This is what we’re going to explore for the next six weeks.
I mean, I have an IDEA, a knowingness, of what it means to love myself. I’ve been on this self-love, self-healing journey for a few years now that I think I have the hang of it. But this time, I’m committed to being more intentional about my practice so I can really bathe myself in the feeling of LOVE FOR MOI 24/7!
And I hope you will join me!
Remember: this practice isn’t just for single people. Whether you’re in a relationship or not, we could ALL do with the benefit of loving ourselves more. Just because you’re in love with someone else does NOT mean that or you’re prioritizing your self-love or even know how to do that. I would argue that sometimes while in a relationship we count on the other person to reflect back to us our worth and love when, really, that’s backwards! Because we’re worthy and we’re loved/love/loving/lovable all on our own.
Another word: this practice isn’t to GET anything either. I’m not promising that you’re going to attract the person of your dreams or a deeper relationship with your partner (although that’s definitely a probability!). I don’t like the idea of “Oh, I’m going to do this experiment of loving myself to attract love” because we should fall in love with ourselves just because it feels good to us, full stop. Everything/anything else that might show up as a ripple effect is just some good gravy (the vegetarian type, of course).
So are you in?
In addition to the mini-emails, I’ll be sending out some chat messages too where I hope we can inspire and motivate each other! I think being a part of community is important. We all assume everyone else has got it figured out and/or we’re the only one who’s feeling this way, and guess what? That’s just not true.
Anyway! Let’s have some fun! I’ll be detailing my experiences too and letting you know what I’m feeling/bumping against, what felt gnarly, what felt good, and what’s been moving and grooving!
See you next week! Thanks for being here!
Love, Brie
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THINGS I’m LOVING LATELY
Playing tennis in the morning
Long walks (over 19k steps yesterday)
Meditating and coffee by the beach
Keeping a gratitude list (I’m reading The Magic by Rhonda Byrne)
Eating my fave garden salad
Being more spontaneous
Wearing jumpsuits to beat the heat