Table of Contents
The Self-Love Experiment Resources xi
Why This Book? Why Now? Xxi
Introduction 1
Part 1 Beauty in Breakdown: There Is Purpose to the Pain
Difficult Roads Lead to Divine Destinations 15
The "When Is Tomorrow Going to Be Today?" Syndrome 21
Part 2 The Self-Love Experiment
The Magic of Self-Care 38
The Magic of Self-Compassion 53
The Magic of Self-Trust 62
The Magic of Self-Acceptance 68
Disappear Your Fear 75
Part 3 Surrender to What Is: The Art of Letting Go
Let Go of Trying to Get There 89
Let Go of the Fear That You Won't Be Accepted as You Are 94
Let Go of the Outcome 99
Let Go of Fear-Turn It into Fascination 104
Let Go of Thinking You Are Off Track or Behind 113
Part 4 The Journey is the Reward: Or at Least It's Supposed to Be
Appreciate the Struggle 125
Appreciate Where You Have Been and All You've Been Through 136
Appreciate Who You Are Becoming 147
Appreciate How You Look 152
Appreciate What You Have to Offer 157
Appreciate the Unknown and the Space in Between 171
Part 5 Me Matters: Show Up for Yourself
Show Up for Your Body 189
Show Up for the Experience 193
Show Up for Your Doubts 198
Show Up for Your Inner Child 205
Show Up for Your Dreams 209
Show Up for Joy 214
Show Up for Yourself 217
Show Up as You Are 221
Part 6 The Self-Love Principles
1 Accept Where You Are. It's Just a Point on Your Journey and Everything About It Offers the Possibility for Further Growth 231
2 Be Who You Needed to Be When You Were Younger 234
3 Thinking You Don't Have a Choice Is a Choice 239
4 To Get What You Want, You Have to Let Go of What You Don't Want 242
5 Strive Every Day to Be a Better Version of You 246
6 How You Feel Is More Important Than How You Look 249
7 Things Don't Happen to You, They Happen for You 254
8 When You Nurture the Inside, the Outside Will Flourish 257
9 The More You You Show, the More Your Life Will Flow 260
10 You Get What You Focus On 264
11 Your Dreams Are the Invisible Architecture of Your Life. Trust Them. Honor Them 267
12 Your Relationship with Yourself Sets the Tone for Everything in Your Life 271
13 When You Heal Yourself, You Help to Heal the World 274
14 You Are a Gift. Remind Yourself How Lucky You Are to Be Alive 277
15 Self-Love Is Not About How You Look or What You Do, It's About How You Live 280
Dear Me (A Letter to Your True Self) 283
We Are Clouds 287
Conclusion: It's All Perfect as It Is 289
Thank Your 291
The Self-Love Experiment Journal Prompts 293
Letters to Self 295
Notes 296