Words of Love Shared by Others

For me, the healing journey needed lots of self-love and self-care pit-stops and the easiest way to give myself that was through loving words shared by others.

Hi, I’m Alice. Some of the posts on the blog you’ll see are written with me being referred to in the third person. Occasionally, that will happen; other times, I write as I think to share something out loud… or in writing. You know, the little things or blessings that have helped me along the way that might just be landing in your inbox at the right time, right now. So I’m not going to wait til a scheduled posting time to get that out to you.

For instance, I found listening to the words of Clarissa Pinkola-Estes’ book The Women Who Run With The Wolves audiobook helpful. That book was recommended to me by the therapist I worked with during my recovery from the abuse. I listened to Clarissa a few times to absorb the messages she shared in her stories. A few times – because it took that long to unlock my mind to start hearing the deeper messages. Now I find all of her words loving, thought-provoking, compassionate and powerful at the same time.

Do you have poems, meditations or words that you can use as affirmations to remind you of who you are?

There are two I was thinking about earlier today.

I’ve just shared the first one with one of my daughters, following a traumatic event she’s recently experienced.

It’s from Sara Raymond of the Mindful Movement. This one is Emotional and Physical Healing with Self-Love / Deep Sleep Meditation. It is beautiful.

Sometimes when I need to really dial up my self-love, I will listen to Sara guide me through one of her deep sleep nighttime meditations. They can be anywhere between one-hour or three-hours. In this one, Sara follows the breathing practice that settles you down from your busy mind with words of affirmation. For that section, I take out one of my earphones, turn on my side, and prepare to sleep. Her deep sleep meditations gently taper off to gentle music and then silence, so you don’t wake up at the end. Or if you do wake up, then is the time to slip out the other earphone and drift back to sleep again.

The quality of the words you listen to, say out loud or in silence to yourself at the end of your day will always set you up for tomorrow.

The second one I adore is this meditation by Louise Hay.

I’ve got a copy of it in a frame to the left side of my Mac screen on my desk. In the time of writing RESOLVE, I needed words that spoke to me to keep me clear on my purpose of getting to the end of the writing cycle.

Even though I’d read Louise Hay’s Heal Your Body book several times over the years, I’d never flicked through the final pages. This poem is on page 83, and it found me one day at just the right time.

Louise offers it as helpful to read daily, as it creates a healthy consciousness and, therefore, a healthy body.

LOVING TREATMENT

These three tips may be helpful to you today or tomorrow or whenever you need that little bit more love dialled up.

Look after yourself first, love yourself first, heal yourself first, and please don’t hesitate to share with others you know could do with their love dialled up too.

Alice