“Self love is a prerequisite for romantic love: if there is any part of you that feels unloved before getting in a relationship, you will unintentionally seek out partners who fill that void. That's where attachment, neediness & codependency start to seep in.”Tagged: Self-Love, Love, Love & Relationships, learn to love yourself, Relationship Advice
“My strongest relationships are those where God is at the center.”Tagged: God, Relationships, Love & Relationships, Spirituality
“It's impossible to love yourself while also being ashamed of who you are, where you come from & what you've been through. Until you learn to love those things, you will depend on others to love them for you.”Tagged: Self-Love, learn to love yourself, Love Yourself, Self Acceptance, Self Confidence
“Self love forces you to evolve. It forces you to adjust old habits & toxic behaviors. It forces you to hold yourself accountable for the spaces you occupy & the people you surround yourself with. It forces you to practice discipline & align your choices with your ambitions.”Tagged: Self-Love, Self-Trust, Love Yourself, Dreams, reaching dreams
“Self love forces you to change while fear begs you to stay the same.”Tagged: Self-Love, Fear, Self-Trust, Change, Life
“The breakthroughs started happening when I decided that authenticity was more important than approval. Liking myself became more important than being liked by others.”Tagged: Self-Love, Self Care, Self-Trust, Self Confidence, Self Acceptance
“The past is not your reality. The person you became to survive trauma was never you; you don't have to continue functioning as them. They operate out of fear & will often repeat self sabotaging habits & behaviors because they've grown accustomed to living in turmoil.”Tagged: Past, past is past, Let Go Of The Past, Live For Today, live a new beginning
“The past is just a story we tell ourselves. Most people spend their entire life stuck in character, functioning a product of their story. Few ever realize they are free to detach from it. The moment they become aware, the possibilities for their life become infinite.”Tagged: past is past, Let Go Of The Past, Live For Today, live in the present, live
“Ego will try to convince you that because your trauma is deeper than others, you cannot be healed. In reality, ego knows it will be destroyed in the healing process & so it tells this story in an attempt to save itself. Perpetual victims thrive off the feeling of otherness. They would rather their…”Tagged: Ego, Healing, healing process, Trauma, healing after trauma
“The first step in healing is removing yourself from the environment that made you sick. That requires holding yourself accountable for the spaces you occupy & the people you surround yourself with. If you are aware that spending time in certain spaces or spending time around certain people may…”Tagged: Healing, time heals, Moving On, Relationships, Friendships
“Heartbreak occurs when we cling to our belief in how a situation should have happened or how a person should have behaved instead of accepting what is. In that way, we cause much of our own suffering.”Tagged: Heartbreak, Expectations, expectations in love, Love, Relationships
“People break their own hearts with their expectations.”Tagged: Expectations, Heartbreak, Love, Life, Results
“When trauma becomes a part of your identity, it can be terrifying to consider who you are outside of that. The idea of living a life without dysfunction may even seem impossible. Often, you will engage in self sabotaging behavior simply because the pain is familiar.”Tagged: Society, societal standards, wretched society, Trauma, trauma in being oppressed
“Many Black people have a hard time releasing trauma because society conditions us to believe that our Blackness is validated by how much suffering we've endured. We then project this belief onto one another.”Tagged: Black People, Society, societal standards, wretched society, Human rights issue
“Rather be a servant of God than a slave to ego.”Tagged: servant of God, God loving, God fearing, God, religiousity
“You're not better than anyone else just because you decided to start healing first.”Tagged: Healing, healing takes time, Humility, People Are Different
“Who would you be if you stopped defining yourself by the things that happened to you?”Tagged: Self & Identity, self awareness, Self Construction, self
“The problems in your life will persist until you learn to stop blaming & start taking accountability.”Tagged: accountability, Independence, Self-Reliance, self control, self awareness
“Forgive yourself, but adjust your habits.”Tagged: forgiveness, Self-Respect, Self-Forgiveness, habits, habits change you
“If you are able to imagine the best version of yourself & how they behave, why aren't you behaving like them in this very moment? Have you become too comfortable functioning as a lesser version of yourself?”Tagged: be the best version of yourself, live the life you want, Reach For Your Dreams, Inspirational