15/02/2026
As we say goodbye to another Valentine’s Day…
I want to challenge you over the next 365 days to proving that the greatest love should be the love you feel for yourself.
I spent years tearing myself apart.
Hating my body when I couldn’t button up my jeans.
Disgusted in myself for not being able to sit down and reach to paint my toes nails because my tummy got in the way…
Putting myself down every time I “failed” at another quick-fix diet.
I spent everyday, subconsciously and consciously NOT loving myself.
And when you don’t love yourself, it’s pretty easy to not take care of yourself in other areas.
You spend all day every day looking for comfort, love and validation from everyone and everything else.
Food.
Television.
Social media.
Fake friends.
Shopping.
Over committing to others.
I would often pretend to love myself in January. “new year new me right?” - wrong. I was just following the crowd of others who also didn’t love themselves and felt that in January it was the perfect time to prove that that was THEIR year.
Loving yourself isn’t shouting affirmations in the mirror.
Nor is it compromising the love you have for others.
It’s respecting yourself.
Your time, energy and boundaries so you can show up for yourself and THEN for others in the way you and they deserve.
It’s appreciating your body and the things it has done to keep you healthy and safe so far. Of which we all take this for granted.
When I reflect on how my body allowed my to have 3 healthy children, heal pretty quickly and has never endured any major healthy challenges - and that at the time I thanked it by barely exercising, stuffing it with crappy food and staying up late, not getting enough sleep and hydrating it with copious cups of sugary coffee… is there any wonder I didn’t love myself.
Love yourself by prioritising sleep.
Love yourself by saying no to the PTA request.
Love yourself by always having a daily walk.
Love yourself by drinking plenty of water.
Because first person you need to love is you.
Rosalind ❤️💛