When you talk to yourself.. what words do your children hear you say? Children want to be just like the adults that they love and will mimic our words, facial expressions, mannerisms, and attitudes. Our kids are bombarded with images in magazines, television, and the Internet that makes it impossible to get a clear picture of how to love the skin they are in. You are the first voice your kids will hear.
If they hear self loathing, lack of confidence, and belittling of yourself in your voice, your children will learn to talk down to themselves. It is important that you recognize how you speak to yourself and when you are putting yourself down so you can challenge those words and change them. A belief, after all, is just a thought you keep thinking. If you change the thought, you can change the feeling, and then the behavior.
Who told you that you weren't worthy? How did you learn that the person you were created to be didn't measure up? Learn to challenge those messages and don't allow those old tapes to play in your present moments. You deserve to be loved and to love yourself. You are a divine creation that is loved unconditionally from Source and you deserve to love yourself in the same way. If you find that hard to believe, then you have bought into those old messages and need more than ever to work through the old trauma. Once you do that, your life can get back on track and it will in turn benefit your kids.
When you choose to love yourself and model that for your children, you will see them begin to love themselves.
Compassionate Activities:
- Immerse yourself in positive books, workshops, and images
- Connect to a spiritual practice
- Consider meditation
- Eat a healthy diet
- Exercise
- Give yourself permission to speak only compassionate words to yourself, and make sure your children hear those words!
Namaste (My spirit within me bows to the spirit within you)
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