Self-Love
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Written By: Emily Winter, The Letter Project Board Member
Love is not a frenzied, desperate act.
It is not a thing that bestows worth upon a person.
The worth must come first, mined mostly on one's own.
-Places I Stopped on the Way Home: A Memoir of Chaos and Grace
March is Women’s History month, which calls for some self-love.
Showing up for yourself enables you to show up for others. As Dr. Nicole LePera puts it, “To experience authentic relationships you need to work on being one with your own authenticity.”
Let us use March as a time to not merely accept the differences we see between women but appreciate and honor our differences.
Let us use March as a time to set respectful boundaries when we do not relate or disagree.
Let us use March as a time to recognize women not only for their accomplishments but for just being women.
Shifting our focus to questions and curiosity about ourselves will ultimately help us connect with each other.
So, use March to acknowledge how far you have come and to continually love and get to know yourself!
Show up for you [click on the colored text]:
v Express yourself by doing something physical like improv, painting, pottery, writing, etc.
v Get to know yourself by journaling with this motivational journal or wellness journal.
v Take an awe-walk.
v Read The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown.
v Join a flower subscription for a year here or here.
v Read Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion.
v I loved working on this She Persisted puzzle.
v Read The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd and contemplate a modern woman’s mind placed during the first century.
Women in History [click on the colored text]:
· Henrietta Lacks, Hedy Lamarr, Patsy Mink, Faith Spotted Eagle, Gladys Bentley
· Women Scientists Written Out of History
· 13 Women You Probably Haven’t Heard of...
· 17 Women You Likely Haven’t Heard Of
