Another way to strengthen this relationship with yourself is to use affirmations to increase your positive thoughts and self-talk.  Some affirmations to help with this are: I love and accept myself, I deserve to love and be loved, I am happy with who I am, and I open my heart and let love in.  These new positive thought patterns create and strengthen neural pathways in your brain – like rewiring your brain for the experience of love.  This is like clearing a path in the woods – at first it may be difficult, but over time you wear a nice clear path.  In other words, the affirmations may feel strange or awkward at first; however, with repetition, you will be strengthening a new neural pathway and it will get easier.  With practice, you will be thinking and feeling more positively about yourself.  

By making the effort to develop the relationship with yourself you are changing who you are at the cellular and neural level.  As the feelings of love flow through you, your body will respond with a flood of hormones and neuropeptides associated with the emotion of love.  You are creating a new you… one that is more open to the experience of love and able to sustain the emotional intimacy that is required to create strong and healthy relationships with others.  

So… how did you do with this month’s focus on deepening your relationship with yourself? 

Until next month…

Kirsten

This entry was posted by Kirsten Harrell on June 25th, 2007 under Spirit and Inspiration with keywords .

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