I was honoured to speak at a Woman’s Monthly Financial  Lunch and Learn this week on ” The Power of Me”.  I believe our true Power resides within us.  Often I see people seeking power from outside of themselves as in financial success, material success.  There is nothing wrong with this, however, it sometimes can leave a sense that something is missing if that is our only focus.

Wikipedia meaning of SELF-LOVE is the love of oneself.  In 1956 , psychologist and social philosopher Erich Fromm proposed that loving oneself is different from being arrogant, conceited or egocentric.  He proposed that loving oneself means, care about oneself, taking responsibility for oneself, respecting oneself and knowing onself (eg. being realistic and honest about one’s strengths and weaknesses.) He proposed, further, that in order to be able to truly love another person, a person needs first to love oneself in this way.

There are two basic motivating forces, fear and love.   When we are afraid, we pull back from life.  When we are in a place of  love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion and excitement and acceptance.

I truly believe we need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and imperfections.  If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create.  Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open hearted vision of people who embrace life.

Give yourself the gift of self love and join us for the day Feb 22 for a Full Day of Filling Up Your Self Love Cup! Or perhaps there is someone you love who could use a dose of self love. Bring them along or at the very least  pass this along to them.

http://www.http://www.purepowerevents.com/events/pure-power-february-22-2014/

Would love to see you there.

Geri