30 days of self-love: a bedtime story

I was planning to write a post inspired by a great session with Lisa Dion from the somatic course I’m taking with The Embody Lab. I don’t have capacity to write it tonight. I have been struggling with capacity this week, and part of that is that I haven’t been sleeping through the night, and have been having nightmares when I do sleep.

Tonight after I brushed my teeth and take out my contacts, I looked at myself in the mirror, and said,

“I am doing my best.

I am lovable exactly as I am. Heavy is not my whole story. I am worth loving.

I am difficult to be around sometimes and I am still worthy of love.

I am joyful too. I am courageous too. I am grateful too. I am fun too.

I love my shadows. I love my dragons.

I’m doing my best and that is enough.

I’m doing my best and that is enough.

I’m doing my best and that is enough.

I am going to sleep through the night.”

I am going to smudge myself before bed, rub sage balm on my temples, spray my pillow with lavender essential oil, put on a story (Peter Pan from the Dreamful podcast) and trust those words in the mirror. That self-love is a bedtime story too.