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How Self-Love Can Heal Your Relationships
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” ~Carl Gustav Jung
What is Self Love?
The idea of self-love has been branching out of spiritual circles and becoming more of a mainstream concept. For some, the word is triggering. For others, it’s just another word for self-care. Does it deserve all the eye-rolling it gets?
I understand—it should be obvious that we love ourselves. In fact, if we were the only person on a desert island — we wouldn’t need the word — we’d just be by ourselves as a human being of infinite love.
However, we’re not on that desert island…
Where self-love really comes into play and how we can fully understand its meaning is with our relationships with other people—especially our romantic relationships.
There’s nothing more exciting than falling deeply in love with someone.
Then life happens and as time goes on that perfect person now seems to irritate you and trigger your deepest wounds.
You may or may not know this — but here’s why:
Everyone is a mirror of yourself.
