LOVE
On Monday I will post the final video in the 4 part series of Fall In Love With Your Body Now.
I have described this as the foundation of loving ourselves and the platform by which you can build love relationships in your own life.
I would like to remind you of how it all fits together so we are moving along on the same page and setting the stage for the best relationships ever!
My About page best describes the process. Let’s take a minute and review.
Tools To Enhance All Your Relationships
My intention in this blog is to provide tools that will give you the opportunity to greatly enhance your relationship to your body, your self, and your lover or partner.
When I first began writing Best Relationships Ever about dating and romantic love, I quickly realized a significant component to love was learning to love ourselves. We hear this frequently, but what I rarely hear is something I believe is even more profound – what I have come to view as the primary place that love seeks to reach, the starting point: loving our bodies.
People often experience a deep sense of pain and woundedness about their bodies – this wonderful body that carries us through our lives. Upon recognizing that the very foundation of loving begins with our relationship to our body, I set aside the Best Relationships Ever program (coming soon) and developed Fall In Love with Your Body Now.
So, we begin at the beginning, building the foundation. From this foundation, loving ourselves, and romantic relationship, evolves more naturally.
Here is the progression:
- Love your body
- Love your self
- Freely give and receive love from others
It’s All About Love
The bottom line is it’s all about love and how you can learn to generate love from the inside out. Love from the inside out assures that you will not feel an emptiness inside. If we lack love inside it is not possible to experience love in the outside world. Love is not a commodity, it is an energy!
I can barely contain my excitement to share the tools I’ve developed with you. I believe they will make a difference in the level of joy you can experience in your life.
You Want Things Because You Believe You Will Be Happier Having Those Things
The reason you want anything is that you believe you will feel happier in the having of that thing. (Abraham-Hicks). This is the case whether it is a “better” body, a job, a home, a relationship, or the various toys you enjoy playing with. Think about this. Wouldn’t it be great to simply learn how to experience more love and joy?
This, dear ones, is the purpose of this blog. Learning how to let more love and joy into your life. And it is not difficult. It simply requires a few tools that are easy to learn. We practice these tools until they become second nature. It begins with the body!
Stay tuned for Monday’s video. While I will continue on occasion to write about the body, we will move forward into discussing topics related to loving ourselves, freely giving and receiving love from others, and fun and expansive posts about our lives on this marvelous planet.
It warms my heart that you are here so that we can share this journey together.
Love to you and may you experience all the love available to you today.
Lauren
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Hi Lauren!
I’m looking forward to the 4th video on Monday.
I think you’ve hit on such a great point about the importance of loving our bodies and ourselves in order to have successful relationships. If this is not the focus, then we are only dealing with the tip of the iceberg.
This is why the same problems can keep coming up over and over again. The core issues have to be dealt with or lasting change is very unlikely to occur.
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Hi Lauren – So true, what you say about the pain and woundedness in regard to feelings about our bodies. And from the little I know about somatic psychology, our bodies are often the repositories of pain and woundedness. In a seminar recently we were talking about emotional pain and trauma, and one bodywork practitioner described how it lives in the body, and no amount of talk will release it. I find all that fascinating. I don’t know if that’s the direction your going in, or if I’m just rambling now, but I’m looking forward to the next video and hearing more about it. Thanks!
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Hi Greg,
Thanks for your insights. I agree, without addressing these core issues we simply recycle over and over again. And it’s not a gentle rinse cycle but can be rather painful.
Sadly, most people don’t realize the source of their suffering. We seek for answers outside rather than learning to trust our internal guidance. But, you know about that!
Good to see you.
Lauren
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Hey Patty,
Nice to see you again. While I have a bit of a different focus in the FIL program, (in a nutshell getting it that you wouldn’t even be alive without your amazing body and taking people on a journey to come to a state of appreciation) I am so with you on the bodywork page.
I began checking out bodywork quite some years ago and I feel it is one of the most profound healing tools we have. Healing is a huge topic and I’d love to get into it more sometime.
For now, suffice it to say that I agree, our bodies carry all our experiences and bodywork is remarkable. I also agree that “talk” therapy frequently doesn’t “get us there”. There being healing.
Thanks for your excellent insights about the body.
Warm regards,
Lauren
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Dear Lauren,
It might sound like there’s an echo in the room, but yes! This IS the foundation of love in our lives.
And as Greg said, it is like an iceberg.
I was just dealing with the tip of it with the well-intentioned life-enhancing tools I had been using for years.
Even the results one can get from hypnosis and EFT can be magnified by incorporating a deep love and appreciation for the body.
Thanks for telling the REAL Secret!
Have a beautiful day. I was excited to read that you’re headed into nature soon
Next stop Oprah?
All my best, Lisa
Hello Lauren,
I love your posts as there are numerous telling about love and relationship. But reading your post impacts the brain “to first learn how to love ourselves, our body…. rest all comes secondary”.
Bye for now,
Cheryl
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Hey there Lisa Marie,
How goes it these days? Good to hear from you.
Yes, I agree with Greg as well re: the tip of the iceberg.
Glad to hear you see the benefit of loving your body as a foundation.
Interesting you’d mention EFT as I have been getting into it lately and am enjoying its benefits as well. I love knowing that the loving your body foundation makes it even better.
All the best – oh, and I loved the Oprah comment.
It made me laugh. Why not!
Warm regards,
Lauren
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Hey there Cheryl,
Hope you’re having a pleasant week!
Yes, I think all else does fall into place more readily when we start with the foundation of loving our bodies. It’s like a missing piece of the puzzle from my perspective.
Thanks for visiting and have a fun weekend.
Lauren
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hi lauren,
how are you?
thanks for sharing this article and i had to make reference to your series falling in love with your body in one of my articles 7 lessons i learnt from a break up due to be published in a week or 10days because i believe it is so crucial we understand the concept of truly loving ourselves.
i am not sure if this fits the context of your post but i would class the following:
Love your body
Love your self
Freely give and receive love from others
as my 3 commandments for living.
take care and enjoy the rest of the weekend.
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Dear Ayo,
It is always like a lovely breeze passing by when you show up!
By the way, I just took a peek at your latest edition of the great magazine you publish and it’s awesome. Looking forward to diving in!
Thank you for the comment regarding these 3 things as being “commandments” for living. I can see how this fits and consider it a great compliment.
I just had my birthday yesterday. Have you had yours yet or is it coming up?
Thanks for visiting and Warm regards,
Lauren
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