What does it feel like when you celebrate yourself? What dreams have you realized? How do you rejoice in your accomplishments?

We often celebrate after reaching significant milestones at particular points in time or waiting until we achieve some distant future goal, without realizing the small steps taken that move us forward on our life's journey. The marks of celebration can be at any time and every day for any good reason in the process of self-discovery. Through transitional phases of our lives such as health challenge, relationship changes, or geographic moves, we may become so immersed in the challenge without recognizing how much we have overcome. Feel into the energy of celebration and triumph in your victory of personal growth, resilience and fulfillment.

Celebrate by appreciating your uniqueness, acknowledging your goodness, nurturing yourself, and rewarding yourself. Dr. Jean Marie hightlights each.

Our Love In Action Practice is two-fold. Reflect and journal on stuggles, obstacles and challenges overcome. What did you discover about yourself? How have you become more resilient and even better. Next, Think of ways to celebrate and reward yourself everyday. Even during hard times, reflect on your accomplishments and be uplifted. Also, celebrate small steps toward achieving your dreams and heart's desires.

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpts on Self-Belonging and Self-Celebration.

Our lives emcompass all kinds of adaptations, adjustments and accommodations. Influenced by social networks and illusive standards of success and happiness, our identity and behavior can be ever changing. The need for approval, to fit in and be accepted, can be exhausting by the diffent roles played in various settings. Living up to external expectations such as maintaining a suitable image and being excessively ambitious, can result in losing yourself. Ambition ignites creativity and innovation, but in excess, can be detrimental. Healthy ambition helps us maintain balance and allow natural unfoldment.

Life is experienced through the lens of core beliefs, which are assumptions about ourselves, others, and outlook on life. These beliefs, some formed during early childhood, may be limiting and do not reflect the truth of who we really are. Our true self is obscured by external identities and limiting beliefs that should be exposed, acknowledged and transformed. Our true, authentic self, is unchanging and the moral compass that guides our thoughts, feelings and behaviors resulting in satisfactory outcomes. Being tue to yourself is living by your own standards and not compromising your moral values nor worrying about what others think. Do what really matters and what is really important. You can be true to yourself by knowing your worth, acknowledging your feelings, nurturing your inner child and developing your support system. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each.

Our Love In Action Practice focuses on knowing your worth and being in integrity with yourself. Pay attention to what makes you feel comfortable and uncomfortable. Our true feelings can be guiding forces. For example, if you are given a task that compromises your integrity, how does it make you feel? Explore your feelings. Do you feel conflict or strife? Do you move forward making a decision to honor the request even though you have doubts or do you honor your truth? Take time to give thought before responding. Conside rappropriate responses and reflect on the possible outcomes. What response makes you feel good about yourself?

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpt on "Inner Truth".

What will happen to me as I age? Who will care for me? How can I not be a burden to others? How can I get the most out of my life each day?

It is our personal responsibility to love and care for ourselves. As we love and care for ourselves, we gracefully reciprocate to others. Our human society is interdependent and as humans, we cannot live and act in isolation. Healthy and complementary relationships help us thrive and enhance the quality of our lives. Life circumstances are unpredictable, and we never know when we may need the support of others or be in a position to give support to others. Caregiving can be stressful due to emotional, mental, and physical srain. If we complain and regard ourselves as a burden, it causes difficulty and hardship. If we are neglectful of our own self-care, we set up a challenge for those who have to care for us in the event we cannot care for ourselves.

Within the realm of our capacity to care for ourselves, it is essential to practice a healthy lifestyle to maximize personal well-being throughout our lives. This means reframing from destructive habits detrimental to our physical well-being, changing negative self-defeating thoughts that inhibit quality living and managing our emotions to maintain satisfying relationships. As we age, it is hoped that we become wiser and more thoughtful of ourselves and others.

When we are compassionate, considerate, and cultivate loving qualities, we become beautiful people to to aaround. Whether we are the giver or receiver of support, we must take care of ourselves in order to take care of others. Loving and caring for ourselves are mutually reciprocal and complimentary acts achieved by: Being healthy, peaceful, generous, and grateful for challenges. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each.

Our 'Love In Action' Practice is to focus on being your personal best to get the most out of life each day. Reflect on how you nurture and nourish your overall well-being. Examine each aspect of yourself including physical, mental, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Journal on things you would like to do and take action steps for each.

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Dr. Jean Marie concludes the episode with her excerpts on 'Self-Comfort' and 'Self-Talk'.