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Self love: learning to accept and love yourself a little more
For Valentine's Day, we've put together a few tips on how to show your love to a very important person: Yourself!
We believe that before loving another person, it is important to love yourself. Yes, we know, it's not always easy, and sometimes it even requires a lot of hard work. That's what self-love is all about: Taking care of yourself (physically and mentally) and accepting yourself fully, with all your qualities, faults and experiences..
To give you a helping hand, here's some advice from the WAAM team!
Our team members give you their tips on how to better accept and love yourself!
Advice from Maryam , Marketing and Communication Manager: Make time for yourself
My self-love tip would be to set aside a certain amount of time per day/per week just for yourself, and to do things that you love and that make you feel good.
Generally, I devote Sunday to Maryam lol, it's a day when I try not to see friends or go out, and I take advantage of it to pamper myself and rest in a little cocooning atmosphere. It's really the chill moment.
Anthony's advice, Growth Manager: Listen to yourself as you listen to your loved ones
It's simple: think of the person who's dearest to you. If that person has had a bad day, or isn't feeling very well, you're going to listen to them, and do everything you can to make them feel better.
Well, for you it's the same thing: self-love means treating yourself in the same way you would treat the person you love most.
Advice from Francis, Sales Manager: Realize your worth and don't always blame yourself
Whether it's in a relationship or at work, things don't always go your way. Sometimes things don't work out and you blame yourself. It's important to remember that a rejection or a "failure" doesn't necessarily mean that you're bad at what you do.
Maybe you didn't put your value forward enough, or maybe the person in front of you simply didn't understand your value, and that's okay!
You have to learn to know your value. If it's not in your current business or relationship, it will be recognized by other people if you put it forward.
Advice from Pauline, Junior Marketing Product Manager: Get involved in causes that are close to your heart
I find that when you take the time to get involved in projects or causes that are close to your heart, such as humanitarian trips or supporting associations, you get the feeling that you're contributing to something, that you're changing a situation.
Helping others can only have a positive effect on yourself and reinforce your self-love, because you'll feel useful and it's also an opportunity to meet new people!
Advice from Luana, R&D Formulation Manager: Take care of your body from head to toe for an evening!
once a week, I give myself a "glow up" evening. I pamper myself completely to relax and feel good. I usually do it on Fridays or Sundays. To create the right atmosphere, I go all out! I use candles, a perfume diffuser and a nice subdued light.
First, I do a complete hair routine: oil bath, shampoo, mask and serum. Then I do a face and body scrub, followed by a face mask. I also do my waxing. Finally, I apply my body lotion, give my feet a treatment and apply my nail polish. And that's it, I'm brand new!
Once I've finished my routine, I order some food, relax in front of my TV series and turn off my phone to enjoy the moment. This is MY evening.
For me, this moment is indispensable: it relaxes you and boosts your self-confidence.
Advice from Angela, Quality Manager: Don't compare yourself to others, you're unique!
It's all too easy to compare yourself to others and underestimate yourself. In the long run, you can end up doing or thinking things that will be more harmful to you than anything else.
The point is not to stop comparing yourself altogether. You can always learn from others. On the other hand, the point is to avoid jealousy and negativity when comparing ourselves.
The successes of others take nothing away from our own experiences. We mustn't diminish them or put ourselves down because others have done better, faster, sooner or differently.
You're unique, and that's what's so great!
Wassilat's advice: Get to know yourself better and take the time to discover yourself
I think that to love and trust yourself, you have to get to know yourself, discover yourself and experiment. It's hard work and takes time.
It's perfectly normal for it to take time. We need to ask ourselves what's going wrong in our lives. The answer will come later.
My best advice would be to work on yourself and accept your weaknesses. Question ourselves and realize that we are unique, stop comparing ourselves and instead discover who we are.
