self love practices
Therapy
Bodywork
Masturbation (‘an orgasm a day keeps the nothing away’)
Tarot
Meditation
Shifting relationship to food
Learning to say no in real time
Unstructured time to feel myself, follow my intuition
Acupuncture
Notice when I feel alive and happy
Give myself permission to grow old
Recognize my body is all I have
Celebrate self love in self and others
Jomo…cultivate the joy of missing out
Self love day! (Baba’s day – insert your name!)
Sleeping in late
Waking up early and being quiet
Silent walks
Dancing
Decaf life
No meeting Wednesdays (or whatever day you choose)
Grow more food
Care for injuries
Don’t hate, collaborate
Delegate
Trust my intuition
Being in spaces with my community that cultivate healing
Spending time by the water
Singing to myself
Working out
Playing sports
Dancing and playing music
Finding a tree in my neighborhood
Read more books
Free writing daily, or often
Less Internet
Cook
Work with clay
Good one on one interactions
Prayer
Making home a safe space
Animal love
Feeling land and air
Let myself be danced by another
Have good sex
Making out for a really (really) long time
Put hands in the dirt
Go forth and love ????????????
(from adrienne maree brown, “self love as a liberatory practice for the future”)


