Are you honoring yourself?

Hold close to your heart what is dear to you.

This includes your emotions, values and desires.  

One way to do this is by honoring yourself in your relationship.

It all begins by gaining clarity on how you want a relationship to look and feel for you and then connecting with this vision.  

Without clarity surrounding your vision, it is hard to know when to speak up and it is hard to know if the relationship is the right one for you. 

For example if you know you desire to feel good, secure, loved and have your feelings cherished, you can evaluate if these are your predominant feelings in the relationship.

In order to honor yourself, when something is happening and you are no longer feeling good, secure, loved, cherished, you may need to take action.  Action from a place of loving yourself and holding your emotions, values and desires dear to your heart.  

Action may involve speaking up and sharing your feelings and implementing boundaries.  

Only you can weigh the positives and negatives in your relationship and decide whether it is the right relationship for you.  

No relationship is perfect and no person is perfect, but if someone is putting you down, criticizing you, making you feel uncomfortable…honor yourself and your desire to feel the way you want to in your relationship. 

You have the choice of whether to surround yourself with people who make you feel safe and loved, or who make you feel bad and unsafe. 

The more you surround yourself with those who blame you and make you feel unsafe, the more you may begin to doubt yourself and your self esteem is at risk.  The more you will lose your connection with how amazing you are.  

Surround yourself with those who are kind and loving and accept you for who you are. 

Because it’s your life and you get to choose who you share it with.