Self-Love Portrait Party Competition
I’m SO excited to announce my latest giveaway and competition which I am doing in partnership with some truly incredible women. They include…
Photographer Fi Mims who is responsible for my gorgeous photos here at Beautiful You.
Stylist and Personal Branding Coach Kate McGregor who is undoubtedly THE most stylish client I have ever coached and now the owner of her own business Couture Coaching.
The lovely Danielle Pummell who is a truly amazing makeup artist.
All of the details are below about this wonderful competition where you have the chance to work with ALL of us in a very special afternoon designed to get you to love and appreciate yourself in ways like you may never have before. Entry is so simple! Just via a comment here at Beautiful You or at Fi Mims Photography by answering the question below by February 11th. Please read the conditions before entering and this is a competition where luck plays no role for the four winners. The best entrants will be chosen by Michelle Marie McGrath of Sacred Self - a woman who knows a thing or two about self-love!
All the very best beautiful you….love to see you shine at this one and meet you in person!
Self love to me means believing in yourself enough to invest in, challenge, and be true to yourself. Even when it’s hard. Even when it’s scary. Because if you love yourself, you know you’re worth it xx
self love means having enough respect, not only for yourself but those around you. So that when others see you they are grateful and when you look in the mirror you feel blessed for the life you allowed yourself to have.
Self love means opening up and showing up…as myself.
For me self-love means putting myself first, putting myself as a priority. Not in an egoist way but in a way self-respect and self-love are the most important values. Because when you truly respect and love yourself, you can start to respect and love others fully as well and that makes life so much more beautiful
Self love means being my own best friend and loving not only my strengths but my weaknesses as well as they are what make me unique.
Self love is about listening to my self talk and understanding the difference between my ANTS (Automatic Negative Thoughts) and my PETS (Performance Enhancing Thoughts). Allowing the ANTS to march on through and encouraging my PETS to make themselves at home in my head.
To love life in the moment and to do things to satisfy yourself so that you smile always on the outside
Self love means speaking kindly to myself (it’s a work in progress!) and catching the inner critic before it runs amok pulling things off the shelves in my mind, respecting my body’s need for rest and play, and being as respectful as I can towards everyone I encounter.
Self Love means that I no longer define myself by the number on the scales or the fit of my jeans or the way I look in the mirror or my current relationships status or the state of my bank account or any other “external” aspect of myself … and yet Self Love inevitably means that I eat well and my jeans fit and I have sparkly eyes and skin and I draw in attractive suitors and manage my funds without the need for “retail therapy” and feel emotionally balanced … so Self Love is really about INNER nourishment (I call it putting the oxygen mask over me first like they tell you to do in planes when you have children in your care) whereupon the EXTERNAL takes care of itself like magic
I can only imagine being pampered by all in a photo session like this. I would love to win! It sounds amazing & so much fun!
Self Love means that you feel totally comfortable within yourself. You love who you are and what you represent. Self love means you are in a place in your life where you surround yourself with positive people and people who you feel great being around.
When you have self love, you are able to love others unconditionally.
If you love yourself then I believe you can be a better wife, friend, sister, daughter etc.
Self love means to me ……… making myself a priority in my own life. Trusting the person I see in the mirror and knowing that she has my back. Being true to me and treating myself with kindness (even – actually especially – when I stuff up!). It means celebrating who I am and being grateful. It means allowing myself to feel beautiful and sing really loud (despite complete lack of singing ability!) and not care what others think or say. Self-love is simply allowing myself to feel good about being me ………… Self-love allows me to be a healthier, happier, more balanced person and hopefully a fantastic example for my children. xx
I truly think it has taken me my whole 40 years to experience what self-love really is. For me it is forgiving myself for mistakes and imperfections, for allowing myself to continuing to grow and also accepting things as they are. I now embrace everything I do, every decision I make, every person I interact with. No longer do I try to control the world I live in – to let go is to love. And finally, I can now see how this self-love has truly changed me as a woman, a mum, an author and business woman….
Self-Love is accepting myself for the beautiful person I am, Self-Love has opened up so many opportunities for me to experience and enjoy in my life. Self-Love opens us up to love of all things. Being a mother of a child who has spent her life fighting to live has been my greatest gift and brought me to where I am now..self awareness, self-love.
xxx
Self-love means truly believing and embracing the concept that in order to love someone else, and care for them to the best of your ability, you must first do exactly that for yourself. If not, you aren’t offering the other person yourself at your very best. Just as you feel that they deserve the best, so do you. One isn’t possible without the other – just as true self-love is needed to truly love another, once you embody true self-love, love for others automatically blossoms in your life. Love begets love.
Believing you are worthy of the very best that life has to offer. Embracing and celebrating your strengths. Accepting your weaknesses. Taking care of yourself. Exactly what we want for those we love, as for ourselves.
Self-love means loving yourself, both inside and out. It means recognising and accepting and cherishing what you used to look like, what you look like now, and what you will look like in the future. Self-love means to accept yourself and think positive thoughts about yourself. Self-love means to embrace your strengths and use these to improve your weaknesses. Nobody is perfect, but everyone is wonderfully unique.
Unfortunately I am struggling to achieve self-love. I am not very pretty (and never was) and after being bullied at high school about the size of my large nose (being called “Effie Elephant” for 3 years straight), I have an inner depression and self-dislike that I just can’t shake. A prize like this would be a dream come true, where I could be made to feel attractive, even if only for one afternoon!
Self love is sittting quietly in the stillness of who you are and what you believe in. It is having the grace and courage to know that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. It is believing you are abundant and knowing the capacity of your soul to light up a room!!
Self love equals celebrating the present moment, rather than projecting onto the future or reliving the past, it means choosing to be honest and authentic with myself and others, it means eating nutritious food. It means accepting and acknowledging that I am a deeply emotional creature, some of the emotions which rise to the surface are immensely uncomfortable – but in these moments self love enables me to hold space for myself and not strive to escape from what is. It means so much: valuing my femininity, celebrating my strengths… and there is always so so much more to learn about self love, it is a beautiful life long process. xxxx
Wow loving all the comments so far. I can see this is going to be soooooo difficult to choose as everyone is deserving. All very inspiring and heart warming. Good luck everyone!
Lots of love Michellexxx
Self-love is doing what’s right for me. Even when I can see it’s breaking my little girls’ hearts, knowing that I’m doing them a bigger favour in the long-term by being true to myself.
I am going to put it straight out there and say self love to me means allowing myself to be selfish!
As a wife, mother, daughter, friend and business owner there comes a time at any given moment that I make the choice to put me first and drop the guilt and be just a little bit selfish…got to love it!
Cheers,
Mel
Self love is accepting myself in this moment without trying to criticize or hurt myself. The sags, the wrinkles, what I feel, how much I weigh, where I am and who I am are all ok. They make me, “me”. Self love is accepting that I am perfect in my imperfection, I can forgive and embrace the good, bad and dark side of myself, knowing all those parts are necessary. Self love means that deep within, I can find peace with who I am and gratitude to be beautiful me. Kerry Jeffery
I would love for self love to be – for me…
a release of all the fears I hold onto… the confidence to shine through… the belief and trust in myself to achieve… courage to accept… and the power to truly fly.
I am still traveling the path to self love, and working towards all of the above
Oh, and just fyi; I will fly!
Self love means honoring who I am at every stage of my unfolding: every age, every ‘look’, every experience of ‘me’, from birth to death.
It means taking time for myself: to pamper and care for my body, mind and soul; to rest, dream, create, and connect with my inner wisdom; and to really listen to and hear what my inner girl child and raging wild woman have to say. When I look into her soul, hold her, feel her pain and lovingly release all that hurts in a sacred fashion, she becomes free and can then fully embrace the beauty, goodness and gifts (message or lesson) found or given in every situation.
Loving my self is a sacred journey inward. Delving into the depths of my thoughts, my beliefs and my attitudes is an intimacy that offers great courage. From this space, I become brave enough to be honest with myself, to take responsibility by making choices that are in harmony with my deepest dreams and desires.
Loving our self means being naked and truthful with who we really are and utterly adoring HER despite any flaws, weaknesses or wounded-ness. Loving our self in the fullness of our being allows us to break free of anything that holds us back from being our most authentic self.
Self love is a gift we give to ourselves, which becomes a gift we mirror to our daughters and to our sistars. Self love is true love. When we truly love our self, we radiate love to everyone and we, in turn, accept only love from all our connections and relationships.
Self love is true and pure when we connect to our highest selves on every level from the cellular to the energetic.
Self love means accepting and embracing all that I am and all that I can be. Being the driving force in my life and who I can become is important in my profession as a medical researcher and it translates well to all aspects of my life. It means loving myself for my abilities and accepting my faults.
Ohh, I love this comp!
For me, Self love is: APPRECIATING how incredible my body is; making my space BEAUTIFUL; COOKING for myself; dedicating time for DRAWING; doing things that ENERGISE; FORGETTING perfect; GIGGLING; hugs and mini HIKES; trusting my INTUITION; JOURNALING; KISSING my honey; LAUGHING as often as possible; having a me-centred MORNING routine; time in NATURE; OUT of OFFICE and cyber switch-offs; PLAY time with my puppies and putting myself first; QUALITY over quantity; rest and READING for pleasure; SWIMMING in the sea; taking TIME OUT to be; loving my UNIQUENESS; making time for VACATIONS; WEARING what I want; surrounding myself with powerful female role models like XENA; YOGA everyday; and everything else I do to keep my ZIZZ real.
xo