self-care
Request: maybe a step up from self-indulgence? 😃
Self-help
"The one rule of this world is self-esteem"
Priority request. Refers to the idea that "the highest self-esteem wins," even if it is ego boosted.
We don't need to handle the events...
We just need to handle the feelings about the events. Request: Will events take care of themselves? Paraphrased from healing and recovery - handling major life crises.
having real friends is all you need to be happy
By request.
healthy boundaries
Part of integrity, whether for a person or a country.
keeping a diary or journal
Also blogging for personal/spiritual growth.
“Just do it”
Nike slogan dating back to the 1980s. By request.
abdicating one’s power
Request: also, what is a good way to mitigate this? It often occurs to me, that even by fighting to reclaim it you have already bought the premise that your power is vulnerable?
low energy
Request: Sometimes I notice a low energy like I'm just physically tired for a couple of hours or half a day. Is that always a negative energy (cal. under 200) or is it sometimes just a physiological tiredness?
physical exercise as a spiritual practice
A way of honoring the correlation of the physical and the spiritual.
cultivating an aesthetic physical appearance
Request: some view it as vain.
avoidance of sexuality
Priority request: And all the negative feelings that go with, shame, fear, desire and anger. How does one get out of this mess?
realizing life is not a competition
Priority request: So many of us think we have to compete for money, relationships, status, attention, and even love. It really seems like a massive ego pillar. With how deeply ingrained this idea of scarcity and lack seems to be, I wonder how high one would need to calibrate?
"I deserve good things"
Priority request: The statement seems crucial to self esteem, as well as being able to value and enjoy life. Whether or not deservingness is constructive as a concept seems less important than the affirmation that one is fundamentally worthy of blessings, grace and forgiveness.
letting "the one" find you
rather than seeking to find "the one" -- request.