Do You Self Love On Yourself?

Sedona, Arizona is one of my favorite places to visit. At the time of this recording, I had been out there 7 times as a Spiritual Teacher for a women's retreat. In this Podcast, I start by sharing my crazy journey of mishaps on this particular trip and eventually settle into how the Angels worked their magic to teach me about importance of Self Love.

Transcript

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Hi friends,

Welcome back and I am so excited to share with you today about my recent visit to Sedona,

Arizona.

So I go every year the week of school vacation on a woman's retreat.

I am one of the practitioners and teachers that goes out on this retreat and it is with a breast cancer and resource foundation here in Rhode Island and I am on staff there once a month working with breast cancer survivors,

Anyone going through treatment,

And caregivers,

And family members as part of the organization.

We go every year to celebrate life.

Every year I go,

So this was my seventh trip out there with the foundation,

It was my ninth trip total.

People ask me all the time,

Why do you go back every year and it doesn't get boring.

I have to say every year I go out I get something.

This year I talked about recently in one of my new podcasts this season about my kind of emotional breakdown in January and how I learned so much from it.

So this year I really wanted to go back with an open heart and an open mind and really be mindful of myself,

The energy there.

I always tend to go out there but I always get some knowledge and wisdom when I come back and big things always happen.

So I always go and set intentions and I was so excited to go and I have to say my flight out there was absolutely terrible and I say that in the most positive way possible.

Anything that could go wrong went wrong.

The lines were so crazy long.

So I am a very picky eater and I'm very selective about the food I eat,

Although sometimes I eat crazy foods that I shouldn't and I know I shouldn't because I have a lot of food sensitivities and my body reacts differently to a lot of different foods.

So I try to eat clean but anyway that being said I bring a lot of snacks on my trip.

I bring nuts and granola bars and fruit and that's what I eat when I'm on the plane and going throughout the airport.

So crazy thing was my trip started off with getting out of the car and there was this huge line.

Now I have to say I was leaving at 5.

30 in the morning.

So at 4 o'clock or 4.

15 in the morning at the airport it's never busy.

Like I said I've had seven trips out there and I got out of the car and I knew something was up.

It was almost like there was a glitch in the matrix and somebody changed something because I was shocked when I got out of the car and there were so many people.

So anyway I got through the line and then of course there's a crazy line in security for TSA and I'm going through the line and then all of a sudden I'm getting through where they scan your body and both my bags are like pulled over and TSA is waiting to go through my bags and I'm like what is happening?

And so the night before I always set the intentions of sending the angels ahead and clearing the way and I'm thinking what is happening?

So what happened was they are now I guess checking food.

So they pulled every single one of my granola bars out.

They pulled my protein that I bring and wheat grass and flax seed,

Ground flax seed.

It's all like kind of bundled up and so they're like swabbing all my snacks for I don't know what and then they put the swab in the machine.

So now I'm getting like close because the plane is just about getting ready to board and so anyway long story short I get through TSA,

I get on the plane,

I sit there and we fly into Chicago,

We get off the plane and we're waiting to get off the plane.

Now we're late because the security line was so long so the plane was late and what happened is we flew in and they didn't know that we were coming in because there was nobody there to open up the door for us.

So so many people are like late for their next flight already and we sat there in this cabin for another 5-10 minutes waiting for somebody to come from God knows where to open up the plane for us to let us out.

So we raced to the next plane.

It was super bumpy.

We flew into Mexico.

It was super bumpy,

Raddly.

From there we fly into Phoenix as we pick people up and again it was super bumpy.

My stomach,

I have a weak stomach so we all know what happened when I flew into Phoenix.

I was super sick and we get off the plane.

We go to get our baggage and there were 8 women with us that were going on this plane.

Our baggage was nowhere to be seen.

So our first flight out of Providence I guess was too heavy so they literally cut 30 people from the plane and they must have removed all the luggage.

I don't know what happened but now we didn't have any luggage.

So this is how we start the trip.

So we go,

We get our rental car and they give us an upgrade which was a beautiful Mercedes.

We get into the car and we realize that thank God we didn't have our luggage because our luggage never would have fit in this vehicle.

So here we are thinking,

Yay we have this fancy new car.

And we were like,

Wow thank goodness that there weren't any baggage or luggage because we never would have fit it.

So anyway long story short,

The next morning right before my class started,

Because I do the opening ceremony,

Our bags arrived and there started our trip.

And so I'm trying to think about all the positives in it because it really was a terrible,

Horrible,

No good,

Very bad day.

But I have to say we laughed through it.

The girls I was with,

We banded together.

We could enjoy ourselves.

There were moments when we laughed so hard about these crazy things that our stomach hurts.

So I just kept finding like the trying to find the like the reason behind it all.

So we start our trip and every trip I usually because the energy is so intense with Sedona,

I always go,

Go,

Go.

There's always something to do and I find that in the years past I haven't been mindful of like my body.

My lips always get chapped.

I always get energetically drained and depleted.

And so this year I decided that I'm really going to pay attention and to how I'm feeling and really be mindful about what I'm eating and drinking.

It was unseasonably cold this year.

So we had jackets and barely any time sitting by the pool.

And what I realized as I was going through this trip is that I so desperately needed quiet time and alone time.

You know,

I work a lot.

I'm around a lot of people all the time.

There's always somebody that needs something.

And I didn't realize how much I was desperate desperately craving alone time and me time.

And I always say,

You know,

God works in mysterious ways.

And I believe that,

You know,

I don't believe God punishes or tests,

But I believe that the contrast or the challenges we have really help us to be more grateful and appreciative of when things are going smooth and easy.

So this trip,

You know,

I realized that there was so much more time for me to be off of my own.

And I started to think about the idea and the concept of self love and what that means.

So I was never really a person that was happy unless I was around people or connecting in some way.

You know,

I have mentioned before that I have struggled with depression in the past and always felt like that loneliness and that disconnect.

So being around people really amped me up.

But this time after that breakdown and that emotional,

You know,

Stress that I had in January,

I really felt like I really I needed to reconnect with with myself and who I am right now this year in this moment and what my intentions are.

So I found myself getting up in the morning and going for walks.

And those walks consisted of stopping for five and 10 minutes at the time and just staring at the mountains.

So we stay in this beautiful resort and it's literally in the belly of the earth.

We are surrounded by the beautiful red rocks.

And for me,

I feel like it's very maternal and nurturing.

And I was so craving that when I was there that I just sat and gave myself time to be with Mother Earth,

To be with the mountains and and I started realizing what self love really is.

You know,

As caregivers,

Healers,

Earth angels,

Light workers.

This trip consists of beautiful women who are caregivers,

Who are teachers who work with social work,

Who work with people regularly.

So this trip really is about our time.

It is a spa trip.

So we are staying at a spa resort.

So there are hot tubs and there are pools and there are hiking trails.

You can have lunch in your bathrobe at one of the beautiful restaurants that they have.

And it really embodies self love and self care.

Of course,

You can get all different kinds of massages and facials and all different kinds of treatments.

And I really felt like this time I was going to utilize the spa and really nurture myself and see what came of it.

So we talk about do you self love on yourself?

What does that mean?

So I can't tell you how many beautiful moments I had with myself on this trip.

So I don't like to say by myself.

I like to say with myself.

There was one afternoon that I had gone for a hike and I came back super hungry.

I had gone to one of the restaurants and I wasn't sure if there was a dress code because there are fancy restaurants.

And she said,

Nope,

You can sit.

And so they ended up sitting me in a table kind of like in the back of the restaurant.

But I faced,

It was a good 180 degree view of the red rocks.

And I sat there while I watched the sunset and I had the most delicious black bean burger and crispy fries.

And it was such a great meal after the long hike that I had just been on.

And I sat there and I realized,

God,

I really enjoy being with myself.

And it was such a profound moment because in that moment I wasn't worried about what other people were thinking.

I wasn't concerned if people were going to,

You know,

Look at me weird because I was sitting alone.

I really felt confident in my own skin and I felt that I was truly worthy and deserving of that time and energy.

And I have to say that morning I woke up,

I asked the angels.

So so my favorite,

Like self care,

Self love angels are the girls.

I call them the girls.

So it consists of Archangel Jophiel,

Archangel Ariel and Archangel Honey L.

I call them the girls because Ariel is all about empowerment,

Courage and bravery.

Jophiel is all about positive thinking,

Beautifying your thoughts,

Clearing your space.

And Honey L is all about passion.

She's like my goddess angel.

And so I when I woke up that morning,

I asked the girls to be with me and surround me.

And I have to say,

They showed me such a beautiful day.

The sun was shining.

The hike was gorgeous.

The mountianing the mountains were smiling.

And it was like I gave the universe permission to show me this beautiful day.

And I have to say,

I found it I found it where I had to be conscious of time alone with myself and time with the group because there were forty five women on this trip,

You know,

And there are group things that we do together.

And I have to say,

I felt really good with balance this trip.

The theme this trip was the tree of life.

And we're going to talk about that in the next podcast that you'll you'll hear in a couple of weeks.

But I really took that to heart and really tried to find what balance really was.

And and it's funny because at the end of the trip,

I felt so much at peace.

I felt relaxed.

I mean,

I spend more time at the spa,

Just laying in a chair,

Reading a book.

I read this beautiful book and I had such a great time.

So it got me realizing,

Like,

Really,

What is self-love and and why don't we do enough of it?

Why?

Why do we care givers do we always feel like we have to do more,

Say more,

Be more,

Have more.

And last year at the beginning of my podcast,

I talked about caregivers and how we get into this this this this rot of fixing and saving and changing and making better for people.

And I have to say,

On this trip,

There were some groups that were struggling with each other.

You know,

You bring people together and personalities clash and wants and desires are different.

And,

You know,

And I found myself.

Usually I go in and try to work with them and help them.

But,

You know,

Taking a step back from that,

I realized that it was so much of what they needed and it was so much of what I needed is to take a step back and really kind of hold space for that for that group.

And when we came together,

I have to say it was like family.

And I gave myself permission to just soak it in.

I I didn't realize,

Like,

How much I was craving love and family when I went there until the first evening when we gathered together and everybody came in and there were like hugs and high fives and laughter and we're eating and we're enjoying each other.

And I sat there for a moment and,

You know,

I realized like this is family.

This is what my soul needs.

This is self love and self care.

And I have to say right now,

My personal life,

I don't have those deep roots of family.

You know,

I have cousins and,

You know,

That are that are in other parts of the country.

My family is in super close and there's a lot of things going on and happening.

And I found out,

You know,

How desperately I was craving that family connection.

So I one of my afternoon my afternoon adventures,

I went up to one of the mountains that embodies that divine feminine energy and I sat with her for a little bit.

Now I had walked by a family going up to the mountain and it was a husband and wife and their three children who had to all been under 10 years old and they were taking a family picture and I had stopped to let them take the picture and they let me go and and they were laughing about how the dad was being silly and wanted to get the perfect photo.

And so I just kind of smiled and went up the mountain.

And when I got up there,

Nobody was up there.

Now,

This is the like a tourist attraction.

This is where a lot of people go.

So I'm up there and all of a sudden here comes this family and they're talking and they're laughing and they're giggling and it's me.

And on the other side of the mountain are is this family and I can hear them.

And I couldn't help but think like what a beautiful moment that it's them against the world and what a beautiful connection that they had where the mom and the dad were were teaching the kids and showing them and what a beautiful trip they had.

And in that moment,

All of a sudden I got this emotion and it just welled up inside of me and I burst into tears.

And and again,

It just made me realize like how much I'm craving that connection and that family.

Now,

I really don't think had I not given that self love or self care to myself to be with myself,

That I would have experienced that moment the way I did.

And I just ask God in that moment to bless me,

Bless me with a family,

Bless me with connection and bless me with more people in my life that I can connect to in that way.

So I had my five minute moment of tears.

And once again,

Like before I sat with it and I allowed myself to feel it and I felt so cleansed and I felt so peaceful.

And at first I was like,

Really,

God,

You know,

I'm here and there's this family and nobody else is up here.

And I realized that in that moment,

You know,

God and the angels were were showing me like what was to come for me.

And I was so grateful and so appreciative.

And once I got that once I realized and said,

You know,

Thank you,

God,

For the beautiful family that you're bringing into my life.

Thank you for the family that's already in my life.

With this group of women,

All of a sudden the wind started to pick up and it started to get really cold in the place where I was sitting.

So I went and stood up and I walked down around the mountain.

And wouldn't you know,

There was a group of like eight women from our trip there.

They were laughing and giggling,

Coming up the mountain.

And I laughed so hard because almost like the universe pushed me out of that spot because it was so cold and windy.

And in that moment,

I came around the corner and there they came up the mountains and we just had such a beautiful time together.

The flute player who comes and plays on the mountain ended up coming up.

And there were so many beautiful moments that came from it.

So again,

I was I was now,

You know,

Realizing like the balance between alone time and group time was so imperative to me on this trip.

And I have to say,

I usually come home from these trips and I crash.

I'm usually going the whole time.

And this trip,

I really got it.

I really got the understanding of self love.

And I really got the appreciation for being with myself.

Again,

Taking a hiking trail with myself,

Eating lunch or and dinner with myself and really truly embracing the time that I had.

You know,

And so so I encourage you.

What are you doing to self love on yourself?

You know,

That moment that I got to sit down and find a little kneading reading nook and read a book that really,

Really inspired me.

They gave me these ideas.

Why do we feel like that we always have to be doing something with somebody going here,

Going there?

And I find it's one of those caregiver ways,

You know,

So,

You know,

A lot of a lot of my clients and the people that I track that listen to the podcast are caregivers.

You know,

You're all about everybody else and you're beautiful people who have the knowledge and wisdom that can help people tremendously.

So I encourage you to explore being with yourself and self loving on yourself.

I have to say some moments it was hard for me.

You know,

I went and sat in.

They have a teepee on the resort and I went and sat there and I was uncomfortable.

I kept getting up,

Getting out of the teepee,

Sitting on a bench,

Then going over to the picnic bench and then going back and sitting on a bench and then going back in the teepee.

And I was so uncomfortable.

But I gave myself that moment to kind of just sit and and and again.

So you may find self loving on yourself may be hard.

I remember the first time I went to lunch with myself a few years ago,

It was so hard to get up myself up and to go into the restaurant to actually have lunch with myself.

But I called on the girls and I asked them to to be with me.

And I had a really great lunch that time.

And it really empowered me to know that,

Like,

I can do these things on my own.

So being there on this trip helped help tremendously with boosting my confidence,

Giving me energy.

And so,

You know,

I ask you,

How are you self loving on yourself?

I challenge you.

I encourage you to do something on a regular basis.

I have a client of mine who once a month she takes herself to a fancy restaurant and she in the morning before she goes,

She gets her hair done or just blown out.

And then she goes and goes to a nice dinner.

And then sometimes she'll go to a show or she'll go to a concert or she'll go to something and really enjoy herself.

And it really inspired me to to want to do more of those things with myself.

And I can't tell you like how beautiful and encouraging and empowering it is to do those things.

So that's my wish for you.

My wish for you is to learn how to self love on yourself,

Truly appreciate the goddess within you,

The God within you,

If you're you're you're a male listening to this,

You know,

It's really good to find,

You know,

That place of of nurturing yourself.

And you don't need to do it with others.

So So again,

You know,

If you're in a place where you're lonely and you don't have you're not in a relationship or you know,

You don't have those close friends,

You can have these beautiful experiences with yourself.

So I encourage you to go out and self love on yourself.

Call on the angels Archangel Ariel Archangel honey L and Archangel Jovial.

They are phenomenal and helping you do so and really clearing out any any fears or worries.

Like I said,

Archangel angel,

Ariel will encourage you and lift you up.

Jovial will beautify your thoughts.

She'll bring beautiful people into your life and honey L will ignite that passion within.

You know,

I feel so confident and strong and coming back from this trip,

I feel filled up.

I feel ready to take on the world.

Continue with the projects that I'm working on.

I'm excited,

You know,

About life.

And I realized like how desperately I needed that time with myself to fill up and relax.

You know,

Archangel Raphael says so often the rest time is just as important as the busy time.

So as we get into March,

And spring comes and right after that summer summer comes,

I encourage you to write down in your book and give you space and time,

You know,

Appointments with yourself so that you have those times to love on yourself.

So this will conclude my talk for today.

And I want to finish with a positive affirmation from my own collection.

My word that I chose for today is worthy.

And the affirmation is,

I am filled with the knowledge and wisdom of spirit.

I am worthy.

So this concludes my talk for today.

And as always,

I send you love with heavenly hugs.

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