The Self-Love Brain Hack - 8 Minutes

In this track, Ralph guides us through a quick, neuroscience-informed practice designed to put us in touch with our deeper, caring nature and how we might offer that energy to ourselves as self love.

Transcript

Welcome to the self-love brain hack.

So just be comfortable.

Sit any way that feels dignified and relaxed.

Gently close your eyes,

Take a few breaths,

And just settle in.

And now I'll ask you to recall a time when you felt a genuine sense of caring for someone.

Maybe it was somebody who was in need in a bad situation,

Or maybe it was just somebody you admire,

Or just really feel the feels for sometimes.

But what is it like when you feel the energy of caring,

Of warmth,

Of appreciation for another?

Notice what it's like.

What is it like in the body?

What are the sensations involved?

Okay.

And in noticing this,

Can you take a little screenshot with your mind's eye of what this state is like?

Notice as much as you can about it in your.

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Burning a memory of it into your brain,

Into your body,

Into your cells.

You can even have a sense of this feeling floating to the back of your mind.

And in the foreground of mind,

Can you remember a time when you felt cared for?

This one can be a little bit harder for people sometimes,

But if you have a dog,

This one's really easy.

Well,

Maybe there was a time when somebody showed up for you in a meaningful way,

Or they hugged you like they meant it.

Or you just felt taken care of in a large or small way.

And whether specific memory or not arises,

That's okay.

Perhaps you can just contact an analog of the experience.

What is it like to feel cared for?

To feel the energy of warmth flowing in towards you?

What is it like in the body?

Taking a little screenshot of this state of being.

Bookmarking it.

Putting it in your back pocket so it's there for you later.

And now keep this feeling and bring back the sensation of what it's like to care for another being.

And just intuitively let these two feeling states intermingle.

Love flowing out,

Love flowing in at the same time.

What is that like?

What is it like in the body?

I'll ask you to notice something very obvious.

You're the one experiencing this,

Aren't you?

And so allow this to be for you.

Add to this the notion that this love that's going out and in at the same time,

This is for me.

I get to feel this right now.

And this is self-love.

Let the feeling spread throughout the body.

Savor the feeling for as long as you can.

Let it sink deeply into you.

Let it sink into your muscles,

Into your bones.

Let it become part of who you are.

Let it remind you of who you are,

Who you truly are.

Stay here as long as you like,

Or you can close your practice now.

Reviews

Plenty of nice long breaks give you the time to really reflect and feel. 👍👍

Beautiful way to experience the three flows of compassion and loving kindness. .

🩵🙏🏼 Ralph thank you for being a teacher on my path

I didn't want to like it because of all the little techy references; they felt silly. But when I hit that moment of feeling caring and cared for a dam burst inside me. This is a really good, powerful practice for a vulnerable time.

A taste of what we’re all searching for. Bookmark this one. 🙏❤️🫁

Very nice image for me - develop self love by blending the sensation of caring for others with being cared for. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Wow. Interestingly enough, I felt the love for others in my heart; the care for me in my gut. Loved that this focused on the body and feeling it. Definitely a great hack.

Such a sweet journey in such a short time! Deep gratitude.

Glad I was aware of the audio quality ahead of time and didn’t let it affect my experience. Nice to have a short LKM in the back pocket

So simply explained of what the feeling of self love is. Amazing. Thank you!

Just what I needed. And then I snuggled by loyal dog

I felt tender, supported, seen, and nurished. Thank you for the reflective exercise! 🙏🏽❤️

Wow!! That was Wonderful! I felt so much love inside my body - it was northern lights in my heart, it was a tingling song singing through my limbs! Self love is Shiny!

That was so nice. Thank you. I enjoyed your voice and sense of calm. I felt love, given and received. I remembered my grandfather dying in the hospital but rather than sadness I felt the caring and love I had for him. I remembered my sweet dog Sienna and my mothers live and empathy and caring. This was wonderful.

That was an amazing experience of remembrance of who I am. This check in is an awakening of the senses.

This is simply perfect. So easy, but SO effective.

Thank u so much.. that feeling of love was amazingly beautiful & comforting🧘🏽🙏🏽🖤🥰

Very nice.

Audio was a little scratchy. It got in the way for me a tiny bit.

Thank you for a great meditation!

Thank you I was so stressed out today it was all of an my shoulders and I didn't know until until I signed up for this I just going through my phone getting rid of stuff I didn't know what it was I'm so glad I did this coz I didn't realize the whole night's boyfriend had on me to the point where it was really bald about my shoulders and My dog loves me I love him he was mean to my dog he was no good for me so so going to bring it up in my next therapy session thank you I didn't even realize I think I'm lonely and knowing my dog's getting older is just getting harder so I really appreciate this video recording and my voice is more relaxed I checked in kind of depressed and I have a slight smile now and my shoulders RELAXED!

That was my first use of this, my therapist recommended this app. I recently endured some serious brain sugery from which I am recovering. This helped me to connecto to those I care for and those who care for me and relize that the flow of love bi-directionally is a joy and self granted gift.