“Self-love” is something we throw around in conversation often these days. Sometimes we refer to it as “self-care” or “self-compassion.” We’re searching earnestly for a better way to exist in a world that demands so much of us. We are hard-working, successful, organized, and we meet so many expectations–most of them at the expense of our own health and wellbeing.

There is so much noise around us all the time. Many of us have kids to nurture, demanding jobs to manage, households to run, and partners to invest in. At the end of the day, when your head hits the pillow, it can often be the first moment of silence we’ve had all day. This becomes even more true in times of transition—like a new year or new job—when we’re going through an onslaught of changes.

By now, your decorations from the holidays are put away. The gifts you received, although wonderful, may have lost their glow. The excitement and hope that comes with ringing in the New Year has passed. And the goals you set, well, they were good in theory but aren’t being accomplished.

We’ve all seen the movies–you know the ones–with the happy endings. The guy gets the girl. The heroine saves the day. Everyone is happy. Dramatically, obviously happy.

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