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Welcome to the Self Love Challenge on Wife Teacher Mommy: The Podcast! I’m your host- Kelsey Sorenson. A former teacher, current homeschool mom, and certified life coach. Whether you’re shaping minds in a classroom or doing the homeschool hustle at your kitchen table… I’m here to help you not just survive as an educator, but to shine. Join me on this self-love journey, where we’re going to uncover how to channel that same love you give to your kids, your family, and your community right back to someone who deserves it just as much – and that’s you.
Ready to dive into the free self-love challenge? Start with the first episode in the series and take it day by day. For the ultimate self-love adventure, head over to wifeteachermommy.com/selflovechallenge. Grab the scorecard and get a daily dose of inspiration in your inbox, complete with a link to your lesson and journal prompt. Let’s rock this self-love journey together! 🌟💖
Explanation of each episode in the Self-Love Challenge Playlist:
Pre-Challenge Introduction– The Self Love Challenge is a transformative journey aiming to integrate daily self-love practices in just 10 minutes a day over 14 days, debunking the idea of time constraints for change, particularly for teachers and homeschool parents. Through daily coaching lessons and introspective questions, it emphasizes the interconnectedness of self-love with teaching, relationships, and overall well-being, fostering profound connections and lasting change in participants.
Day 1: Your Self-Love Baseline– To gauge the impact of the challenge, we need to establish a starting point by understanding your current level of self-love, emphasizing the significance of self-awareness and observation without judgment. Reflect on how you treat yourself over the next 24 hours, adopting the role of a compassionate observer rather than a critical evaluator, noticing your thoughts, emotions, and actions without immediate attempts to change them.
Day 2: Observing Self-Talk/Thoughts and Beliefs About Ourselves– Compassionately acknowledging our current thoughts and actions, we recognize that there’s wisdom in where we are, debunking the notion of “shoulds” and cognitive distortions. While being observers of ourselves, we learn to adjust our thoughts and actions using the metaphor of a magic dial, aligning ourselves with self-love, acceptance, and compassion daily as we navigate teaching, parenting, and life.
Day 3: Would You Say That To Them? Reflecting on the importance of self-talk, we acknowledge that our thoughts shape our feelings and actions, prompting a reevaluation of negative self-perceptions through compassionate introspection and considering how we’d treat our younger selves. To foster self-love, participants are challenged to write a letter to their younger selves, recognizing achievements and embracing the journey ahead, with upcoming discussions focusing on nurturing our bodies and soothing self-talk.
Day 4: Love Your Body– Acknowledging societal pressures on body image, it’s crucial to recognize that positive body image entails understanding and loving our bodies beyond mere aesthetics. Self-love involves appreciating our bodies for their capabilities and making choices rooted in self-care rather than external expectations, prompting participants to list five things they love about their physical bodies and reflect on what their bodies have enabled them to do in their journals, fostering self-compassion and a deeper connection with their bodies.
Day 5: What Is Your Body Telling You? Let’s take a moment to shift our focus from the chatter in our minds to the wisdom of our bodies and emotions. While thought work is powerful, it’s not the only tool we need; incorporating somatic techniques can help us bridge the mind-body connection. So, let’s resist the urge to push away or react to our feelings; instead, let’s embrace them with compassion, allowing them to flow through us as we engage in body scans and reflective questions to deepen our self-awareness.
Day 6: What Do You Love? Today’s focus shifts to deep reflection through journaling, where you’ll explore questions about what’s working well in your life, what you love, how you’re making room for these things, and how your values are reflected in your life, aiming to align your actions with your true desires and values for greater fulfillment.
Day 7: Reconnect With Your Inner 7-Year-Old– Reconnect with your past self by envisioning your younger self writing a letter back to you, reflecting on the joy and innocence of childhood, and considering what brought you joy back then that may still resonate with you now. Delve into your inner wounds and neglected needs from childhood, considering how they might still impact you as an adult, as you tap into your 7-year-old self’s experiences for insight and healing.
Day 8: Alignment vs. Balance– Reflecting on the framework presented, the journey toward self-alignment involves observing ourselves, choosing a direction aligned with our values, and ensuring our actions reflect our chosen path. While balance concerns the distribution of time among various life aspects, alignment focuses on the direction each area takes by our desires and values, leading to a more purposeful and fulfilling life. Creating morning and evening routines centered on our priorities facilitates alignment, emphasizing the importance of clarity and intentional choices over mere time management.
Day 9: Prioritizing Your Needs As Your Schedule– Prioritizing self-care over to-do lists is paramount, acknowledging the importance of maintaining balance amidst professional and personal responsibilities. By distinguishing between urgent and important tasks, and implementing a weekly planning process that includes self-care, participants can overcome the urgency effect and cultivate a more intentional approach to scheduling, fostering self-love and grace in the process of adapting and improving routines.
Day 10: People Pleasing and Setting Boundaries– On Day 10 of the challenge, the focus shifts to people-pleasing behaviors and self-abandonment tendencies, rooted in the desire for external validation and fear of negative emotions. Participants are encouraged to identify instances of people-pleasing, recognize self-abandonment patterns, and establish healthy boundaries as an act of self-love, fostering internal validation and emotional well-being. Through reflection in their journals, individuals can discern areas of self-neglect and formulate strategies to prioritize their own needs and boundaries effectively.
Day 11: Showing Yourself Love vs. Expectations of Others – We are inherently wired for connection, seeking love and validation from others as a biological imperative, according to interpersonal neurobiology. The concept of manuals for others highlights the tendency to hold unspoken expectations for loved ones, which can lead to disappointment and hinder genuine connection; fostering internal validation rather than relying solely on external sources enables a more fulfilling and unconditional experience of love.
Day 12: Self-Love Affirmation– Create a self-love affirmation that integrates thoughts, feelings, actions, and results from the lessons learned in the challenge, ensuring beliefs are realistic and resonate with you. Reflect on thoughts like self-acceptance and compassion, feelings of curiosity and love, actions such as setting boundaries and honoring values, and results like living joyfully and unconditionally loving oneself and others. Regularly recite and integrate the affirmation into daily routines for ongoing self-care and growth.
Day 13: How Self-Compassion Connects Us With Others– Throughout this challenge, we’ve explored self-love and self-compassion, recognizing the importance of being gentle with ourselves, acknowledging our shared humanity, and practicing mindfulness. By extending compassion to ourselves, we foster connections with others and acknowledge our interconnectedness in the human experience. Through practices like loving-kindness meditation and reflecting on our actions and relationships, we deepen our self-love and its positive impact on our interactions with others, fostering a sense of community and connection.
Day 14: Celebrate the Wins & Progress- How to Keep the Self-Love Practice Going– Reflect on your personal growth over the two-week self-love challenge, celebrating your commitment and progress. Consider how you will sustain this self-love practice in the future by observing yourself, choosing your direction, and aligning yourself with your values. Explore resources like podcasts, books, and therapy, or join support groups like Wife Teacher Mommy Club to continue your journey toward self-love and personal fulfillment.
Self Love Challenge Wrap-Up (Live Podcast Recording)
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Gloria, We’re so excited to have you join us for the self-love challenge, and so glad you are loving them! Keep listening…just when you thought it couldn’t get any better! 💗
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