When we become the most important person in our life, we start making choices that bring us in alignment with our true selves. This has been a lesson that I’ve been learning over the past year and a half. 

The problem is that we often make others more important than ourselves. We don’t even realize that we make our choices based on others; based on their reactions, on what they want/prefer, or what we think will please them most.  Whether it’s about what to eat, where to go or choices that will...

This is how I lived all my life. From my dad to my ex-husband to the guy I dated for two years... painful,  draining and soul killing. 

How do you get out of a deep-rooted program like this? First off, you have to be honest with yourself. I say it in almost every blog I write… honesty is the key virtue that will set you free. It’s very simple - not easy!-  you have to be honest towards yourself and the motives behind every emotion and action. 

Here, I had to be honest towards:

• What is trigg...

Every time I ask my clients what they think self-care and self-love are or how they could practice it this week, they answer with something external to them.

Something like going to the spa, taking a bath, taking time off, getting a manicure or pedicure.

In my opinion, this kind of self-care and self-love acts like a Band-Aid… It won’t heal anything.

Self-care and self-love are really about taking care of yourself emotionally, mentally and physically.

Self-care is about being there and showi...