August Magazine 2014 Becoming Psychic Magazine February 2014 | Page 36

Akashic Records
With Gayle Bohl
As the calendar rolls over into the month of February, love becomes the focus for most. What to buy our loved ones, what will we get,
do we go out to eat or stay in? Is there romance on the agenda or are you just going through the motions? For all intents and purposes,
February is considered the month of love and a whole consumer industry has been built upon it.
What about the other eleven months of the year? Shouldn’t love play a leading role in those too? What the heck does love look like anyway? The real issue I wish to address this month is self-love. Why? Because that is where love begins.
Everything begins from within. Without love of self, our lives manifest the lack. As each of us are uniquely created, the way we nourish
love upon ourselves is also unique. Let us take a look at love.
What is love? The short answer is You are and so am I. The long answer is a bit more complicated as most people have an idea what love
is and what it isn’t, and how it should be expressed or not expressed. Love is who we are, but it is also an emotion, a feeling, and a state
of being. Love is the key.
For so long, we have been taught to suppress our emotions and to give to others to the point of bankrupting ourselves. That is an old
energy and old paradigm. How does that serve us anyway? It doesn’t. If we pour out our love and energy and never replenish it, we are
left with nothing to give. Our lives fall apart and we have no idea what happened or how to bring it back in to balance.
When we love ourselves and feed ourselves a steady diet of self-love, we are filling ourselves up to overflowing, which in turn allows us
to feed and nourish others. Love, self-love, giving and receiving are all tied together. Love is the glue that binds all the deliciousness of
life together. When we love ourselves, when we do the things we love, when we give love and receive love, our lives become magical.
We create all the beauty in our lives as an outward manifestation, fuelled and provided by love.
Some of you may be thinking, “What the heck does self-love look like anyway?” Honestly the list is endless, although there are a few
that really stand out that everyone would benefit from. Let’s pretend that you are beginning a “Self-Love Diet” and these are the guide
lines:

Self-Love Diet
Be your own cheerleader and best friend. Be excited about you!
Feed your mind a steady diet of positive self-talk. You are uniquely awesome,
own it.
Take care of your body. Dress it, clean it, feed it, and move it in ways that
make you feel good.
Have boundaries and use them. Say yes only when want to and no when you
want that too.
Pursue your passions. If it makes your Soul sing do that, if it doesn’t, move on.
Trust yourself. If you can’t trust yourself, then who can you trust.
Speak and live your truth. You are you for a reason, so be the magnificent you that you came here to be.
Give to yourself. Make room in your life for you, you are worth it.
Be gentle with yourself. Just as we care and comfort our family
and friends even when they make mistakes, allow this for
yourself.
Enjoy the journey. Play the tourist in your life and soak up all
the wonderful sights, sounds, smells, and textures.
A steady diet of self-love will open the doors to a magical life.
Be creative and have fun with it. Go on, I dare you.