Note to Self: Love Notes for the Woman I’m Becoming was born out of an overwhelming pull from the depths of my soul to change the things that were no longer serving me, the things that blocked me from becoming the woman I was born to be.

For years I was a functioning addict. My drugs of choice were food, unfruitful relationships, an unfulfilling job, and the list goes on and on. The things I refused to deal with got so heavy that I wasn’t functioning.

Looking back now I was getting signs all along but wasn’t paying attention or just couldn’t hear. Until one day God sent me my very own angel, the observer, to help guide me. She was rough but loving and real. She showed me who I was, how I had been contributing to my own demise. She pointed me in the direction of love. Love for myself. She showed me that God was here all along.

Slowly I started loving on me. Started telling myself the things I needed to hear. Loving myself opened me up so fully and completely that I stopped being pulled to-and-fro by the nonsense. I started protecting my peace at all costs. It wasn’t easy or quick or final. The ‘good work’ is never done but worth every effort.

I offer these words to you, the words I had to learn to tell myself, in hopes that they will help you on your love journey. Namaste.