Love

February

This month’s topic focuses on Love. For my mama clients, the focus is self-love. For couples, the focus on love languages.  

For all moms out there, I see you. You spend day in - day out, loving on your families. It is easy to forgo your own needs when competing demands take precedence. During this month focused on LOVE, I challenge you to carve out some time to love yourself. You deserve to receive love, not just give it. Self-love does not have to look like a 2-hour hot yoga session (although it can!), a spa day, or an all-inclusive vacation. Self-love can look like sitting in your feelings, honoring them with some validating and affirming self-talk, breathwork, or even pausing for an energizing meal.

Exercise:

Journal prompt: What does self-love mean to you? How can you incorporate 2-3 self-love rituals over the next week?

Resource:

Podcast: Glennon Doyle We Can Do Hard Things, episode 53: How to Love Yourself & Let Yourself Be Loved with Ashley C. Ford

For couples, this month focuses on The Five Love Languages Book by Dr. Gary Chapman. The five love languages include (1) acts of service (2) receiving gifts (3) quality time (4) words of affirmation and (5) physical touch. Learning about how you both give and receive love can increase relational awareness.

Exercise:

Use his book (widely available!) or his website to test how you both receive and give love. Next, learn about how your partner receives and gives love. Discuss for 15 minutes.

Resource:

Download The Gottman Card Decks available through the App Store. The card decks provide questions to ask your partner, as well as suggestions for things to do and say. Have fun!