HOW MUCH DO YOU VALUE AND INVEST IN YOURSELF?

• Are you over- investing in others? And under valuing yourself?
• Is your balance heading towards debit ?
• Is it time to look into the investment you make to yourself?

When I refer to investment, I would suggest to you that investment doesn’t always relate to money.

It can relate to many different aspects of life. Sometimes our time, the amount of energy we give to people, or things we do for others.

Does it feel like you come bottom of the pile in life?

Firstly, it's wonderful to support and invest in people and opportunities. However, if you are  overly investing in others, it's possible to leave yourself short changed.

Is your investment bank balanced? Or is it time to re -balance your investments, and start increasing how much you invest in yourself?

It's not selfish to ensure you focus on your investments sometimes, it's self- care, and we are all extremely worthy of the best self- care we can offer ourselves.

Be Kind To You, and watch your value increase.

A persons self-worth is established over time, and some of the foundations of our self- worth come from our self -beliefs, which evolve over time as far back as our childhoods. The more solid and secure our self- belief, the more solid our worth and in turn how we value ourselves.

I invite you to consider how your self belief impacts your worth. How can you adjust those beliefs to increase your worth and value. Although it isn't always easy changing your self- belief. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE. Sometimes by simply rephrasing how you talk to yourself.

Nurturing ourselves in whatever form works for you is the best investment we can make. Just like dropping a pebble into water, and watching the ripples grow and expand, self - love and valuing ourselves work in the same way.

When I refer to the investment, we give to ourselves this is far greater and goes beyond the realms of any financial cost. This is about how we value ourselves and our place in the wider world. Once we love and value ourselves just like ripples in the water they will travel outwards.

USEFUL EXERCISE:

The following exercise can be a useful point for reflection. Particularly if your investment in self is being drained by relationships or situations in your life.

Whilst our investment in our self is as I mentioned earlier far greater than any financial terms, it can sometimes be a useful way to reflect on our worth.

On a piece of paper, I create two columns the first is for experiences and relationships you have had with people that have left you feeling £100 or more.

The other is for those times or people that have left you feeling like 1p. Feel free to adjust the numbers to suit you.

Once you have finished, cut off the side where you have felt like 1p and let it go, if you choose to do so.

Then I want to say to you, whatever was on your list, your value exceeds that by BILLIONS! YES, BILLIONS!

You no longer need to feel that way.

Now I would like to invite you to read through the other list you wrote with your experiences and remind yourself that you are worth so much more than those other experiences. It doesn't take long to change a mindset. One way you can do this is by saying some affirmations, by doing these for a month you have the opportunity to boost your self worth and value .

Increasing our value in ourselves is the first step forward. Once you nurture, value, and invest in yourself, you can increase how brightly you shine in the world.

Here are some affirmations you might like to try, or perhaps you have some of your own.

• I LOVE MYSELF
• I AM WORTHY
• I AM BEAUTIFUL
• I AM WORTHY OF BEING TREATED RESPECTFULLY AND WITH LOVE.