The king of all love is self-love. Loving ourselves comes first. PERIOD. And the best way to show ourselves love is through acceptance, gratitude and empowerment. So today’s post is simple. 10 DAILY REMINDERS that we can use every day! I am giving you a break from all those long reads.😉

First a brief thought…

Gosh, it is already mid-August. We are heading towards the end of a season and transitioning into another. It may even be back-to-school for some of you.

And even if there is still some time still, our minds adore fast-forwarding to thoughts about change: in schedule, of climate, our wardrobe, even the meals to prepare.

When our mind leaves the starting line it is often difficult to find the brake.

Our mind. It fills with to-do lists. Concerns. Worries. The need to organize, plan, and control.

Transition can provoke mental exhaustion, mood swings, and it affects our motivation. Often it shoots us straight into overwhelm state.

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So First A Reminder To Slow Down

The transition can feel unsteady. It forces us to change. It can be full of doubt. Even the small transitions – even the expected ones – can throw us off balance a bit. We tend to resist.

To do so we try to bypass it altogether by speeding up even more.

So SLOW DOWN. Fully enjoy the end of this season before sprinting towards a new beginning.

When I am on my yoga mat, I remind myself that the transitions are just as important as the actual poses. I remind myself to deepen my breath. Feel it all.

Ask myself: How does this transition feel?

The same goes when I feel myself falling out of a balancing pose or I am doubting whether I will be able to rise up.

I slow down. I become more present.

This is how I maintain my composure in my practice and in my life.

S-L-O-W D-O-W-N. Ease your way out. Enjoy. Before we know it we will be saying, Gosh, it is already mid-December.

Isn’t this what we experience for an entire life when not careful?

EMBRACE the transition. Give yourself an extra charge of CARE and attention with these 10 DAILY REMINDERS to love yourself unconditionally, be grateful, and feel empowered.

Use them today and every day of the year.

Meditation Suggestions For Slowing Down

HERE ARE 3 AMAZING MEDITATIONS IF YOU ARE FEELING A BIT STRESSED or UNSTEADY:

• NATURAL STRESS RELIEF Guided Meditation
• BODY SCAN for Loving Attention Guided Meditation
• I’M FEELING UNSTEADY Guided Meditation

About Daily Reminders

What Is A Daily Reminder

A DAILY REMINDER is a simple, yet powerful word, phrase, or set of phrases that we have already heard, read or repeated to ourselves once or a million times before. They target the brain to remember what the heart already knows. What we already know.

Our DAILY REMINDERS are like the items on a to-do list that remind us what thoughts, words, and actions we should prioritize to uncover the highest version of ourselves and make the most of each day.

Gotta Remind The Mind

The mind is tricky and isn’t always working for us. It loves to make up or believe crazy untruths about us, our life, and the world.

It likes to chat on and on about the bad, ugly and scary and ignore the sweet, beautiful, and comforting.

I like to think that the mind runs away from the heart.

It wants to demonstrate its independence. It gets arrogant and thinks it is so cool.

It believes to be freer without the heart. Much like a person who believes that it is possible to live well in complete isolation.

No healthy man or mind is an island.

In reality, the mind is only free when fully supported by the heart. They need one another to thrive.

When they are in perfect alignment with one another their human thrives as well.

Like many other components of our personal growth journey, the use of DAILY REMINDERS is a practice of training the mind.

In order for them to serve us we need to meet this practice with commitment, patience and curiosity.

Why Daily Reminders

Ok. So the mind does its runaway act and we as a result, lose our way.

We forget who we are, how we want to show up, what our full potential feels like, what matters to us most. We forget how our authentic self thinks, speaks and acts.

We are eaily lured away from our beliefs. We get distracted by bad-for-us people, habits, and environments. Essentially, we go a little or a lot crazy.

DAILY REMINDERS bring us back to balance, calm, safety, truth, and sanity. They bring us back to our true selves.

And when we return home, we experience everything better. We show up for ourselves, our lives, and our people.

We remember how to take responsibilty for all that matters in our lives. No matter the outcome, this becomes enough. We feel loved, grateful, and empowered. We feel whole.

The simple act of using DAILY REMINDERS can do all this.

A daily reminder is like a pep talk to yourself. It lovingly pushes you forward when you lose your vision and feel like giving up.

How To Use Daily Reminders

There are many ways we can use DAILY REMINDERS in our life. The most important thing is to understand what works best for you.

Acknowledge and respect your uniqueness. This is always the most important aspect of caring for ourselves.

Here are a few suggestions to get you started:

• Start by asking yourself how you are doing (REALLY). Asking yourself what you need and what you want to focus on today. You are basically understanding your intention for the day.
• Then use the DAILY REMINDER(S) that resonate(s) with you. The ones that fill your cup each day.
• Choose (or create) a phrase or phrases that fill the energy you need to boost, reinforce, or remind you of your intentions for the day.
• You can simply repeat the phrases along with the bonus phrases offered here several times with your eyes closed or standing in front of the mirror. It is important that you are fully present when doing this. You are connecting deeply with yourself and your intention.
• You can write the phrases on post-its to place in common spaces you visit during the day. Post-its can be extremely powerful.
• You can take the phrase or phrases as a source of inspiration for a more elaborate form of expression such as journaling. Even a few minutes of writing your emotions down makes a huge difference in how you show up. Make your Daily Reminder moment a daily ritual.
• With practice, you will probably find yourself naturally repeating your phrases throughout the day when most needed. This is the beauty of reminders. You remember them. And repeating a phrase even just once in a difficult moment can be a very effective reminder to yourself. A day saver even!

I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost, what got wasted.

Joan Didion, Author Of The Book, the Year Of Magical Thinking

Daily Reminders and Meditation

You can use DAILY REMINDERS as a meditation or prayer. Take 5 or more minutes in a quiet place to settle into a comfortable position. Close your eyes. Take a moment to transition by taking a full breath in and a full breath out. Feeling your body being breathed. And then repeat the phrases. End by bringing your hands together in prayer position in front of your heart, slightly bowing your head and thanking yourself for this moment that you devoted to only you today.

RESOURCES:

• TRUSTING YOURSELF Guided Meditation

Extra Resources For Your Personal Practice

For more about how to use Personal Mantras/Affirmations see the post, 35 Personal Mantras To Love Yourself & Your Life Right Now + Everything You Need To Know For Your Personal Practice.

For more about creating daily rituals see the post, Stop Waking Up Tired – 7 Ways To Energize Your Morning Routine.

10 Daily Reminders You Need To Use

Daily Reminders #1- You Are Beautiful, Kind, Strong and Capable

When to Use This Phrase:

• When you are feeling ugly
• When you are feeling like a bad… (fill in the blank)
• When you are feeling weak or incapable
• When you are believing the unkind words or actions of others
• When you are believing the stories of your brutal inner voice

Start by asking yourself Wayne Dyer’s million dollar question:

Who would you be if noboby told you who you were?

It is so incredible how quickly a mistake, a disappointment, or an unkind/thoughtless comment transforms into:

• I am fat.
• I am ugly.
• I am worthless.
• I can’t do anything right ever.
• Nothing ever goes my way.

Have you noticed this?

Just as it would be with a child, if you keep telling yourself that you are weak, you will become weaker and weaker.  – 35 Personal Mantras To Love Yourself And Your Life Right Now

REPEAT THIS PHRASE: I am beautiful, kind, strong and capable.

BONUS Phrases:

• Yes I can.
• I do not need validation.
• Today I trust in myself.
• I love myself completely.
• I honor the divine in me.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daily Reminders #2 – You Are Ready

When To Use This Phrase:

• When you are too exhausted to get up in the morning
• When perfectionism kicks in
• When you are doubing your ability to respond or show up
• When you are pumping yourself up for a challenge

So often we freeze in this idea of perfectionism that we never move forward. 

Projects never started, unrealized, left unfinished or abandoned because of the need to make it perfect. 

It sounds like this: I am not ready. We are not ready. It is not ready. – From the post, 7 Mindest Makeovers – How To Switch From Self-Sabotaging To Best Self

And yet, when it comes to anything, especially something important to you, remember you are always ready before you feel ready.

Fear of not being enough hold us back. So jump!

REPEAT THIS PHRASE: I am ready.

BONUS Phrases:

• All I need to do is my best. This is enough.
• Done is better than perfect.
• My confidence is waiting for me at the other side of done.
• 5-4-3-2-1 GO.

Buy your fear a cup of coffee and show it how it’s done.

Jen Pastiloff, On Being Human

Daily Reminders #3 – This Day, Once And Only Once

When To Use this Phrase:

• When you are distracted or confused
• When you are scared to proceed
• When you are complaining instead of responding
• When you have forgotten what matters most to you
• When you feel like you have no time for what matters most to you

Every day we have a choice. We can practice being fully present or we can be half here. We often sleepwalk through our days.

To counteract this, try starting your day by asking yourself motivational speaker Robert Schuller’s famous question:

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

What happens when we live our day like this? What happens when we live our life like this?

Instead of worrying about what you will be risking if you do it (love more, feel more, try more, be here more), ask yourself:

What will I be missing if I don’t?

REPEAT THE PHRASE: This day, once and only once.

BONUS Phrases:

• Slow down. Stay.
• I embrace this moment.
• I am here. Full body. Full mind. Full heart. I am full being here.
• I will not waste today.
• I honor this day by showing up as my best self.

True bliss is not a perfect life. It is the ablilty to be here fully. Show up fully. Every moment. Or as many moments as possible for us mere humans.

It is your breath, your feeling heart, the sun on your face, the air through your hair, a hand in your hand and the shoulder to rest or cry on.

It is knowing that the birds are singing just for you. Just for you!

From the Post, How To Become A Happier Human Being – 4 Truths About Arvviing at the Happy Life

Daily Reminders #4 – You Are In Control Of Your Emotions

When To Use This Phrase:

• When you feel unsteady
• When you are doubting yourself or your life
• When you are experiencing anxiety, stress, anger, frustration or any powerful, negative emotion
• When it seems like your world is crashing down upon you

Feeling emotionally instable or just full of emotions sometimes is normal and necessary. Negative emotions require us to reflect, re-evaluate, take responsibility, and move towards a transformation. A better situation. A better us.

Acknowledge and embrace the emotion.

How you respond to your emotional state matters most. In the moment you acknowledge this, you regain your power.

REPEAT THE PHRASE: I am in control of my emotions.

BONUS Phrases:

• Today there is good. Right now, there is good.
• Today I am safe. Right now, I am safe.
• Today I can feel joy. Right now, I can feel joy.
• I see you …. (complete phrase with an emotion/state – ex: fear, anger, sadness, confusion, exhaustion, guilt)
• I give myself permission to feel.

Discomfort is not danger.

Lauren Eckstrom

Daily Reminders #5 – You Cultivate Emotions, Not Results

When To Use These Phrases:

• When you forget what matters most
• When you forget what success means for you
• When you put perfectionism before experience
• When you are lacking joy and play in your life

We get so serious. We are taught from young children to be so determined.

We allow other people to define success for us. So ask yourself:

What is success for me? What doe it feel like? What does it look like?

Be courageous enough to step out of the boxes. Be more than one thing. Be too big. Too loud. Too in love with yourself.

And focus on the emotions. How does an experience feel?

When there is one or more aspect of your life that feels stagnant and joyless, ask yourself what you really want. 

What will make you feel alive instead of giving you that soffocating sensation of living inside a tiny box? – From the post, HOW TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU MUST REDEFINE YOUR LIFE

In the end, this is all that matters.

HOW DID YOUR LIFE FEEL?

Did it feel like love, connection, passion, play?

This is an amazing RESULT. Sounds like success to me, doesn’t it?

REPEAT THIS PHRASE: I cultivate emotions, not results.

BONUS Phrases:

• Today I unleash my playfulness.
• In this moment success feels like having time to notice the details.
• I focus on my efforts and enjoying the experience, never the outcome.
• Perfect is not my goal. Being fully human is.

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

Rita Mae Brown

Daily Reminders #6 – You Are ‘In Loveable’

When To Use This Phrase:

• When you feel bad about yourself – unloveable
• When you feel lonely
• When you are attached to a failure or mistake
• When you are getting over a break-up
• When you need validation due to judgment, criticism, or an offensive act

We are all unique and yet we all need:

• to be loved,
• to be acknowleded,
• to feel appreciated, and
• to belong

And we are all scared of:

• feeling alone and
• not being connected with something meaningful

How do we satisfy our needs and reduce the fears?

First we learn to find wholeness within. We stop living as if everybody has their eyes on our bandage place and start embracing our cracks. Let people see you. See yourself like it was love at first sight.

I refused to see the cracks that were already there. Instead I was drawn to the light shining through. – From the post, SURVIVING MARRIAGE – How To Make Love Last Through Our Differences

Second, we practice loving ourselves by doing love in everything that we do. Love offered is always love received.

REPEAT THE PHRASE: I am in loveable.

BONUS Phrases:

• I soften to my imperfections.
• Before anything else I do love.
• I am not alone.
• Today love, only love.
• I am worthy of love and beauty.

Essentially, when I was doing love was the only time I felt worthy. I hadn’t coined the term yet, but this was when I understood the idea of being fall-in-loveable. To not only let someone in to see you, but to see them back, fully.

Jen Pastiloff, On being Human

Daily Reminders #7 – Somebody Needs Your Special Quality/Essence Today

When To Use This Phrase:

• When you are feeling bad aobut yourself
• When you are getting over a failure, fall or heartbreak
• When you are comparing yourself to others

What do you say if I say you are truly special? Do you believe that you have something to offer as much as anybody else and even if you can’t see what that is yet?

Don’t look around. Stop the comparing before it begins.

Look yourself straight in the heart and see your uniqueness today.

REPEAT THE PHRASE: Somebody needs my special quality/essence today.

BONUS Phrases:

• I am not broken. There is nothing missing in me.
• I have always something valuable to offer to the world.
• Today I will spread my light.
• Success today will be me putting a smile on someone’s face and making someone breathe a little easier.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Theodore Roosevelt

Daily Reminders #8 – Don’t Miss The Next Teacher.

When To Use This Phrase:

• When you are in sprint mode
• When multi-tasking becomes the norm
• When you interrupt other people continuously
• When you are distracted and unable to concentrate
• When you forget to breathe
• When you realize that you are neglecting someone or something that matters to you
• When you feel as if life is passing you by

I always move so quickly. I never rest. I get by because I multi-task. I have lost my ability to truly listen. I have a difficult time concentrating. I do not sleep well. I have no time for the beautiful details. There is always something that needs my attention. I feel disconnected.

If you can say yes to one or more of these statements then…

• Slow down.
• Schedule in rest.
• Take brief pauses.
• Prioritize your to-do list.
• Practice listening.
• Make sleep matter.
• Beauty hunt (Tip: notice the details).

Not only are you going to miss the next teacher. You are going to miss your inner teacher and your entire life. The highest version of you is counting on you. And so is your life.

REPEAT THIS PHRASE: I promise myself not to miss my next teacher.

BONUS Phrases:

• I do not do overwhelm.
• I have time for what matters.
• Listening is important to me.
• I am always worth the time I dedicate to myself.
• Today I am open to learning.
• I am devoted to my highest self.

Moving fast is not the same thing as going somewhere.

Robert anthony

Daily Reminders #9 – You Always Have A Safety Net To Catch You

When To Use This Phrase:

• When you are feeling unsteady, insecure, or confused
• When you are exhausted, overwhelmed, anxious, or stressed
• When you are being challenged beyond your perceived limit and think to yourself: I am not going to make it
• When you are feeling alone or disconnected
• Any time you need to catch your breath
• To begin again

We are our most powerful, self-regulating resource. We already have everything we need to get to the other side of any experience.

• When you think you have reached your limit, you have so much more willpower and energy to tap into.
• When you believe that you are past your edge, you aren’t.
• You believe that you are going crazy, you always have a place to return to.

But before you go any further, you need to remember to slow down and support yourself.

Our most powerful safety nets are:

• Our presence. When fully turned on it catches us always.
• Our breath. It serves as an anchor when we feel weak and lost. It fuels our presence and unbelievable energy into everything that we do.
• Our mind. When serving us best it will guide us to unimaginable places.
• When all three – presence, breath and mind– are in sync we are not only safe, we become invincible.

We just need to remember: Slow down. Go within. Remember to begin again.

REPEAT THE PHRASE: I trust that I always have a safety net to support me.

BONUS Phrases:

• Take another breath.
• I am safe.
• I am fully present.
• I trust in myself.
• I can always begin again.
• I am much more powerful than I believe.

There is a world within – a world of thought and feeling and power; of light and beauty, and although invisible, its forces are mighty.

Rhonda Byrne, Author Of the Secret, The Power & The Greatest Secret

Daily Reminders #10 – You Are Blessed. Every Day.

When To Use This Phrase:

• When you feel bad about yourself or your life
• When you see everything BLACK
• When you can’t stop complaining
• When you are having a bad day
• When ‘the grass is always greener‘
• Everyday to reinforce gratitude

They say that that mind has a tendency to hold onto the negative and easily forget or ignore the positive.

Bad thoughts and experiences stick like velcro and the good stuff slips away like teflon.

This is why having a daily gratitude practice is so important. It helps us to switch this around.

If you only use one reminder a day, USE THIS ONE! It is a true day saver!

Feeling grateful and blessed does not mean that your life is perfect or that you do not experience bad or difficult situations.

Gratitude is the deep awareness that even when things do not go the way you would like them to, there are also many beautiful things to be thankful for.

You feel blessed even through the mess.

REPEAT THIS PHRASE: I am blessed, truly and incredibly blessed.

BONUS Phrases:

• Today I am thankful for… (complete the phrase with whatever or whomever you feel grateful for).
• Today is a miracle and I will remember to honor it.
• My life is a precious gift.
• I am thankful for all the sweetness and love I will be present to today.

Quotes About Gratitude by Eckhart Tolle, author of the books, A New Earth and The Power of Now

When you go deeply into the present, gratitude arises spontaneously, even if it’s just gratitude for breathing, gratitude for the aliveness that you feel in your body. Gratitude is there when you acknowledge the aliveness of the present moment.

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

If the the only prayer you said in your whole life was, thank you, that would suffice.

Thank Goodness for Daily Reminders

It is inevitable. We are going to have days (weeks, months even) when everything we do to improve ourselves feels like a waste of time.

Even the stuff that should be tattooed onto our brains by now manage to escape us. Why?

Because even if we know the whats, whys and hows of:

• being healthy,
• maintaining relationships,
• improving our finances,
• fostering our creativity,
• amping up our potential, and
• staying motivated

we are going to be lured off course. We are conditioned. Our beliefs are constantly being tested. We are distracted. It is extremely human to forget, fall, feel hopelessly flimsy, and to transform into total disbelievers over and over again.

There are days when I am capable of forgetting what I know in the time it takes for me to roll up my yoga mat.

Thank goodness I have my trigger words, phrases, and colorful post-its filled with day saving reminders supporting me!

And this is why we need DAILY REMINDERS! They encourage us. They support us. They remind us to remember what matters most. And they help us cultivate love, trust, sweetness, and strength. Most of all, they remind us to take the time to cultivate and enjoy our precious time.

Hope you enjoyed this post. Drop me a comment or CONTACT ME HERE to let me know if you found this post helpful, if you have a favorite DAILY REMINDER of your own, and which of the 10 DAILY REMINDERS offered here serves you most today.

My heart reaching out to yours,

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Full Resource List

Posts

• 35 Personal Mantras To Love Yourself & Your Life Right Now + Everything You Need To Know For Your Personal Practice.
• Stop Waking Up Tired – 7 Ways To Energize Your Morning Routine.
• HOW TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU MUST REDEFINE YOUR LIFE
• SURVIVING MARRIAGE – How To Make Love Last Through Our Differences
• How To Become A Happier Human Being – 4 Truths About Arvviing at the Happy Life

Meditations

• NATURAL STRESS RELIEF Guided Meditation
• BODY SCAN for Loving Attention Guided Meditation
• I’M FEELING UNSTEADY Guided Meditation
• TRUSTING YOURSELF Guided AFFIRMATION Meditation

Book Recommendations

• The Year Of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
• On Being Human – A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real And Listening Hard by Jen Pastiloff
• The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
• The Power by Rhonda Byrne
• The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne
• A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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