Unconditional Love

You are enough. You do not need to be or do anything differently to deserve love. To the degree that we transform our emotional present, we love ourselves and grow as parents.

Unconditional love for ourselves and our children does not come from changing what is outside and around us. Loving ourselves and others requires understanding what's inside of us.

If you find yourself being overly critical of yourself or others, pressuring your child to perform perfectly, focusing more on what they are not good at rather than what they do well, pause and ask yourself why? Know that what is important is not your child's behavior but your reaction to that behavior.

Knowing your lovability is absolute, and being gentle with yourself is the first step in being gentle with others. So relax into the knowledge you are infinitely lovable. You always have been, and forever will be, because you are you. Knowing this, you can more fully open your heart to giving and receiving love.

The process of unconditionally loving ourselves and our loved ones opens our hearts to be the parents we long to become.