I have long held out hope of my family loving me, wanting me, and being good enough for them to love. There isn’t such a thing, as being good enough to love. You should be loved just as you are; not because of what you can accomplish, or have accomplished in past. There shouldn’t be any other reason, than you exist, and are one of God’s creatures. To feel love of others, you must first be able to feel love of self. If you are unable to feel love for yourself, from yourself, how can you possibly know what it feels like to be loved by others? How do you accept that love and trust, if you’ve never learned to love yourself? It sounds easy to be able to love yourself, but it can be most difficult, and challenging task, set before us. It is so easy to believe those negative statements we give ourselves. We especially devour negative things people say about us. Can you even count times you’ve called yourself stupid for making a small mistake, or just being human? How many times have you felt like a loser or not good enough, because of minor errors or lapses, that we would easily overlook in another person, but obsess and make into a huge problem for ourselves? It isn’t fair but we do it.

Have you ever considered that you may be subconsciously sabotaging and inhibiting your own potential positive emotions through position of your head and manner in which you breathe?

Personally, before a few years ago, I had never really considered it. However as I became more interested in how deep focused breathing could positively change your body and mindset I looked more closely at such things.

What I want you to do right now is pop your chin on your chest and bring into your mind a negative image or thought. Take a few minutes to focus on this thought with your chin down.

Now, what I want you to try next is this. While holding same thought in your mind raise your chin off your chest, bring your head up, and stand tall.