The Lies We Tell Ourselves and the Truths to Squash Them (Part 2)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last week we talked about four common lies that can keep us feeling stuck, and we listed the truths you can use to combat those lies.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week we’re taking on three more lies and the corresponding truths that will send the lies packing. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why are we doing this? Because being hunkered down during coronavirus is hard. It messes with our sense of what’s normal, and it’s easy to fall prey to the negative. Hopefully the content here shifts you toward the positive and/or gives you a lightbulb moment that feels empowering. And, hey, I’m right here with you. Though I’m congruent most of the time, I have my moments, and we need to extend grace to ourselves and pack in the positive truths, especially during this time. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So let’s get to it.</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Lie #1:</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">“You have to be, do, or have something in order to be loved.” “If only I was ________, then I could feel loved.” “When I achieve _________, then things will be different.”</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No, friend, love is unconditional. You are loved already. You are loved, period. You were loved from the start. It’s not something to be earned or achieved. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Love is an inside job. Love and appreciate yourself first, and the outgrowth will be that you’ll begin to feel love from others and also love others unconditionally.</span></p> <p><strong>Combat the lie with this truth</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">: You are loved. And you are love. </span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong>Lie #2: <span style="font-weight: 400;">“You don’t deserve to have what you want.”</span></strong></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The power of this lie stems from the idea of limitations and scarcity, ideas that were conditioned into us as young