Write a praise list

Examples:
I praise myself for… making art
For spending money on supplies
For thinking about my business and being more grown-up about running it
For advertising for help on E-lance
For going for a walk yesterday
For loving Lilly
For getting a massage today
For remembering to do this
For talking to Sarah my spiritual director and letting her care for me
For letting my blog feed me
For missing and yearning for my meditation cushion
For designing such cool retreats and workshops for the upcoming year
For asking for what I want on my birthday
For helping Chris and Dad to get well
For having a neighbor like Donna pay me a compliment like she did the other day
For walking my dog so much
For avoiding wheat and dairy more
For getting help with my computer
For not sinking into a total depression after notes from Step and M
For remembering I am not my work
For letting it be almost okay I have not been writing
For planning this retreat and trusting I can find the rest of the book
For three quarters knowing it is okay that I don’t know how to rewrite the book
For wondering if my surety that this novel will be complete and readable and publishable is folly or truth and that being okay
For loving my husband and finding him attractive
For getting on the phone more often with people instead of waiting for them o call me
For networking more
For exercising later today
For taking my herbs every day
For looking at pictures of our summer on my bulletin board and feeling the sun and salt again
For recognizing yesterday how much I experience and grow each day

Name and breathe out expectations
Feel where they are in your body and imagine them dissolving on the exhale

Do yoga, get a massage, go for a walk in the woods

Tell yourself over and over, "I am safe."

Make a nest of pillows and get really, really comfortable

Listen to Holysync

Pray for release and softness and ask for help

Do Loving Kindness Meditation with Sharon Salzbreg