3 Tips to Build A Better Relationship With Yourself

You will never sleep, eat, talk or be with anyone more than you will be with yourself. The relationship with yourself always sets the tone and nature of the other relationships in your life.

This article will discuss three tips to build a better relationship with brilliant you!

A Few Quotes

‘The relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.’ Robert Holden

‘Knowing Yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.’ Aristotle

‘First, know Yourself then know others.’ Gichin Funakoshi

‘Don’t be confused between what people say you are with who you know you are.’ Oprah Winfrey

Tip 1 — Get To Know Yourself

Sometimes we go through life waiting for others to understand us and provide us with what we want and desire.

The outcome? A lifetime full of disappointments and dissatisfaction.

Tip 1 is all about taking the time to get to know yourself.

Firstly, asking others to do so is unfair if you haven’t taken the time yourself. Secondly, people always mirror the relationship you have with yourself. When you take the time to know and understand yourself, the people in your life will start to reflect that. They’ll tune into who you really are because you have.

Ultimately, you will begin to have transparency in your relationships because you decided to have clarity within yourself.

Tip 2 — Define Your Likes And Dislikes

Defining what you like and dislike in all areas of your life is crucial. I have found that if you don’t specify your preferences, someone else will. And as time goes by, this will feel unpleasant, or resentment will start to creep into your heart: however, good others’ intentions are.

Why?

Because this is your life, others aren’t meant to define your preferences; you are!

Begin by categorising your life, for example:

Time

Food

Free Time

Clothes etc

Then start to note down what you like and dislike in each area; once you do that, the job has been taken: nobody else can apply!

You’ll also be happier because you’ll consciously start moving towards what you like and stay away from what you don’t like.

Tip 3 — Intend To Be A Friend To Yourself, Not A Bully.

Too often, we bully ourselves through life with constant criticism and negativity towards ourselves. But, when you start to Love Yourself, all of that stops, and you go down another path. The path of befriending yourself, loving yourself, and using affirmations that motivate you rather than negative affirmations that pull you down.

You realise it’s the only path that gets you to where you’ve always wanted to be!