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Is It Possible To Fully Love Others If You Don't Learn To Love Yourself?

29 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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Lewis Howes argues that self-hate leads you to disdain others, while self-respect lets you respect them. He separates healthy self-love, which recognizes your inherent worth, from narcissism, which is excessive self-absorption. Genuine self-worth is essential for extending love to others.

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Is it possible to fully give love to others if you don't know how to fully love yourself? We reflect on others what we really feel about ourselves. If you hate yourself, you will treat other people with disdain. And. But when you love yourself, there's a difference between loving yourself and being in love with yourself. And I think the difference is significant and subtle. A narcissist is in love with themselves, right? But a healthy human being loves themselves, and they know they have value, they know they have worth, and they know that they have the right to be treated with respect and value. And when you know that about yourself, then you know that about every other human being.