The relationship you have with yourself is the only one where you have complete context. You can't fully understand anyone else's inner world, so self-awareness and self-love are essential before you can genuinely care for others.
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Your relationship with self is the longest relationship that you'll ever have, and it's the only one where you will be the only person that is in the driver's seat that has full context. You'll never have full context for any other person in life, not your mum, not your partner, not your children. There's just no way that you can have full context for their life because it's their life. So when I preach this self-awareness, this level of self-love, self-care, when we talk about mental health, I'm always like, where are you? You know, you have to put your seatbelt on first. You have to put your mask on first before you look after anyone else. Because if you are not fulfilled and happy within self, you can only— you can only give to others what you have.