Last year when I was at the Photography Awesomesauce Conference, Carrie suggested a new business book to read “Radical Self-Love” by Gala Darling. While at the time, not everything she was saying about the book said BUY ME! I realized that it was a book I should add to my list of books to read. Because self-love is one of the hardest things for me. Growing up I didn’t have the best self-esteem or image of me in my head. I referred to myself as the fat shy girl… Anyways that is a story for another day.
Gala’s book was amazing! It was an easy read and kinda followed the same concept of You are a Badass… After every chapter, there was an area with homework. I didn’t do it this time through, but I’m already planning a re-read with homework in the near future.
In this book, she talked about everything from loving yourself to friendships to relationships to even the clothes you wear.
She said to always remember that the way you feel is a preview of what’s coming. If you don’t feel good, do something to make yourself feel good. The more time you spend thinking deeply, the more in tune with yourself you will be. She suggested creating a style bible and taking pictures of yourself daily to see what you really look like.
Gala talked about how to keep friendships and how to gain new friendships. One of her homework suggestions was to continue pinging your friends. Even when you are busy, this is something I do have to work on. It’s hard to communicate sometimes when people are so far away or the circumstances you used to have with that friend are gone like a former co-worker.