Dear Friends,

Happy Valentine's Day! I decided to capitalize on the February issue's proximity to this celebration of love. Accordingly, your insight this month focuses on "conversations of the heart" – the kind we have with ourselves.

Wishing you love, joy and laughter in all of your relationships ...

My best to you!
Claudette

Conversations of the Heart

Have you had a conversation with your heart lately?

In our head-based, busy, technological society, we often lose touch with our hearts. This disconnection is to our detriment: the heart is our emotional center, it's the seat of self-love and it's one of the first harbingers that we are on the right path or the wrong one. Simply put, the heart is a fantastic source information about you.

I've often wondered what it would be like to follow my heart's lead for a day. What would I choose differently? What would I give to myself? How would my actions change?

Here are three questions to start you down the path of self-love:

What do I want? Once you can answer this question, you can answer many other of life's questions. Knowing what you want is the foundation of self-love, fulfillment and our ability to give of ourselves in a meaningful way.

How does it make me feel? Being a recovering over-thinker, I have a habit of trying to mentally process my way out of a situation, analyze it from all fronts and just generally beat it to death. About a year ago, I started employing the question, "How does it make me feel?" and much of the mental processing dropped away. In other words, if something makes me feel good emotionally, then it's probably good for me. If it makes me feel bad, that bears further exploration. It's really that simple. Asking this question can be the shortest route to getting the answers you seek.

What's the message from my heart? I love this question too. My heart usually has useful, soulful and informative messages. I bet yours does too. When you first ask yourself this question, you may not hear an answer immediately. Training your heart can take some time; I encourage you to persevere with this question. Over time, you'll hear an answer.

Whether you buy into Valentine's Day or not, let self-love rule your world for a few days and see what happens. We don't need Cupid's arrow to make us fall in love with ourselves, we only require a healthy dose of heart-based living. Listen to your heart and you'll be surprised at what you hear.

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Useful Resources

• I love this poem by Dawna Markova and wanted to share it with you:
  
  I will not die an unlived life.
  I will not live in fear
  Of falling or catching fire.
  I choose to inhabit my days,
  To allow my living to open me,
  To make me less afraid,
  More accessible,
  To loosen my heart
  Until it becomes a wing,
  A torch, a promise.
  I choose to risk my significance,
  To live so that which came to me as seed
  Goes next to blossom,
  And that which came to me as blossom,
  Goes on as fruit.

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