Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2019 Aspire Mag FINAL | Page 42

Redefining and Reclaiming Selfish:
EXPLORING
SELFISHNESS
as Self-Love
BY NANCY LEVIN
G
iving yourself permission to be selfish
is a vital act of self-love and self-care.
It was a woah-moment. The mere mention of
encouraging her to give herself permission
to honor her wants, needs and desires to be
met, let alone become non-negotiables, was
nothing short of earth-shattering.
I experience this with my clients all the
time. Here’s where we get tripped up: most
of us relate to selfish and selfless as being
mutually exclusive. But they’re not.
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