Self-love is the side-effect of self-acceptance. Accept who you are and what is happening in your world and love naturally begins to flow back to self.

You'll be ready for this change - when you're ready – not a moment before. Don't beat yourself up if you're not ready.

Only be productive if you are in the right mental, physical and emotional space to do so. If you are sick, quit trying to make things happen.

Your outer world mirrors your inner world. How you view your outer world is how you view you, your inner world, the 'you' that needs your care, your attention, your compassion and your love.

Remove 'shoulds' from your vocabulary this year. Start your journey of self-love now.

I realised that I needed the dark and the light to be a whole person. Trying to be happy by neglecting the harsh reality of my emotional world didn't work. All colours and shades of reality are experienced and by allowing these, without judgement, my heart opened to me. Self-love always starts with 'holding the hurt'.

My light was held in the dark until I was ready. The darkness is not a thing to fear, simply a place of the unknown – yet to be. Embrace with love your own darkness and the light will reveal your worth.