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I recently read a friend’s newsletter about the importance of acknowledging your own work, and it stayed with me.
It made me think about praising yourself—not only for what you do, but for who you are becoming while you’re stretching, growing, figuring things out.
We were never really taught to stop and congratulate ourselves for our efforts.
But it’s necessary if you want to keep going.
Praise matters after a big accomplishment, of course. But even before that.
Praise is what allows you to move toward anything at all.
PAUSE.
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It starts when there’s nothing to celebrate.
It starts within.
It starts with who you are.
Praise yourself for no particular reason.
When you praising yourself for who you are—not just what you achieve—it makes everything else sustainable.
Because then you’re not only relying on wins to feel proud and love who you are.
You’re proud because you showed up. Because you tried. Because you’re in it.
And because it is in fact, your birthright.
PAUSE.
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Praise after a Win is beautiful. But after ‘failure’ it’s harder. And still, if you can praise yourself there too—when things don’t go your way, when it’s uncomfortable, when it’s heavy—you build one of the most beautiful relationships with yourself.
I used to praise myself only when things were going well. I depended on wins to feel good about who I was. Now, it’s different.
Now, the praise is constant.
In the good, in the bad, and in everything in between.
So don’t wait for a reason.
Praise yourself now.
With love,
Chanel.