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Toronto Portrait Photographer || HEARTshots || Black + White Photography

Memoirs and musings of Darius Bashar. Toronto portrait photographer and writer, in pursuit of all things real, raw and intimate. 

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“I figured it all out. The answer is… self love! You’re welcome—”

—anyone else SICK of hearing this message?

I sure am. Every coach I work with, every talk I listen to, every book I read, it all goes back to the same solution:

SELF LOVE

But here’s my issue with this…

When people tell me the solution is to love myself, that gets me nowhere.

“Great, I already love myself. Now what?!”

Every single one of us already loves ourselves to some degree. Yet most of us want more love in our lives. More romantic love, more love at work, more love for our bodies, more money love in our bank accounts, more “love” for our content.

So what do we do?

The brilliant Adam Roa has a great quote about this. He says, “The degree in which we are able to receive love is directly correlated to our ability to love ourselves.” 

What if instead of asking whether we love ourselves, a better question is HOW MUCH do we love ourselves? Maybe the real issue is that we have reached a maximum capacity for love in our lives. 

Maybe… our “self love cup” is ready for an UPGRADE.

On today’s video I share a science experiment to demonstrate how limited I currently am in my life for love, and how overwhelmed and paralyzed it makes me feel. Can you relate?

Anyone out there got some wisdom to help me get out of this limiting and very wobbly place in my life? Your help is greatly appreciated.