Self-acceptance is important for everyone to love themselves. If we can learn to accept ourselves for who we are, we can start to build a strong foundation of self-love. When we love and accept ourselves, we're able to feel happier and more positive.

Self-acceptance can be done in many ways; setting boundaries, diving into a hobby and pursuing it, journaling, and gratitude to name just a few.

Where's a good place to start?

One of the easiest and most efficient ways to learn to accept yourself is through journaling. Journaling is a great tool for understanding yourself in all aspects of your life.

Another easy way to start self-acceptance is with gratitude via affirmations. The easy part of gratitude and affirmations is that you can easily find prompts others have made for you, but you can also say your own gratitude sayings to yourself too.

Is there a place that combines the two?

Well yes, there surely is, in fact, you don't need to go searching for it. I have created a little bundle of self-acceptance, just in time for Valentine's day, that has both a gratitude journal and affirmation cards.

What are affirmation cards?

Affirmation cards are positive sayings and quotes that are about positivity. They are uplifting and provide positive self-talk as you either need to read them in your head or read them aloud. In both situations, you hear the affirmation in your own voice, a way of saying it to yourself.

Affirmation cards are used for a variety of reasons, they are a very versatile tool to have. The affirmation cards in the self-acceptance bundle are all about affirmations that will help you accept yourself in many ways.

On top of the 5 cards shown above, you can also expect cards that say things like;

• I am in control of my life
• I am wanted
• I will achieve greatness

The cards made this time around are perfect for valentines day, with love hearts all around and in the cards. I wanted these cards to be the epitome of love, so when you read a card, you see all the symbols of love and therefore learn to love yourself more.

What is a gratitude journal?

A gratitude journal combines two great items; gratitude and a journal, it's all in the name. The primary task of a journal is to write out your inner thoughts, your desires and your feelings.

A gratitude journal focuses on good thoughts, on good feelings and all the goodness that surrounds you. It forces you to look at your life and see it in a positive light, even when you feel like your day hasn't been cheery.

I'll let you in on a little secret, gratitude journals are my absolute favourite type of journal to make and use. I enjoy looking at all the events of my life in a positive way, whether it's in the moment, at the end of the day when journaling or two years after the event.

Accepting yourself comes down to forgiving yourself for all the events that happened in your life too, a gratitude journal will help you do that. Writing down how you feel from the event, will help you to heal afterwards, which in turn will allow you to accept yourself, your actions and who you are.

In this journal you will get:

• A month's overview of 2023.
• Weekly meal planning sheets for 4 weeks.
• Weekly gratitude journal – 7 individual spaces for something you are grateful for each day of the week.
• Journaling pages, 1 for each day, 4 weeks worth.
• One gratitude jar, an image where you fill out all the things that make you happy
• One gratitude page with 4 prompts.

This gratitude planner is made to last the month, however, you can print out as many copies as you like to make an entire year!

What about those bookmarks in the photo?

Well, I'm glad you asked! In the theme of valentine's day and self-acceptance, I have given 6 FREE bookmarks in this bundle, all-around love and self-acceptance. I am a lover of bookmarks when I read a hardcover book, I mean who doesn't love a cute pattern or image when you open a book?

The best part about these bookmarks is you can have them double-sided. I've included two more plain-style ones for those days you want to be nice and chill, and three that have drawings of beautiful women on them to remind you that you are stunning.

So what's the catch?

The is absolutely no catch, in fact, if you buy this bundle, you are saving $3 AND getting a free set of bookmarks that you can't buy on their own. It's an absolute no-brainer to me, but I'll let you be the judge if you think these tools will be helpful on your journey.

If you've been a reader of mine for a while, you'll know that the content I put out into the universe is for my readers, to help those who are struggling with self-love, self-acceptance or confidence, just like I struggled with all those years ago. And if you're new here, I hope you'll quickly learn that this is a safe blog to learn different ways to love and accept yourself.