Self-Consent A Self-Love Practice By Julie Peters

[Manuel Tavares]

Self-Consent
A Self-Love Practice
By Julie Peters
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/06/self-consent-self-love-practice.html

Self-love isn’t a given, it’s a practice. A set of behaviors that add up over time. Self-consent is one of these self-love practices, and when we start implementing it, we can start creating powerful change.

In general, consent is the idea that we should be able to say yes or no to the things that are happening to our bodies. We usually talk about consent in the context of another: asking for a hug, for example, or filling out an informed consent form at a doctor’s office. Consent practices allow us to feel safe and respected, cultivating trust in the context of that relationship.

We don’t often think of this as an internal dynamic, but it is. When we can learn to listen to our bodies and our own internal “yes” and “no” signals, we cultivate a habit of respecting our own needs, limits, boundaries, and desires.

This is good for everyone, but it’s an especially useful practice for people who have been through a traumatic experience. Trauma almost always comes with the experience of having one’s choice or power taken away on some level. When we can return that in small ways—for example, eating when we are hungry, stopping when we are full—we are cultivating an internal experience of choice and power, which makes us feel safer and more powerful in our day-to-day lives.+++
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/06/self-consent-self-love-practice.html