Self-love

Honouring thy self-love

November 17, 2024 ClarabelleLeave a comment

I watched the Amy Winehouse film last night, “Back to Black“.

I never understood her songs, until now – the film helped me with that.

I wasn’t a fan of Amy, but I do respect her work and outstanding singing talents. I appreciate her music even more now. She was honest, vulnerable and wholeheartedly emotional in her lyrics – her ability to express this is truly admirable.

The love she wrote about, brought her so much joy and pain at the same time. She loved deeply and a love like that, takes over your whole being. You become the love and that exposes you to so much good and also “wants”. It is in the need of love from others, we give away our power and unbelievable hurt can creep in.

I am not saying love is a bad thing – real love is the greatest thing on earth. I do think however, that self-love comes first, and from that stand point, you attract the best love for you.

No one teaches us in School about the importance of self-love, I guess we rely on our parents for that, but who teaches them?

Many years ago, in my Coaching days, I read a lot of books on self-love, self-confidence, positive thinking, self-sabotage, self-worth, self-esteem…..etc…it helped me to understand myself and understand others.

Stephen R Covey wrote an enlightening book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People“. I would totally recommend this book – it will help you navigate through life’s ups and downs, and so much more. I first read it in 2008, but struggled relating to it…..I then read it again one year later and totally got the message. I then blended the learning into my coaching sessions, which proved to be very successful.

The reason, I mention this book by Stephen Covey, is because he talks about “love” in his book – the wisdoms he shares is so deep.

I love, LOVE – at the age of 40 years, I had the word tattooed on my left arm (I now, do not recommend tattoos 😊).

If I want to escape stormy reality, I can easily sink into that “loving feeling”.

To progress in life, always start with honouring thy self-love and build from there.

Be in love with yourself….always. ❤

I love you for being here.

Thank YOU.

Clarabelle

Anyone But Me

I applaud people who have achieved great success in life

September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 ClarabelleLeave a comment

Clarabelle, Walking in the Highlands of Scotland, Year 2016

I can’t be anyone but me and that’s the kinda life I want to live.

I wake up every morning and only want to be me, never anyone else.

I am the type of person who never idolizes anyone, no matter how successful and famous they are.

I am not intimated by highly successful people, or people in powerful leadership roles – I just see them as people with everyday problems like ourselves.

I applaud people who have achieved great success in life – but I truly admire the qualities within them that got them there. Such qualities like resilience, determination, passion, purpose, inner strength, self-belief, laser focus, growth mindset, knowledge-seeker, openness to learning and standing by their dreams.

It may takes many years of “behind the scenes” dedication to achieve greatness.

Therefore, step by step, inch by inch, moment by moment, is how you make it.

Success in life is about strengthening the building blocks of courage, bravery, risk-taking and going left, when everyone else is saying, go right.

I’ve taken so many high risks in life and most of them haven’t paid off, but that doesn’t mean I should give up.

It actually makes me more determined to “keep going“. I think I must love a challenge – because I know to the everyday person observing, it seems unbelievably crazy!

Crazy until you make it, that is!

I know I have dreamlike self-belief but not just in me, I believe in every human being I come across. If I could bottle up my courage and give it to anyone who needs it, I would.

I seem to be always fighting against the ‘normal’ life – some days it wins but thankfully, most days it doesn’t.

I am the forever dreamer, imagining the impossible and believing it will happen – it’s a solid thought in my mind.

Imagination is my super power and will always uplift me, above and beyond.

I honestly believe, this type of thinking, feeling and doing will get me everywhere. It’s quite magnetic to a lot of people, who most certainly have this quality, but haven’t set it free yet.

Posting Clarabelle Cards to Customers, Year 2020

Give yourself permission to unleash your true self-power into this world. Do it today and then everyday.

You are STRONG and POWERFUL but more importantly, you are YOU and that’s a wonderful place to be.

I have decided, I am going to write another book about igniting your self-power…..this one’s for you!

Watch this space.

Love, all of you,

Clarabelle

Courageous You

A reminder of how brave and courageous you are.

November 25, 2022November 25, 2022 ClarabelleLeave a comment

It’s Friday and that means Clarabelle Podcast day!

Today’s podcast is a reminder of how brave and courageous you are.

Courageous You brings poetic words of encouragement to you today.

“COURAGEOUS YOU” is today’s Clarabelle Podcast – courage will always find you.

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10,000 Blog Hits – Thank YOU

July 24, 2013July 24, 2013 Clarabelle14 Comments

Clarabelle blog hits

Today I am celebrating 10,000 blog hits and I am super excited and abundantly happy about this.

I want to truly thank YOU for making this happen, you have visited my blog on a daily basis and you have inspired and encouraged me to keep going.

I truly feel that this blog is part of my life now, I just absolutely love it and I really do hope it shows and that it offers you some real value when you visit.

I started this Clarabelle Blog on 20 April 2012, it was unplanned, something came over me that day and I just acted on what I was feeling and I now know I was so right for doing that. I remember that moment very clearly because I was super excited to get it going and my first blog post was a poem I created called “Superhero” about a friend of mine.

I have developed and grown with this blog and it will continue to evolve as my career transition to Singer/Songwriter takes shape. I do hope you stick around for the long term, because I really do love it when you visit and I love reading your comments, I always make a point to respond to every comment on this blog.

Thank you my friends, thank you from the core of my heart, you contribute so much to my happy spirit…..long may it continue.

Lots of love and gratitude goes out to you today, a very happy Clarabelle

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Field of Love

July 24, 2013July 24, 2013 Clarabelle16 Comments

I had this thought whilst out running yesterday morning, it certainly made me think and maybe because I am very much a ‘people person’ i.e. I love people, is why I think this way.

golden summer meadow

Golden Summer Meadow

Imagine you were walking alone through a beautiful golden summer meadow, beneath the bluest of skies, with the sun beaming down on all the colours of the flowers around you, the scenery is so stunning it has a white haze around it, as if you were in your own beautiful dream.

You feel lots of love around you, you feel happy, contented and at peace, you are grateful for this moment, you feel very blessed indeed. Imagine that moment for yourself right now, if you’re anything like me, you feel so happy and have a soft smile upon your face. What is it that makes you feel that way, when you walk through the golden summer meadow, what makes you feel at one?

Think About This Now

Now I’m going to switch this up a little bit, imagine everything is the same as above but the only difference is, you now know that you are the only person living in this world whilst walking through the beautiful golden summer meadow, think about this now, how does it make you feel? I thought about this, the surroundings have not changed but for me, now I feel alone, now I feel lifeless, now I feel lacking in energy, now I feel dead inside……why do I feel this way?

No Life But Your Own

For me, it is because there are no people to share this experience with, no family or friends to go home and talk to, no conversations to look forward to, no laughter shared with another, no life but your own, no relationships to nurture, no one to give your love to, no one to love, just to give love to yourself.

So I am thinking, that you have can as much self love within you to reach the stars and back but if you don’t have other people in your life to share it with, to give your love to, it becomes dead, it doesn’t thrive, it doesn’t grow.

Field of Love

You see this made me think about how we are all connected, we are all connected with that invisible field of love, love’s energy is keeping this Universe alive and the best way for the Universe to grow and thrive is to share your love with others and in doing so you get more love.

A little love goes a long way, you will never be alone in the beautiful golden summer meadow as long as there is love inside of you and the knowing that it is reaching out to others.

Your love is so powerful, more powerful than you will ever know but I feel the key is to ensure you share it, you give yourself the opportunity to express it, you give it, this I feel is what will ignite the inner flame of your own love, it will take root and nourish every part of your very being.

Another way of looking at it is this, imagine you’re the only person in this world with a loving heart……..I think that’s another blog post.

Thank you for taking the time to read my running reflections, would be good to know what you think of it all, I’d love to know.

Wishing you a beautiful day filled with love, Clarabelle

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What do you do?

June 24, 2013June 24, 2013 Clarabelle8 Comments

What do you do?

Sometimes when we are going through the deepest of pain, your best creative work can be produced. Right now this hurts, it is a live experience for me, however, I have an unbelieveable amount of inner strength, I express what I feel and I become stronger. We live, we love, we loss – we give, we love, we gain. I hope you enjoy this next poem, love Clarabelle.

What do you do?

What do you do, when faced with deep pain?
Emotional hell, love lost again.
What do you do, when all trust has gone?
Before you thought of someone, from dusk till dawn.
What do you do, when your heart is so sad?
You want to hold on, but that would be bad.
What do you do, in the midst of it all?
You build up more barriers, to create a brick wall.

Let me tell you, when tears they do fall,
There is a reason, for you to stand tall.
Life is not easy, love can turn cold,
Be confident in your soul, be bright, be bold
Nothing can break you, nothing at all,
This sadness is temporary, hear my call.
A new love will come, and shine like a star,
Reaching out to you, so special you are.

Keep your self-love, respect all of you,
A passionate heart, will always break through.
Love grows from within, it travels afar,
Needing no transport, train, plane or car.
Your love is pure, gentle and true,
It will always find, the right person for you.
So smile in the morning, wipe away the tears,
A new love will be born, staying with you for years.

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A Special Kind of Love

April 30, 2013 Clarabelle5 Comments

“You can’t force love in another, all you can do is love yourself.” (Clarabelle)

I woke up this morning and that was the first thought that came into my head, so what does this mean? For me, it means many things but the one true sentiment from this sentence is really about having self-love, only then will you attract real true love into your life. Love attracts love and when you have self-love then you will be a magnet for pure love from another This next poem is inspired by just that, focus on the power in you, put your energy into your own self-love and believe me, you will be surrounded with an abundance of love from others, that is a special kind of love.

A special kind of love