Most people have a difficult time with VALENTINE'S DAY! So let's rename it i adore me Day! It's a celebration of YOU and all the love that you have for yourself, your life, your creativity and your being. Take today and focus on GRATITUDE for all the things that you have NOW. Surround yourself with REDS, HOT PINKS and MAGENTAS and find all the fire, passion and love inside of you. Rock It into your world.

Whether you have a date or not, just make it a special day about love. Pamper yourself: take a bubble bath, get an aromatherapy massage or even enjoy a cup of hot cocoa.

Write down five things that you want to create for yourself and try to make one of them come true today. Relax, enjoy, live and love.

Happy i adore me Day!

Have a Colorful Day,

Betsy Karp,
founder & creator of i adore me

Are you someone that wakes up in the morning obsessing about your to-do list from here to eternity? Or, are you someone that takes a moment and a breath and is grateful for a good night’s sleep, letting the day unfold as it may? I don’t know about you, but the days that I look at the cup flowing over, everything seems to really work out in my day and in my world. See how starting your day with a new, positive attitude will bring about a whole new energy and way to be. Aren’t you excited to start today?

Here are the steps that you should follow to have a positive day:

Think One Positive Thought: So much of our attitude in our lives is decided by what our thoughts are when we wake up in the morning. Coming from a true, positive place will set everything in alignment for you throughout your day.

Hug Yourself: Lately, I have started wrapping my arms around me first thing in the morning, giving myself a morning hug and saying, “i adore me.” This evokes my self-love, that I’m going to be ok and that I’m ready for my day.

Mirror Talk: As you look at the reflection in the mirror first thing in the morning, what do you say to yourself? Are you looking at yourself and loving what you see or are you being harsh and critical on that reflection? It’s so much better when you look in the mirror and say: “I’m going to have a great day today,” rolling up the corners of your mouth, letting that smile just peak through. With or without makeup, you are beautiful…but you need to feel that. Take one to two minutes out of your morning, looking in the mirror and have a positive conversation with yourself about what you are going to do during the day.

Take an Invigorating Shower: The next step to having a positive day is enjoying your shower. In order to enjoy your shower, don’t run your to-do list in your head. Put on some upbeat music and/or just let the essence of the water invigorate your body. Water makes you feel fresh, alive and clean. Let it do its job.

Envision Your Daily Color: Still in the shower, envision what you want to wear and what color is going to be in your day. For example: “Today the color I want to wear is orange to give me courage” (click here to find out how to use color positively in your world). Then incorporate orange from what you’re going to wear to what healthy orange foods you’re going to put in your body for breakfast, to feeling that sunny nature and the sweetness of the color orange. Immediately you will feel so good.

Meditate: After the shower and envisioning your color of the day, take a few minutes and put on some calming and meditative music, sit up straight in a chair (or upright on your couch) with feet planted on the ground, feel yourself connected to the earth and allow yourself to relax. Close your eyes, take three breaths in and out and allow the moment to just be this beautiful, precious moment of peace. You will not believe what a difference taking these two to three minutes will make in starting your day.

Use an Essential Oil: An essential oil is also a wonderful way to give yourself a positive outlook for your day (click here to find the list of essential oil options). There is a wonderful assortment of blends to make you feel empowered, relaxed or even to awaken you. The “Awaken” blend is one of my favorites, making me feel alive. It truly gives me that essence of feeling happy.

Eat a Healthy Breakfast: The last thing before you leave the house is to put some wonderful nourishment in your body. Think about your color of the day and find a way to incorporate it in your meal in a natural way. An example: If orange is your color of the day, eat a piece of orange, an apricot or an orange piece of melon. Have some healthy greens (like spinach or kale) to give you energy and vitamins, protein such as a hard-boiled egg and a fresh piece of fruit. This gives your body energy, brainpower and a wonderful way to start that positive day of yours.

So now that you have a wonderful list to start your day, follow these steps. See how great you’re going to feel: the positive change you are going to bring into your life and the people you will meet. Aren’t you ready for that?

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Hugs,

Betsy Karp,

Founder of i adore me

We all think that love and the answers we need are outside of us. All the love we need, everything we do and everything we feel comes from within. What have you done lately that has come from inside of you?

Our passions, our energy and what we have to show the world truly comes from within. When we get sad and down-and-out (not having the right partner in our life, not having the right job, etc…), start looking within and pull out what is inside of you that you want to share with others.

I had an important business meeting yesterday, so I wanted to get myself into a feeling place of abundance and happiness beforehand. So I put “Joy” (an essential oil blend that can be purchased through my website) on my main pressure points as well as my heart center. “Joy” contains essential oils of geranium, rosewood, lemon, jasmine and bergamot to name a few. Putting on “Joy” moves you into a, pun intended, joyful state and allows you to pull from within!

Sometimes we need support and a loving, compassionate hand to pull us through. It’s learning to understand how to incorporate essential oils into our daily lives, to empower us for that business meeting, or that job interview, or to find a new relationship. Our sense of smell connects us to our emotions, which connects us to our internal beings of what we need…to feel at peace, be joyful, happy and confident, loving and accepting of ourselves. As I said, everything comes from within, so let your sense of smell lead you there.

After my essential oil ritual, I left my apartment for my meeting. The man I met is an Internet “guru.” He asked, “is there a book in you and is it ready to come out?” We discussed some ideas for an initial book launch and he told me to keep looking for the answers within. It will come out when it’s ready.

Open up, let go, share and connect to what you have inside. Don’t be stingy with the world. Share your talents and your love. Dig deep. It’s all there and we all have it. Just like the essential oil blend “Joy” can make you feel happy and abundant, so will all of the love that comes from within you.

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Hugs,

Betsy Karp,

Founder of i adore me