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I love the practice of picking a word each year and choosing it as a guidepost for the year. I learned about the practice from Ali Edwards and her One Little Word project and my one word of the year has felt like such a guidepost for the personal body image healing I’ve been doing these past few years. Words like Thrive, Confidence, Worthiness, Trust and Beloved.
I confess I’m not sure what my word (or phrase) is yet for the coming year. Sometimes I find it takes digging into the year a bit for it to be clear. I have inklings though, a yearning to have this year be more about settling into the new normal of being more at peace with my body, savouring life more. I suppose I’m craving a more gentle word this year after all these earth-shaking, change-making words. It also feels important to me that in some way the word is in alignment with this path of Being our Own Beloved. So I thought I’d make this list to spark ideas and share it with you too in case it will be helpful in choosing your word of the year!
- Beloved
- Love
- Compassion
- Kindness
- Body Love
- Confidence
- Worthiness
- Enough
- Embody
- Be Yourself
- Uniquely You
- Radical Self-Love
- Set Free
- Embrace
- Making Peace
- Valuable/Valued
- Thrive
- Belief
- Sacred
- Cherished
- Treasured
- Awareness
- Exquisite
- Loving
- Reclaim
- Body Peace
- Well Fed (inspired by Rachel Cole’s work)!
- Emerge
- Wholehearted
- Sweetness
- Appreciate
- Passion
- Shine
- Self-Acceptance
- Claiming Space
- Devoted
- Enchanting
- Adore
- Care
- Cultivate
- Reverence
- Nourish
- Support
- Nurture
- Radiance
- Open up
- Live/Alive
- Whole
- New Perspective
- Home
- Heal
- Acceptance
- Ease
- Wholeness
- Letting Go
- Possibility
- Reconnect
- Savour
- Listen
- Authentic Self
- Flourish
- Full
- Revolution
- Yes
- Discover
- Embrace
- Heroine
- Voice
- Intuition
- Journey
- Hope
- Celebrate
- Change
- Unique
- Appreciate
- Seen
- See with New Eyes
- Permission
- Tell Your Story
- Visible
- Recognition
- Movement
- Neutrality
- Heart
- Loveable
- Forgive
- Unconditional
- Spark
- Magnificence
- Precious
- Luminosity
- Grow
- As You Are
- Right Here, Right Now
- Empowered Vulnerability
- Radical Self Care
- Inherent Worth
- Open to Possibility
- Celebrate
- Choose Love
Have you already found your word of the year? Or are any of these jumping out at you as potential candidates for your word of the year? And how do you keep your word in the forefront during the year? I’d love to hear in the comments!
If you’re wanting to invite more self-love into your year, especially in terms of how we see ourselves in photos, come join me for the upcoming session of Be Your Own Beloved starting February 1st!
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