In this heartfelt episode, Kelly Jackson delves into her seven-plus year celibacy journey, exploring personal growth, self-love, and intentional living. Kelly candidly shares her struggles with self-worth, relationships, and the transformative power of embracing celibacy, aiming to inspire others to create lives in harmony with their dreams.

From the Episode:

• "...instead of looking for the right person, I'm going to become the right person. And perhaps you've heard me say this before that while on the celibacy journey, I became an expert on self love."
• "There was a time when I did not like who I saw when I looked in the mirror. And not even that I didn't like her, I didn't love her. And there were some times I probably even felt like I hated her."
• "I had no real self worth. No self love ,and I was just looking for that validation, right? Looking for that love. And I was doing it in all the wrong ways."
• "I kept attracting the same types of men, and I was repeating the same types of patterns and the same types of behaviors. over and over. They had different names or maybe different careers, or they looked different, but it was like the same man."
• "...the relationship that you have with yourself is the most important relationship that you will ever have in your entire life. Because you are the one person that you will spend every moment of every day with for your entire life."
• "...when you have the relationships in your life and everyone is willing to grow together, right? Independently, and then collectively, that's where the magic happens..."
• "I didn't even love myself in the way I wanted other people to love me. And I was like, you know what? I'm doing it. I'm doing it..."

Notes and Considerations:

• Here is my blog post: "Sex, Love, XXX, Celibacy and Conscious Relationships: Day 3 in Shadows"
• Here is the blog post from my therapy session: "Assignment #6: A Letter to the You Who First Came for Counseling"
• I mentioned one of the first relationship coaches I discovered, Matthew Hussey
• I mentioned a monk, Dandapani, I was learning a lot from at the time
• You can CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE POWER OF SELF LOVE WEEK the transformational free training I'm hosting Dec. 9-13, that I mention in this episode

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