50 Mantras for Self Love

Just like healthy eating nourishes our body, self love nourishes our soul. If you want to be happy and successful, it is crucial that you learn to love yourself unconditionally, and take care of your mental health.

I have created a list of fifty mantras, or affirmations, that will help you do exactly that. At the end of the post you will also find a link to download a free PDF version of the whole list. Let’s now have a look at the importance of self love, and how mantras can help with that.

The importance of self love

Everything starts with you. Until you become your own best friend, it doesn’t matter how many self help books you read, or how many therapy sessions you take — they won’t be very helpful if you don’t love yourself in the first place.

One of the ironies of modern society is that as human beings have access to more opportunities, and as it becomes increasingly easier to live a truly fulfilling existence, many seem to forget that they have to take care of the basics before they go and chase anything external.

For example, there is an increasing number of people who spend a lot of time and energy acquiring material possessions, not because they need them, but simply because they haven’t learned to change their emotions in any other way.

Until you have a poor self image, you are going to have to feed that self image with external things — material objects, other people’s opinions, your career, your followers on social media, and so on.

Conversely, when you practice self love and make it a habit, you realize that you matter, and that you deserve the best in life, regardless of what other people think about you (or what you think they think about you, which is actually what happens most of the time).

As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that.
— Nic Sheff

What are mantras, and how do they work?

The term mantra is made of two separate words: man, which means mind, and tra, which means vehicle. Mantras are, then, a tool to direct and transport our mind toward a different state. Originally, mantras were used to facilitate yoga practices; students would chant or silently repeat sacred words, and that would help them shift their awareness.

Today, the word mantra doesn’t just refer to meditation, but also words or phrases that are repeated frequently. If you are learning to love yourself, and you need to condition your mind to do so, you can think of mantras as positive affirmations — statements you repeat over and over again until your subconscious surrenders to them.

The more frequently you use the following mantras, and the more focused your mind is when you repeat them, the sooner you will notice their effects. It takes time to change your mindset, so don’t expect this to work overnight — although you may feel better even after a single session.