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Strengthening Love

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Christina & Darrin
Love Coach & Therapist
Perhaps there is someone in your life you love very much, and maybe you even want to strengthen your love for this person – to feel it even deeper. In this meditation, you will begin by amplifying the love you feel for yourself. Then you'll allow that wellspring of love to flow over to your loved one, strengthening the connection between the two of you. www.christina-mcmahon.com
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106 reflections
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Christina
Why we created this meditation
A few months ago, an Aura user named Anthony suggested an idea for a new meditation for our Heart Awakening channel: Strengthening Love. Anthony was looking for something to help him deepen the connection with a loved one in his life. Darrin and I loved that idea! And since our channel has a strong focus on self-love, we decided to combine the two ideas. After all, you are better able to shower others with love if you feel all loved up yourself! Darrin and I recorded this together so you will hear both of our voices. It was also our first experiment with adding background music to an Aura meditation. We would love your feedback! And Anthony, I hope you found this one!
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Patty
Pass it on
Self-love is so very important. Without it, it’s difficult to love someone else unconditionally. I think I have enough self love to say to that person that “I can’t imagine my life without you.” ❤️ Christina and Darrin, this meditation is very nicely put together. Very relaxing and comfortable. I liked it a lot. Thank you. 🙏
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Natalie
Focusing On One Person
I can see myself repeating that meditation, especially before I go and see the person. I can see this being a calming meditation/ritual before a gathering. It seems like it would put you in the right mood and/or remind you what’s important.
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Matthew
All too easy!
Challenged to picture a loved one in my mind, I, of course, immediately thought of my wife! I have no problem ever expressing my love to her! I tell her “I love you” so often it’s actually a source of humor between us...almost a running gag, if you will!🤣 this week marks our eighteenth year of marriage, and I truly love her more today than I did eighteen years ago! She’s my best friend, my partner in all things, and she literally saved my life when I had my massive stroke!
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Mia
Alchemy
My love for someone else, growing, expanding, suffusing with light, also strengthens the love for myself. The action makes me be what I feel. By loving someone I love myself, and I become love! The alchemy of the self...
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Sara
Love and Family
After this meditation I feel like the luckiest person. I have so much love in my life, above all I have a father that is always there to catch me when I fall and to celebrate my achievements. Even now as a grown up, I can feel small again when we talk. I also have the sweetest clueless partner in life. Sometimes we need to be reminded of what we take for granted.
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Alexis
Strengthening Love
I learned that I need to be reminded of what a good person I am and the good qualities I have, regardless of what grade I get on a test or how much money is in my bank account. I need to always be reminded that even when times are tough, I am a good person deep down inside, and that’s what matters. I also need to think about the people that I love and do something to express my love to them, which strengthens the love I feel for myself and others. 😍💕
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Love spreading out of my body
I was able to push the huge heart of Love I carry out to a dear friend and tell her how very much I cared for her and spread that out and not just be filled up with it. It was beautiful! Thank you!
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Genevieve
💗
Love is all around us, we are beings of love. I learned to love myself as well as others through any situation and that it’s important to cultivate love through gratitude, mindfulness, and awareness especially in times such as these where the world is projecting so much hate. 💕
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Everett
Zob
Today I will return my soul to you and rebirth my heart as ice
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Haley
❤️
Love is all. Love is beautiful and should be shared unconditionally.
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Susie
Strengthening Love
It is difficult to love more when you fail to recognize the love within and around yourself. I appreciate the reminder and enjoyed this meditation. The background sounds and two voices were quite effective. Namaste 🙏🏻.
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Anthony Quigley
Love
No matter how stressful your day is you should always remind your love one or significant other much you love them
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Claudine
Gratitude
Thank you for being there. Just that. Just for being there. I cannot ask for more.
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Alyssa
12/28/17
Reminding ourselves just how great we are can really change your mindset for the day. It’s never a bad thing to take a few moments out to tell yourself that you are an amazing person in this world, full of love and all good things. Just as we express our love for others, we should express love for ourselves.
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Caleb
Friendship
It's important to appreciate your friends. They help to support you and change who you are. Be thankful for them ❤️
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Kathleen
Strengthening love
I learned that you can never tell someone you appreciate them too much.
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David
The Strength of Love
Love can both give us strength and allow us to share our strength with others.
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Alicia
My heart
I need to express my love a little more often. I need to take a few moments out of my day to reflect on my love for others and remind myself to love myself as well.
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Olivia
I need to love with each breath
Love grows deeper when you love with all you have. Andrew is my one true love. I need to cherish my time with him. Especially the loving moments.
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Allee
Love
I learned that love needs always to be shown and deeply felt
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Precious
How to love
I loved how to strengthen my love for my significant other when I fell out of it.
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Tammy
Strengthening love
Thank you for helping me to remember how much I love and value my husband. He needs to hear how much I love and value him more. I need to tell him and show him the love I have for him each and everyday. He is special to me.
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Max
Strengthening love
I should tell my parents I love them more often. I appreciate everything they have taught me, given me and bring to my life
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Walter J
Increasing Love
I could feel my heart space actually increasing with each breath, just like suggested! Very cool! And as it was growing, it also got brighter and then started rotating and emanating love beams like a searchlight or a beacon in a lighthouse. Again as suggested, I saw it stop rotating and focus its beam directly on my wife. It showered its loving glow onto her until she was engulfed in it, making her look younger, happier and more vibrant. It would be awesome to recreate this practice to shower love on others to brighten their day!
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Meghan
Patrick
I love him so much and I should tell him I do tell him how he makes me feel because as he already knows he could always hear it again
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Sarah
Love
My significant other has always been by my side no matter the situation. I’ve realized that I need to appreciate him more for what he’s done and show him the love he deserves
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Steve
Acting upon love
"What would you so today to strengthen your love for the person"? Acting upon your love is much more powerful than passive love.
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Melissa
Love
Remind myself how much I love and cherish the time with my husband.
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Lesley
Today...
The feelings of love for my mom are only a breath away. I was really scattered but this meditation helped me. The heart chakra is very important to me.
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Maia
Memories
I was reminded of my loving grandfather who passed a short while ago... I learned to love and cherish people to as much as my heart is able..❤️
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Ronda
Love
All I want is to give love and get the same in return. I feel as if I am giving everything I have and no one really cares for me or truly loves me. I am feeling very empty today. The practice of focusing on the person I love the most broke me into tears. I need him to give me something he just cannot give. I am not sure I can continue living the way I am living. I need a change
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Jenny
Tear jerker
When I started this meditation I thought it was cheesy; but I broke down in tears of joy part way through sooo there’s that
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Helen
Tears
This brought tears as I miss my grand children so much and don't get to tell them I love them as much as I would like
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katia
love
what you focus on, grows. love is all there truly is at the core. the more we feel it and cultivate it, the more it will be in our lives.
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Caroline
I felt so happy going through this meditation.
I discovered the way I view the essence of my loved one, and it made me love him even more.
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Neha
Day 4 (skipped a few days)
I really liked my session today and I really feel clam and more relieved.
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Katie
I e learned to just keep breathing a
Nd focusing on the people that I love. 🤓 I also love all of the animals that I’ve had in my life. And am very glad that they were given to me to care for. 😻🐶 and 😺
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Siobhan
Gratitude and peacefulness
I felt so much more calm and at peace with the world and life. It can be easy to get caught up in the little things but this was a beautiful reminder that as long as you love others and there is someone that loves you, everything will work itself out
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Hannah
Day 28
I loved this meditation. I really felt completely focused, no mind-wandering or distractions.
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Emily
Day 1
I felt distracted by just breaking up with someone but reminded me to focus on strengthening my friendships instead.
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Nina
Love is strange
I learned that we cannot hold on to love we have to let it go in order to see what is truly meant for us.
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Bree
Strengthening love
In order to strengthen my love for others, I must first strengthen my love with myself. This meditation was great and directing your love in the right direction ❤️ love is always the greatest power.
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Chris
Focusing on others
It felt good to focus my meditation on someone else. It has become so easy to focus the majority of my inner thoughts on me and me alone, it was a great change of pace to focus my energy on other people that are important in my life
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Pia
With with abundant gratitude
I remembered that I truly can act straight from the heart. If I remain centered in my heart at all times, everything else with be in line with that as well- my words, actions, thoughts..... 💜
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Angelina
I enjoyed this..
Love grows stronger to the ones you cherish so much... I miss dearly...My love grows stronger everyday for my kids, My God..for my beloved grandmother’s they have passed away...I never stop loving them, there in my ❤️ I wish could of told them, ’m so grateful ...wish could repay them..for love they gave me...Bcz, they raised me, when my mother didn’t want me..
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Joyce
We are made of light and love
It’s good to appreciate the loved ones in my life, recognize and feel that love, and work to strengthen that love, including by letting my loved ones know how much their love means to me. Namaste
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Krysta
Gratitude
Love will always be there, no matter what. In my darkest moments I seem to forget about pure love and gratitude like this but I can remind myself that it exists and it is real.
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Karie
What you see is not always what is. Sometimes you need to ask questions & go deeper.
There are many gifts in many different shapes & sizes inside each person.
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Karie
Respect
I have learned that respect has different faces. When you give it, you will also receive it. Sometimes we need to demand it & other times it is freely given.
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Karie
Love
Unconditional love is a gift we can give to others. It can be the support they need & it nourishes our soul.
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Carlee
Unconditional love
I loved the fact that I could picture the person I love most and plan on expressing my love to that person throughout the day and validating them. Intention: get a Mother's Day present and bake her her favorite dish 😋
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Louis
Pure light and Love Within
This meditation most me when I was told within me exists pure light and love. Those qualities belong to God alone and only He can give me these attributes. Without God I am selfish, do not love others and am filled with confusion. This meditation is misleading and only guides the hearer into a dark forest with no path to follow.
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Maria
Love
Grateful for all those around me for being in my life. May they know that they are deeply loved and appreciated.
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Laura
Love strengthening
Remember the good in that/those people you love. Remember what you love about them. Remember why you appreciate them.
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Rylee
Love
I love a person very deeply and I want them in my life forever ❤️
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~Kate~
The painful truth
Wow. I almost can’t believe how much bitterness came up and drowned out the love and affection I tried to focus on. I have a lot of hurt, and a lot of work to do in this area. : S
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Lisa
Deeply loving ❤️
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply you gives you courage. Trust that all those things are still true. Close your eyes and hold those moments in your heart. Allow yourself to feel love, pride, and respect. Return to these moments to revitalize your commitment to strengthen your relationship with those you love.
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Lauren
My love for Sawyer is unbreakable
I learned that meditation can remind me of all that I love about him and strengthen my bond and appreciation for him.
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Kate
Love runs deep
This reminded me where I can feel love at the deepest part of me. That I can go to that place at any time, that I can surround myself with those feelings of incredible light and energy and peace whenever I need to.
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Bailey
The four wives
This reminded me of who I can rely on.. at that you should not push away people who love you and you are very loyal to you
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Mike
Self Love
The true love you seek is inside. If that love has been shackled by pain and other negative effects, it can be healed by forgiveness and the willingness to let go of that pain.
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Rachel
When it’s difficult to love someone
I felt all the love in me at first but when I tried to focus on strengthening the love I have for someone who I’m really struggling with at the moment, all kinds of disruptive thoughts came in. I truly do love this person and so I tried just acknowledging those thoughts and then refocussing on the love I feel at my core. I’m left feeling hopeful.
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Linda
Strengthening Love
I had a difficult time maintaining focus on the first person I thought of partly because of recent tensions between us. So, I focused on someone else and that was easier, but Thoughts of the first persons kept coming back. This one needs work.
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Erin
I love my self
I love my self & take care my self keep my self busy everyday & doing my de stress therapy every day & meditating everyday & writing my journal
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Isabella
what today was....
I felt a new strong friend connection with my friend Amanda today it was like I hot closer with her
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Wendy
what do I do
I thought about my life partner and I'm worried because I don't know why I love him anymore, he has broken my trust in him, he doesn't smile or laugh anymore and he doesn't look after us... I feel like we're just going through the motions 😔😔😔😔
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Joyce
I feel love...
It’s good to take time to experience love in its fullest, appreciating and nurturing it to grow and develop. Namaste
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Katiuscia
strengthening love
I was surprised by this meditation, it's so different from any I have done before. I tried to focus on someone that I really like, we are good friends, I am grateful for this person in my life ...
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Nancy
Strengthening of love
I get so overwhelmed when it comes to love now a days. Simply because I’ve had bad experiences in the past. So now I don’t go looking for love. This meditation was beautiful though, and it actually made me feel like love could find me. I have finally let the man I loved go and have given myself a chance to rid myself of him internally. It took me almost a year to do this. I have moved on to someone else and although I want to give my all, I get so nervous that this person may do the same thing that I’ve experienced. I will try not to focus on the negative and hope for good things to come out of this.
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Jessamine
Beautiful
Really beautiful.. not only creating awareness of the people we maybe take for granted, but also drawing awareness to the goodness and love and strength within me.
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Corey
My Husband
I want to express how profound my love is for him. I want to strengthen our love for each other every single day! Going forward I’ll use this mediation to fill my heart with this beautiful, bright light of love and remind myself to express it, even if it’s just with whispers from my heart to his.
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Jane
The Profound Healing Power of Love
This meditation is probably one of the most healing I’ve ever done. I highly recommend it. Love is so powerful. This meditation gives good direction to keep beginners like me focused, too.
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Ashley
Strengthening love ❤️😍
This was one of the favorite mediation sessions! This really helped me and opened my eyes and heart. Just to stop and really feel love and kinds and think of myself at my best. Even to just stop and picture the person I love the most, cause my husband and I haven’t been on the best terms it’s been difficult but through the tough times we must love them and still show love ❤️
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Sonia
To my mom
I want to strengthen my love for my mother, she always is there for me and provided everything for me and my brother and she gave me a great loving childhood. What would I have done without her. For this meditation, I loved hearing both voices. So beautiful 💖
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Fabiola
I'm happy
All I think about was him, and the way he makes me fell! I feel so happy with this session, my last week was a little roller coaster with my feelings, but today I start my week and my day very happy and confortable with my feelings!
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Elisabeth
Foundation
The base of my well-being is Love. I must say and express the love I have or it’s wasted. I’m realizing how love, laughter, comfort and compassion are vital to me. Sharing my love with those who are closest to me is valuable and necessary for life. Meditation encourages me to be myself and feel free to express my love.
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Broady
Love
I never thought meditation could work for me and this meditation literally made me cry because I realized how much love I have for a person in my life.
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Joyce
Strengthen Love
A good intention, to strengthen each love connection and increase the throughput of this ever-renewable, valuable resource. Namaste
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Tiffany
Strengthening Love
It’s been a long road to realize you can love someone and not expect anything in return. To love them unconditionally. It feels good to love without parameters. And I can send out love as a vibration and no matter what, if they’re tuned into the vibration of love they can feel it. Loving them is in alignment with Source Energy. “There’s no higher religion than love” #OmShanti
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maddie
nine
this one is incredible! this almost brought me to tears. i didn’t know what to expect with this kind of topic and meditation intertwined but it was done so beautifully!!
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Matthew
Not what I was hoping for tonight
I don't believe that I care for this couple sharing the narration of a lesson back-and-forth. I find it disjointed and difficult to follow. YMMV. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Deb
And help to relieve a little stress
This short meditation heled relieve a little stress that I am feeling from Thanksgiving. I should probably listen to it again though to relieve more stress because I can't seem to shake it entirely. Focusing on the cause of the stress and putting love on it is helpful.
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Susan
Strengthening Love
What a beautiful meditation. Love yourself and others and then hold them in your heart and make that love stronger.
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Hannah
love
i am so in love and i am so thankful for him. there aren’t many use that i can use to get it across properly. strengthening my love for him will makes us stronger. thank you ♡
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kaitu
Chicoš
I haven't even tried it let.. lol I'm just writing this cause u need to right more stuff.. ugh
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Kati
I felt that
I thought about my boyfriend and my dog and how thankful I am for them.
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J.W.
Strengthen Love
This wonderful session provides the key. It is an indispensable reminder of what we all have deep down inside. Of what we were put here to do. If only we could all remember...
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Russell
Day 1
I needed this to remind me relax and I need not try to have control over everything to be happy...
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Emily
Amazing
Its okay to feel this way you will get through it with a couple deep breaths.
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Alexis
i felt the same Setion:1
i learned that i dont have a safe place u have to write more which is dumb
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Mike
Love
Love can be wonderful and difficult at times. What one person needs for love your significant other may need some other way. Once discovered your world will change for the better.
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Arshia
Love.
I feel like I don’t actually love anyone,the only person who came to mind was my mom. Other then that I don’t think I love anyone
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Zephania
love
When you love someone, you feel free. Heartaches may come but even if you have to go separate ways, love cannot be destroyed....
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Joyce
Love strengthening
No matter how much love I show, there will always be more available within me to give. That is something I can believe. Namaste
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Luna
Strength & Courage
Being loved by someone brings you strength, loving someone brings you courage I Love Me Mom
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Jose
Strengthening Love
I learned that loving a person gives you motivation and something to fight for everyday
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Joyce
Tell someone
A really good intention for the day, to tell someone dear how much the mean to me and that that are loved. It can’t be said enough. Namaste
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Deb
Unexpected
For some reason I have been fighting listening to this meditation for almost two years now. I finally decided to listen to it and I loved it. The person I decided to visualize was my daughter because our relationship can be challenging and when I was done, it had just made me so happy. 💗 If you're having a difficult relationship with someone you love, give it a try.
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Shayla
Logan
I learned that I must love my self truly to love someone else, and I can strengthen my love by being grateful.
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Brian
Love
Everyone deserves to have unconditional love in their lives.
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Trudy Blackwood
Love
I learned that you do not go out and find love, love come and find you. It is something that you have to be patient about and with, also just knowing how is going to be there for you and support you in everything.
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Haley
Love
I found a quote that sums up love perfectly that Aristotle said “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”It is true
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Laura
Love for someone
I had at least 5 people that came to mind. My immediate family and my love. I have such love for each and all of them. I’m so blessed for each one.
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Laura
Straighten love
I learned how do you use meditation and mindfulness to amplify in the sense of love by half for the people in my life. I noticed it was relaxing to focus on my heart it makes perfect sense Devorah would come from your heart center and that everybody has love other core keep keeping those two thoughts in my mind made the meditation easy to do. I found the challenge do you think of loving thoughts about myself and I must work on this however when it came to thinking of another person who I love very much I thought of my mother I love her because she is strong. And always pushes me to be the same she always pushes me to be the same she is always encouraging me to be a better more independent person. However she plays hard and she works. I’ve been doing things like putting rap music on my Amazon echo as I wake up in the morning for example. She usually out does herself trying to help others I’m putting her self last I can tell this up and tires for out but she never ever ever loses her motivation I love it when she laughs extremely hard and often ends up with her face in her hands enable to quit beautiful wife that can you heard all through my house when it happens I feel extremely grateful to have my mom in my life. I must remember to tell her that I love her and I appreciate her constant effort to push me towards success and her passionate Dr. to make sure that my siblings and I have all we need to succeed it’s a drive but I very much admire and respect I recognize that I would not be where I am parentheses about to finish my masters in August) If it were not for her and my dad and well instilling within me your own drive for  success and to be their best selves. I love my mom for giving me the best quality of hers end it was set an intention to watch to let her know this. I can see myself using this medication when I disagree with someone. In the future when I disagree with someone I will try to find myself that I am loving and my core I am loving my core and therefore I’m only making it harder on myself by feeling negative emotion toward the person that I love. I will then bring to mind all of the things I am love about the person. And find a way to express how I feel The point disagreement beginning with standing the fact that I love them and the reasons why. This will ensure that my  feelings are expressed problem place of love rather then anger,. I am grateful to all the folks at Who work at this app for teaching me how to increase and express my love for others. I am also grateful to the community on this app for taking the time to read this post. I hope everyone is OK, happy, and well.
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Laura
Straighten love
I learned how do you use meditation and mindfulness to amplify in the sense of love by half for the people in my life. I noticed it was relaxing to focus on my heart it makes perfect sense Devorah would come from your heart center and that everybody has love other core keep keeping those two thoughts in my mind made the meditation easy to do. I found the challenge do you think of loving thoughts about myself and I must work on this however when it came to thinking of another person who I love very much I thought of my mother I love her because she is strong. And always pushes me to be the same she always pushes me to be the same she is always encouraging me to be a better more independent person. However she plays hard and she works. I’ve been doing things like putting rap music on my Amazon echo as I wake up in the morning for example. She usually out does herself trying to help others I’m putting her self last I can tell this up and tires for out but she never ever ever loses her motivation I love it when she laughs extremely hard and often ends up with her face in her hands enable to quit beautiful wife that can you heardDo