We never realise how important it is to love ourselves, until we reach a point when we are about to lose ourselves.

About 5 years ago I started putting self love in to practice. I quit smoking. Got rid of bad relationships. Quit drinking alcohol. Got back in to the dance studio. Started a workout regimen. Changed my diet. Changed my sleep schedule. Started therapy. I “date” myself; take myself to movies, dinner, and other events. Travel with intention (yoga retreat) and try my very very best to keep self talk positive. It is hard work and sometimes scary but soooo worth it. The other day the instructor to a workout video I just finished said “thank you for showing up for yourself” I started to cry. Show up for yourself ❤️ UPDATE: May 1st 2020. A little over a year from writing this comment. I just wanted to share for anyone who needs to hear it. All of the changes I made helped me come off of antidepressants that I had taken for 21 years for anxiety and depression (of course with the help and guidance of a doctor and therapist) I was also able to come off of medication I was taking for I.B.S as well as birth control pills for terrible periods. I have have been medication free for one full year 😊

"I knew I had the strength to move on. I just didn't know how strong I was."

I wish Psychology was mandatory in all highschools. Psychology focused on teaching us healthy ways to be stronger emotional and mental individuals. It would help our youth tremendously...

loveing your self is not about looking in the mirror or taking a selfie thinking how hot you look or delivering your self in a way to act and look as you think others think you should... Self love is more like self respect in the fact we have been given the gift of life... Love your self enough to not drink to much or poison your body and mind with toxic things... love your self enough to take care of your body, not for vanity but for the health and vitality of your body... Taking care of your body and mind because life is a gift and the fact that you are here is a mirrical... You are a mirrical, so love your self and others around you deeply with nothing but respect. Marcus @ReshapeTheStars x

People need to have self love before jumping in relationships

Great message: SELF-GROWTH IS INTENTIONAL!

"Know your worth". this totally changed my life 2020 ...

Self love is a journey that takes years and years to achieve that goal. I suffered from lack of self love and I really hated myself, my body, my look, everything about me even my family and my origins. Lack of self love leads you to mental health issues 😔

I love her outfit

It is true you don't just wake up and become butterfly, Process is everything : )

Definitely worth watching.. This year am focusing on myself more.

In high school, I always asked other people for their opinion before I make a decision. I don't want other people hated me. I tried so hard to make other people happy, but I'm not. I feel so stress, anxiety and crying alone. No one knows. I let people insulted me, as long as them happy. I said to myself, "It's okay, as long them happy, I will be happy". Unfortunately, I'm not. After I finish my high school, I learn to love myself and put it as my first priority. Now I appreciate myself and I don't care about other peoples opinion. Why? Because I want to be happy, I want to be my own self.

such beautiful soft energy

Lady, you have no idea how much your speech has influenced my life for good. I have been listening to it regularly for the past few months. You just helped me to connect to my deeper self that I never thought existed. May God bless your beautiful soul. 💖💖

That was like a beautiful poem. I've reached a place where my moods change with the wind and I want stability, the ability to depend on myself. I am ready to be intentional. Wishing strength to everyone here.

“There’s only one part of the Universe we can all be certain about improving, and that’s ourselves.” -Caitlyn Roux

I genuinely connected so much with what she was saying. It's amazing how everyone goes through their own journey of self-discovery and how relatable some of them can be. I was also fueled by my break-up to work on myself and to start understanding myself better. It has helped me love myself so much more and gain insight on the person I truly want to be. Thank you so much for this spectacular talk, I really enjoyed it.

There was a saying I’ve heard and has always stuck, “How do you expect someone else to know how to love you when you don’t even know how to love yourself”

"know that space between where you are currently and where you want to be is growth"

People's are afraid of being alone... bt I'm living my life alone for past 3 years like nobody is here with me. Yes it does scare me a lot that how am I living bt sometimes all I need is little bit of solitude to know my self purely.

I'm going to watch this video each morning to be mindful of the 'intentional ownership' of shaping my life. Thanks!

How can you expect to give love if you can't give love to yourself? I love this talk 👏🙌

- Becoming the person you want to be and not the person you were told to be. - You have to learn self-love before you can pour value and love to others. - How do you make it stick? You push. - Am I adding value to me? Great talk! The Universe gives us signs, I'll take this as one. Thank you.

Shes so calm and confident..loved the talk

So this quarantine this year i was focusing more loving myself❤

Last year, October to December, I was in a relationship where I started to lose myself and my problems ran deeper than my spouse, yea we had our issues but the relationship interrupted my healing process and I was not where I wanted to be so I had to let him go even though I really loved him. I had to start my self growth journey for me because I wanted to be somewhere mentally and physically. Now, in February 2022, I am finally healing from my break up and childhood trauma. I took on journaling, manifestations, working out, self love & business seminars, affirmations, college applications and I feel myself growing as a person and as a women. I continue to remind myself sometimes we all have to lose before we win and I have gotten closer to God and he has blessed me in ways, that I am forever grateful for. Some days I miss my ex but I remind myself that I am doing this for me and I am at peace and happy with the life I am living now. All I can say is stay positive, motivated and pray❤️. Thank you for letting me know I’m on the right path.

That’s right no one is in control of our happiness but ourselves. Once I stopped getting mad at my parents and other people who hurt me and stopped putting my energy there, amazing things happened. I realized that I can choose what to think about, and thinking about being mad made me feel worse. So now I live in happiness, not thinking about other people.

Straight from the heart.

so powerful

i knew i had the strength to pick myself up but i didn’t know how strong i was. i believe that happiness is something you create for yourself by your own. personal growth has to be intentional. it doesn’t happen by accident. the more you focus energy on getting to know yourself, staying alone, the more you realize how happy and stable you become. you become the person you want to be rather than the person you are told to be. without self love you take away from the ability you have to pour into others’ life from kindness to love to helpfulness… the relationship i have with myself is the most important relationship. am i giving value to myself? know your worth so the universe knows too.

I love the way she talks and the lil shoulder movements.. Its adorable! Also self love is a complete process, take it easy. Love yourself!

This is powerfull. "I want to be the person I want to be, not the one I was told to be."

This is handsdown the BEST TED Talk I've ever seen!! ❤ I could relate to EVERYTHING she said and I feel the same about self-care. You can't pour from an empty cup! Beautiful human, thank you for this amazing video! ✨

Been working on my self for the last 3 years and its been hard. Feel like alot of times im taking steps backwards. But once you start the journey of growth/self love you just never turn back because you know you worked so hard to get where you are. Now I'm feeling stuck but this speech just inspired me to keep moving forward. This was just what I needed to see. Everything you said, you said it so beautifully. Its like you took the words right out of my mouth. Thank you for sharing.

It's such a beautiful feeling when you realize how close you are becoming to yourself😍😍😍💚🙌

Very calm and peaceful yet POWERFUL! Thank you for this.

Beautiful message! Love seeing my fellow girls glow with such compassion.

I am aware of my emotions. I'm thoughtful and polite. I use my senses to the best of their capability. I'm good and I do good for others. People love me for my attitude. I'm a clean and calm soul. Anger, frustration, and disgust are no longer part of my behavior. I accept people as they are and I love myself before anyone else.🎈

- dont try to please everyone - you are you, your happiness (not depend on someone to make u worthy) - dont live for some weird standards => be intentional of personal growth process => love yourself first and inspire to others’ lives, add value --> where u are currently VS where u want to be

"Don't just place a small amount of value on yourself, because rest assured the world will not raise your price. Know your worth."

KZfaq knows I just broke up. Dang

I love how honest this talk is, very down to earth which makes it so relatable

This is amazing! Honestly, I don't know how famous you were, but the every words what you said are just beautiful and so much inspiration. This speech was exactly what I wanted to realized that what I was missing for my life. Thank you so much for your speech ❤️

I’m astonished by how much I could relate and HOW much I needed to hear this. This helped me see that I will make it through the breakup and growth process I’m experiencing and gave me the reassurance I needed on this journey of self-love

guys, happiness comes from within !

Thank you so much for your inspiration. I watched this video when I was in a bad state of my life when I broke up with my boyfriend the one effected me the most. The one I thought he was the one I would follow him to everywhere in the world. I didn't know what to do how to start over my life without him. And I realized it was just because I didn't know who I am, what do I want do in my life. This video actually help me a lot, it is a hit to my face and tell me wake up, it was not the end of the world, and I'm capable to bring happiness for my self.❤️❤️❤️❤️

I relate to everything that she said, I used to ask myself why wasn't I happy and I realized that I was searching it in the wrong places. Self love comes first always. Its been within me all this years! Thank you so much for the powerful speech ❤

What a incredible talk thank you

Just had a break from my 7 year relationship.Self love indeed is what i need now. Thank you!🙏🙏

Couldn’t agree more, had similar experience in life and self love is amazing, helping others is amazing. And I feel like I have energy to do it all now

Yes yes yes! Love heals all. Love yourself enough always to want what’s best for YOU and become the best version of yourself. It’s possible it’s waiting for us💗

That was a really amazing speech. Self Love is a mission and discipline. It‘s work. It‘s responsibility. And it‘s absolutely worth it.

If we could understand why someone as beautiful as yourself had such a lack of self love, then perhaps we could help a lot of other people that don't have half of what you poses. Congratulations, you exude confidence and you actually look the part of what you've described yourself wanting to be, a model, in more ways than one. As a role model you now have a tremendous responsibility to act accordingly; therefore the best thing you can do, is to expand the the love of self or self love to all sentient beings that share our planet with us. Help save the planet, share the love ❤️

This message is so valuable. I can relate to it, self love is what helped me pick myself up after breakup with gf. It is what helped me to get back on my studies. Everyday in my dairy, after all the writing i fell and tell myself, I love you and all the best. Beleive me, it is immensly powerful. Im in peace, in both hard days and good ones, i dont beat myself when i make mistakes, because i accept myself and work to grow everyday. My life is changing little by little. Love you all. Thank you

To come to a place with yourself to accept who you are within is so beautiful to me. Losing myself was the biggest struggle I ever had to deal with . And then to try and express yourself to hopefully seek help but instead be told how I’m using this because “ I wasn’t getting what I want in the moment and that there is nothing wrong with you.” Imagine not feeling safe in your own company . A world full of people and still feeling alone. Learning to love yourself before loving other brought so much life to my world . And I am happy to say that I am somewhere that I dreamt about for years .

I couldn’t watch this just once! Great message we could all live by. ❤️

It is important to love yourself because you are going to live with yourself for the rest of your life ! If you don’t treat yourself well and love yourself , then how can you love others ? Love this ted talk so much

That Lady spoke her heart out and it was as if she was talking about me. It felt so personal and yet so professional at the same time. I am goibg to start my self love journey today. The people who are watching this , Best of luck to you guys too.

Everything isnot forever and love also changing often. So i realized that self love is better. Its help me more freedom

This is so me! Self love has brought in so much growth in me and now it is my calling to help others who struggle with this!

This just goes to prove how even somebody as beautiful as this can still struggle with loving themselves. It is so easy not to see how special we are. 💕 xxx

Loved this one! Deep talk in normal words happily showering it through peoples mind about life and how beautifully can we live it and this i can relate completely

Those words recall me how i was before and how I became now after putting myself into the centre of my life and after starting to focus on self development, I really made an incredible change and I'm proud .. Experiences teach us how important is self love

This instantly. Raised my self esteem 😊

This hit me so deeply. Thank you so much for this. I haven't been treating myself well, and this talk showed me I need to change it so I can help others. I put everyone before myself, but I need to give myself love too. Thank you so much.

Worth listening to you. Thank you 😊 I am listening to her talk again after two years and I realized that practicing self-love makes me become a wiser and better person. Thank you :)

terrified of being alone and not knowing who you are bc u are obssesed with the way other people see you is so relatable

Thank you so much for this video. By learning to love yourself without the approval of others you can truly learn to have a sense of self, respect, and love. By keeping this mantra in mind everyone can truly live full out

This video is so powerful that I came back and rewatched it every time I got my heart broken, still helps! xx

This really resonated with me sm, amazing message, Caitlyn. Love.

This TedTalk is Gold - amazing advice !! ❤️❤️ Thank you Caitlyn Roux! 💯👌🌺

Such an inspiring speech:) It all makes sense. Thank you Caitlyn Roux for sharing!! I love seeing people overcome challenges

Thank you for this talk, I can relate so much on this, that’s crazy. You glow, thanks again, I needed this

I started not loving my self when I got into middle school, and it gotten worse since then, mostly cause I don't have very good social skills, and quarantine made it worse. So I'm trying to love myself, workout, doing everything I can to feel confident. So thank you.

I've learned in THiS past year! I TRULY LOVE MYSELF FIRST 👍 WHAT OTHER'S think ABOUT ME DOES NOT MATTER 🙏 I WILL CONTINUE TO BE ME!!! NOT PERFECT but IMPERFECT in MY OWN WAY!! I am HAPPY in MY SKIN!!! I CAN Look in the Mirror and SMILE 😊 YOU MATTER 🙏🙏🙏 YOU ARE AWESOME🙏🙏🙏 GOD BLESS 🙏 YOUR MESSAGE Thanks for sharing!

After just listening her first sentence I liked the video ,her voice is beautiful

Sis! I needed this

Beautiful ! Much love and appreciation to you for dropping this knowledge.

This is so important 🙌🏽 people should focus more on this message than we do social media.

This speech is exactly what I need at this moment as someone who has just experienced something huge in self-discovery. Love your self first before love others. (BGM should be Love Yourself by J. Bieber)

Whoever is reading this now, remember: You are the light! You are unique and worth it! You are blessed to be in your body and experience all that is! Blessings to all beings! Love and Light!

I SO LOVE TED TALKS I ONLY KNEW ABOUT IT BECAUSE OUR MATH PROF IN FEU ALWAYS SHOWS US TEDTALKS

I’m grateful for her words💜

so many thoughts I feel are my own I am really crying

Caitlyn, you're such an amazing inspiration for what it means to be peaceful and actually happy with ourselves. To get to know which potential we have in us and how great the feeling can be to discover this. Thank you!

Beautiful, deep, and reflexive journey thru this speech. So much truth, honesty, empathy, and respect for what life means. And it starts in ourselves. Such a mythical connection that we can create with our souls and feel it with others too. I call it "the awakening". Magical

I promised to myself that this year of mine is going to be a self Healing year by using only Self Love and it's really so effective and helpful to deal with mental health issues😊

You are so well spoken Caitlyn.

This is the best talk i have watched in a while! I needed this more than anything! Thank you! ❤️

i relate to her so much you can feel the energy that radiates from her comes from genuine, down to earth self-love :) and this is my goal

Powerful! Such an intelligent woman. I also had to teach myself self love not so long ago..its an empowering journey

What a wonderful talk by a beautiful soul. Love your energy

Its 2020.... Qurantine... This girl oh my god.. Just listed my life and enlightened me how to life rest of my life... Soo grateful.. 😍 Thank u

this was so beautifully said, i’m so glad i came across this

I can't put into words how this talk inspires me amazing!

Once up on time She and I was in same timeline😍,luckily we both pushed through negative thoughts😊

Worth watching, i've been working on self love and acceptinf myself. Thank you.

Very wise! Thank you Caitlyn!

Wonderful talk.