No one can love you for you!

Your partner can give you a million little compliments. He can tell you how much he loves you, how beautiful you are, and how he can't imagine a better person than you.

However if you don't love yourself, you'll never believe it. Never completely. You will always wonder if he wants something else, you are enough for him, you are afraid that he will leave, leave you.

You'll question his intentions, even if he doesn't give you any reason to question whether his love is real.

It doesn't matter how hard your partner tries to make you feel good about your body. No matter how many compliments she gives you, it won't change how you react when you look in the mirror.

They don't have that kind of power over you. You have to do this work yourself. And that's work.

It's not easy to fall in love after decades of treating yourself badly. You will have problems when you look in the mirror and you don't like what you see. You will have a hard time believing the statements you say to yourself in the mirror, even if your inner self knows it to be true.

It's easier for you when you watch someone fall in love with you, but you don't know how to love yourself.

You need to give yourself the time and tools to become comfortable with your true, authentic self. You need to take time to focus on what makes you happy, what makes you feel good about your body.

Cultivate self-love and self-respect.

You would never neglect your partner, so why neglect yourself?

Why make yourself feel worse when you could be working to strengthen your relationship with the person you see in the mirror? After all, it is the longest relationship—and the most important—you'll ever have. Have fun!