It looks like self love is the new boo. And I’m glad about it.
I just hope it’s not a fad, but that it’s really catching on and sticking. Lord knows we’ve learned enough self hate, self neglect, self deprecation. Starting with “nobody’s perfect”. I’m sorry, I beg to differ. God made me, and God made me the way I was intended. I may be striving to become the person that God sees me as, but that makes me no less than perfect. Let that marinate.
If I think I’m perfect, then I will also think I deserve the best. Personally, it took me a while to really let this sink in. There was a time when I would think “that’s not for me. That’s too expensive. That’s out of my reach. But then I realized, if it’s on my radar and I really want it, it’s for me. I deserve it. A way will come for me to have it in my life. Once I stopped convincing myself that “it’s not for me” for whatever reason, and started actually believing the opposite, I opened the door for it to be mine.
So if I’m perfect and I deserve the best, I should also be pretty awesome, right? I mean if God created this perfect masterpiece, who am I to disagree? But there is so much out there telling us we are not so awesome, or that we shouldn’t even think we are. That’s a damned shame. We work so hard to build our children’s esteem only to allow our own esteem to sink. No, that’s not right. Your children are following in your steps. As you reject compliments you teach your children to not think highly of themselves. The only option is to think low of themselves.
One of the things that I strive to do is teach women to believe that they deserve the best. That includes the best treatment, the best things, the best experiences, the best life has to offer. I know I got this mindset from my momma. Everybody who knew her knew this about her. She had to have the best of everything. I’m pretty sure this came from her leaving home in Arkansas at the age of 13, and being hired as a live in maid and nanny to a wealthy family in New York. She was exposed to so much during that time. Also, she had an aunt who probably would be considered “rich” compared to the rest of the family. This aunt was a huge influence on my mom, sending my mom to college, giving her the opportunity to live the life she had been exposed to years earlier.
So blame it on my upbringing, but I want the best for me and I’m excited when others want the same for themselves.
And what better place to treat yourself to the best than Dubai?
Last year I thought about hosting a self care retreat in Dubai. But I couldn’t figure out how to make that sound appealing. But then, why not? I’ve been a lot of places, but this one is the one that stands out when I think of treating myself to something extra special. The food for the most part is very healthy. And did I mention there is an amazing spa in almost every hotel?
Not only does Dubai claim to have the biggest and best of a lot of things, they actually do. So if I’m looking for self care, yep, that automatically includes the best.
Last month, 28 of us took a week long journey all the way to the UAE to take a fabulous one week tour. Now that I look back on it, you could actually call it a self care getaway.
Our trip included all the goodies any woman would want to treat herself to, including a full spa day – like 9 hours at the spa. Pure bliss.
Can I just say that this group of ladies was the most pleasant group I’ve had the pleasure to travel with? I’ve enjoyed all of our trips, but there was something magical about the energy in this group. They clicked from day one and even have continued to communicate over a month after the trip. Now THAT is what it’s all about.
These fearless ladies enjoyed Dinner in the Sky (I opted out of that one), they sipped on 24kt gold cappuccino, visited the tallest building and shopped in the largest mall in the world, and they experienced all of the major highlights of this over the top city. And if you know anything about Dubai, you know it’s the perfect place to treat yourself like royalty. 
This was my 3rd visit to Dubai, and I must say each trip gets better. And the addition of a full self care day to our itinerary, that’s the icing on the cake.
If you’d like to get a taste of the Dubai fabulousness we experienced, click here for info on the next trip.
Have you been to fabulous Dubai? If so, what did you think? Tell me in the comments below. I know it’s not for everyone, but I find it to be perfect if you’re looking all the ooh’s and aah’s you can handle, and if you want to treat yourself to none other than the best, in the world.
