Sometimes we need to have reminders all over the place – even on our  bodies. I don’t do tattoos, but sometimes jewelry can have a similar function.

I bought this ring quite a long time ago, after listening to Marisa Peer talk about the main problem of our times, according to her – people thinking they are not enough. People whom you would think have it all together, successful and confident, sabotage themselves because they think they are not enough – so they don’t deserve the fruits of their labour.

According to Marisa, this is why successful actors and other celebrities do things like shoplifting or getting into fights or developing addictions. They feel they need to bring themselves down, because they are not enough, so they don’t deserve their success.

Even those of us who are not surrounded by luxury and adulation can fall prey to the same problem. It’s easy to fall into old habits of mind, even though we have evidence all around us that we are, in fact, lovable and worthy of all good things. For whatever reason, we have told ourselves a story that is not true, and we keep repeating it to ourselves until we think it must be, just because we have thought it for so long. It’s a hard habit to break.

So that’s why my ring has a message for me, and for you, every single day. I am enough, and you are enough. Don’t forget.

What do you do to remind yourself that you are worthy and lovable? Let me know!