Life provides chances to open your heart all the time. - Amy Leigh Mercree, The Spiritual Girl's Guide to Dating: Your Enlightened Path to Love, Sex, & Soul Mates

"An empowered sense of self-love means you truly love and accept yourself as you would a treasured lover or a sweet, wonderful child, and that you do this from a place of strength of character and belief in yourself."

"Self-acceptance is pure power."

"We can accept and embrace our pasts as part of the path that shaped who we are now."

"I am powerful in my love for myself. The truth of my being is I love myself exactly as I am. I honor my empowered heart."

"Love yourself deeply and be satisfied with the amazing life you create."