Now that 2010 and the new decade has officially started, are you still committed to your New Year resolutions?

Well, if like many of us, you fall at the first hurdle with the usual “I want to…. drop a dress size, exercise more, eat healthily or find my ideal partner,” I want to encourage you to take a different look at this year’s resolutions. I want you to turn up the gas and make this the year you commit to loving yourself, just as you are.

Now, this may sound a little ‘tree hugging’ to some of you, but I truly believe that in order to find true love, you have to love yourself first. This is the critical step that so many of us miss out when looking for our soul mate. Somehow we feel that when we find this person, that everything in our lives will come good and they’ll love us exactly as we are…. And this can be true, but only when you truly love yourself exactly as you are first.

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Christmas is just around the corner and if you’re starting to feel the loneliness of being single getting to you then I’ve got a few tips to help you through.

I remember one year spending Christmas on my own wrapped up under a blanket on the sofa with just the TV and chocolate for company. I even cooked myself a Christmas dinner which lasted for 5 days (have you ever tried to cook Christmas dinner for one?!)….

Well, that one was enough for me and from there I vowed never to do that again.

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