It’s Valentine’s Day.
And you don’t have a Valentine.

Maybe you didn’t have one last year. Or the year before that. Maybe your partner “doesn’t believe in Valentine’s Day.”

Maybe you even sent flowers to yourself at the office on Friday, and then quietly cried in the restroom.

It’s okay. You’re not the first person to do this, and you definitely won’t be the last.

You made it through the day telling yourself it’s just another silly, overly commercialized holiday. Except this year, Valentine’s Day lands on a Saturday night.

“Your heart has been with you every single day of your life. It never forgot about you. It never ghosted you. It never said, “It’s not you, it’s me,” and walked away. And thankfully, you can’t break up with it either.”

Thanks, Cupid. Way to double down. 

You won’t open Facebook.
No TikTok.
Definitely not Instagram…

Okay. Maybe just for a second.

And there they are. All the V-Day posts.

“They said YES.”
A dozen dewy red roses.
Hearts everywhere.
A cheesy caption that reads: “If loving you is wrong, I don’t want to be right.”

Ben & Jerry’s is sounding pretty good right now.

Valentine’s Day has a way of hitting a very specific nerve, the one that whispers, If you don’t have a special someone, maybe you’re not so special yourself.

That’s a lie, and it needs to be banished.

And no, we’re not here to tell you to gather your friends and go out for a celebratory “Single and lovin’ it” Valentine’s dinner at Chili’s.

Instead, consider this for a moment:  Who has actually been with you through everything? Your real-life partner. The one who stood by you through…

The heartbreaks.
The disappointments.
The big life changes.

It’s you. You have been there. And so has your heart.

Your heart has been with you every single day of your life. It never forgot about you. It never ghosted you. It never said, “It’s not you, it’s me,” and walked away. And thankfully, you can’t break up with it either.

The heart may be the center of romance and all things love, but here’s the truth: it’s not just a symbol. Your heart is an electromagnetic powerhouse, creating the strongest energy field in your body – and your emotions affect it.

Comparison weighs it down.
Kindness and gentleness soften it.
And it’s always listening, even to all those icky things you say to yourself.

It doesn’t judge. And it never stops taking care of you.

You know where this is going.

They’re about to tell me to “love myself.”
Take a bubble bath… or binge-watch Bridgerton.

Now, we fully support binge-watching Bridgerton, especially if you’re in a bubble bath. And yes, at Gaia Goddess, self-love is a big deal to us. In fact, we consider it a way of life. Because when you choose it, you recognize how magnificent you are, just as you are. When you lead your life from a place of self-love, you create an alignment with self worth and your life begins to change for the better.

Find out what we mean and download our complimentary Guide to Self-Love, and celebrate with us, whether you have a Valentine or not.

Because maybe Valentine’s Day isn’t about romantic validation at all. Maybe it’s about honoring the essence of the heart. That beautiful field of energy that has loved you your entire life.

No roses required.

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