Best friends are wonderful. But even more important than having a best friend is being your own best friend. And this is something that many women struggle with, because we tend to beat ourselves up, be self-critical, and say mean things about ourselves we would never say about a friend. In today’s episode I am thrilled to bring you a conversation with Marjolein van der Kruk, who empowers women to shift from self-doubt to self-love, from feeling small to standing in their power, from being their worst enemy to embracing their whole true self. Marjolein and I talk about:

• How her journey to become her own BFF began
• Marjolein’s definition of self-love
• Understanding and embracing our emotions
• Our inner critics
• Arrogance versus confidence
• First steps to self-love: awareness and self-compassion
• What holds most women back from being their own BFF
• How her experience with and expertise in self-love informs her parenting

About Marjolein van der Kruk:

Marjolein van der Kruk is the Queen of Hearts! She founded The Blue Flamingo 7 years ago after quitting her very successful 18-year corporate career in pharmaceuticals. She switched from the science of the body to the science of the heart! She is a senior leadership faculty at THNK, the school of Creative leadership, where she teaches leaders in corporations how to uncover their true authentic selves. She is a trained life coach and an Emotional Intelligence certified practitioner, and  she has a Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology. She is a Self-Love teacher and guide. In her newest program, Be Your Own BFF, she empowers women to shift from self-doubt to self-love, from feeling small to standing in their power, from being their worst enemy to embracing their whole true self. She is a Dutch chocoholic, and was born and raised in Paris and lives in the Netherlands near the North Sea beach, with her daughter Charlotte.

To learn more about and follow Marjolein: www.beyourownbff.com https://www.facebook.com/queenofhearts.selflove linkedin.com/in/marjolein-van-der-kruk

Join Marjolein’s Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/byobffcommunity) and download her free Self-Love workbook (https://www.beyourownbff.com/self-love-guide).

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