20 Inspiring Quotes From Instagram Poet Alex Elle On Loving Yourself

Love yourself… it sounds appealing, doesn’t it? We get told to love ourselves in music, media, and by our overly supportive mothers, but how do we really do it?

Do people really love themselves, or is it all just a bunch of talk?

The idea that loving yourself is a one-time thing is the FIRST idea you need to throw out. Self-love is not an easy game to play. You’re gonna SWEAT and CRY... and most of the time, it won’t REALLY be that fun.

But let me tell you, when actually learn to start loving yourself as you are, and you learn to get rid of the negative self-talk, you will grow more than you ever thought you could.

So who do you look at as a role model? Who’s the best teacher of self-love?

Looking to someone for inspiration helps. Take a look at Alex Elle, a poet and a writer who features much of her work on her Instagram.

But she's more than just a poet; she is a spokeswoman for overcoming hardships, abuse and heartbreak through self-love, self-care, and affirmative language.

You learn the story of her life through her poetry, and she leaves nothing out. By sharing her journey, she’s showing others how self-care leads to a life of love and healing.

Her Instagram is like a diary; and her life looks SERIOUSLY beautiful. And that’s because she admits that it’s not always perfect.

Her feed is scattered with images and stories of her husband, daughter, and now a new baby on the way. She shares her life with her audience and makes us love her even MORE than we already did.

As it says on her website, “Her passion for storytelling, poetry, and narrative writing are infused with life lessons, self-celebration, and building community through reading, writing, and language.”

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She does SO much more than just writing!

She runs a blog, a podcast, hosts workshops and publishes her books. Talk about a serious Girl Boss.

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In her poetry and prose, she shares the hardships she’s been through family struggles, young pregnancy, heartbreak, emotional abuse, difficulties conceiving and loving yourself completely despite EVERYTHING.

It took A LOT for her to become the gorgeous woman we see on social media, and it only makes her more inspiring. She’s pretty much every awesome thing that a powerful woman could be!

She’s a POC woman raising a feminist daughter, has a supportive and loving husband and has created a brand dedicated to empowering and inspiring women who love themselves.

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Everyone has slip ups, days when you’re angry, bitter, or just sad. It’s easy to slip into these feelings and sit in them, letting yourself suffer, because that’s easier than picking yourself up.

But Alex Elle is the perfect example of why picking yourself up, no matter how heavy you feel, will turn out to be the BEST decision of your life.

She’s got a TON of poems to choose from, so we’ve curated 20 of her most INSPIRING self-love quotes to help lead you on YOUR self-love journey.

You’ve got this.

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