But rewarding oneself with trips and toys is third chakra love — using physical pleasure to express self-appreciation. - Caroline Myss

You can pretend to be something other than who you are but eventually you will run out of energy to continue because that’s not authentically you.

friends. She made her spiritual life a priority, and each morning she and her son would visualize their lives as happy and complete — an action that tapped into the spiritual energies associated with the third chakra: endurance, stamina, and self-respect.

You need to become conscious of what gives you power. Healing from any illness is facilitated by identifying your power symbols and your symbolic and physical relationship to those symbols, and heeding any messages your body and intuitions are sending you about them.