Try approving of yourself just as you are, and spoiling yourself rotten with small kid's pleasures.
Julia CameronWe tend to think being hard on ourselves will make us strong. But it is cherishing ourselves that gives us strength
Julia CameronWe don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail...We are mute when it comes to naming accurately our own preferences, delights, gifts, talents. The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations. The tongue of the original self is the language of the heart.
Julia Cameron