Meet Dominique,
Your Self-Acceptance &
Color Therapy Coach

Self-acceptance is the best form of self-care.
And it takes practice.

I know because although I started Love U Too almost 10 years ago, it took a 5-year break to realize I still needed to change the story I tell myself!

Throughout my 20s and early 30s, a huge piece of my self-worth was directly tied to my accomplishments and productivity.

In my mind, setting goals, working towards them, and achieving them meant I was successful—no matter how big or small.

But what was I if I didn’t achieve those goals?

Today, I would tell you that I’m worthy of compassion, kindness, and rest.

But after several years of having my confidence chipped away by repeatedly not reaching my goals, I often felt stuck and behind.

I convinced myself that everything would get better if I just worked hard enough.

I couldn’t see that no amount of hard work could fix how I felt because being hard on myself was a part of the problem!

I eventually reached those goals, but it didn’t take long to notice I still didn’t feel better about myself.

This epiphany led me to explore what I felt and what “feeling good” meant for me.

I learned it wasn’t in “having it all figured out” or doing things “the right way”.

I discovered I had internalized years of being told my work wasn’t good enough. And I realized I needed to change how I spoke to and about myself.

Also, my work not being good enough to some people never meant I wasn’t good enough.

It was this epiphany that led me to create Love U Too in 2014. I knew if I needed to be reminded to be kind and gentle with myself, other people probably needed it too!

In those early years, I learned the importance of enjoying the good that already existed in my life and focusing on the things I could control.

And I slowly learned to detach my self-worth from my accomplishments, productivity, and misguided idea of “getting it right”!

In the last few years, I learned how I held myself and Love U Too back by not talking about how our careers can affect how we feel about ourselves.

(Until a few years ago, I still believed most people’s anxiety or negative self-talk had nothing to do with their careers.)

It took an unplanned break to recognize that the first step to making Love U Too work alongside my busy, somewhat unpredictable day job was to change the story I told myself about why I practice self-acceptance.

And that my career as an Art Director and Designer could be more than a crutch I rely on to prove my knowledge of color psychology.

Because the truth is, it’s been a mirror for self-awareness and a catalyst for self-discovery.

One that showed me I’m someone who gets to help other busy professionals thrive in their lives (and careers) by changing how they feel about themselves.

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