The 5 Love Languages is a book by Gary Chapman that explores how everyone has a preferred way to receive love from other people. Some people feel love from getting gifts, others from words, others from actions. When my love and I first started dating, I asked her what her love language was and she didn’t know. When she took the test and figured out what it was it was a great way for she and I to connect. Sometimes it’s difficult to put into words what you need (especially if you’re a people pleaser or not used to having your needs met.) Having a general category of “these are the things that make me feel loved” really helped us connect to each other, especially because our love languages are completely different! I wanted to explore how we can turn those ideas to ourselves. We all need different things to…

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