The importance of loving yourself cannot be underestimated.
When you love yourself you make all sorts of choices to improve who you are and what you do in your life, and what you give back to the world. When you love yourself you are more closely connected to the divine source within, or to that goodness or whatever you want to call it, within. You are more likely to make choices for the good of yourself and others. When you love yourself, you attract others who love.
When you don't love yourself, you attract people who are also lacking and in some way controlling.
It is this lack, or fear or inadequacy that drives you.
You cannot be in charge of your life with this option.
Remember, you have a choice, to love yourself or not, to live well or to just survive, to give or not to give at all.
If you need help with this then contact Ruth on inchargelifecoaching@gmail.com