SUMMER ISSUE
BELLE ÂME
BOOK RECOMMENDATION THE SCARS
IS SELF-LOVE THE MOST UNIQUE
NECESSARY TO MODEL IN THE
HAVE A HEALTHY INDUSTRY
RELATIONSHIP
COMFORT FOOD RECIPES
GET TO KNOW YOURSELF
IMPORTANCE
ABOUT YOU OF SELF -LOVE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor's Note 02-03
Introduction 04
05
Book Section 06
Give Yourself Reasons to Love 08
Yourself 09
First Article 10
Guide to Love Yourself 11
Quotes Section 12-13
Self Care Word Search
Second Article
Comfort Food Recipe 14-15
Unique Model: Winnie Harlow 16-17
Third Article 18-19
Quotes Section
Maze Puzzle 20
BTS Jin Epiphany 21
Music Library 22
Fourth Article 23-24
Get To Know Yourself : MBTI 25-27
Quotes Section 28
Mix & Match Game 29
Things To Let Go Of Right Now 30
Symbols Of Self Love 31
Reference 32
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01
EDITOR'S NOTE
First of all, i would like to express my gratitude to my
group members, who are very commited in doing this
magazine. The purpose of this magazine is to spread
awareness to people out there to love themselves first.
Remember "it's okay to put myself first."
Aina Hafiza binti Tarmizi
( 2022483626 )
Self love may seem to some people as a thing that is
egoistic or narcissistic. But not for me. I think everyone
should learn how to respect themselves more, and not
sacrificing their own well-being just to please others. That
is the message I want to spread through this magazine.
Thanks to all my mates for their excellent cooperations.
Without them, there would be no such a lovely magazine
for you all to read.
Amanda binti Anuar Faiz
( 2022869386 )
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EDITOR'S NOTE
No words can describe the gratitude I had towards my
groupmates while doing this assignment. Without them, I can
never imagine how will I finish this beautiful task. I know it is
not easy to love yourself back after hating everything about
yourself but it is never too late to start loving yourself and to
seek guidance. In the end of the day, it is very important to
remind ourselves to accept yourself no matter what state
you're in.
Munirah binti Muhammad Fauzi
( 2022885606 )
First and foremost I would like to express my gratitude and Nureen Aisyah binti Azmel Zeffry
appreciation to my groupmates. I deeply appreciate every member (2022481654)
of this team for showing relentless effort for this assignment. Why
do we place such a high value on other people's views when they
often judge us instead of resolving their own issues? We spend a
lot of time and effort worrying about what other people might
think of us, even though they will always criticize us. Who cares
about their opinion? Why are we putting value in their opinion at
all? It can be hard to put yourself first, I get it! But that’s self-love.
Your worth should not be dictated by the judgement of others.
Bring some of that freedom back into your life now.
Nur Alya Adriana binti Mohd Hi everyone! I would like to express how blessed I am to contribute
Hatta to this magazine and shout out to my fellow teammates for all their
hard work in making this wonderful project. The main purpose of
( 2022449338 )
this magazine is to create awareness of the importance of loving
yourself. Nowadays, the younger generation don’t know how to
accept themselves and constantly try to be another person. Thus,
I hope that this magazine can help people accept their flaws, because
no one is perfect. The quote that made me stand today was, "You are
imperfect, impermanently and inventibly flawed. And you're
beautiful the way you are. "
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BELLE ÂME MAGAZINE
PHILOCALY
THE LOVE OF BEAUTY
The purpose of this magazine is to define, embrace, show the beauty of
yourself and others.We live in a generation that cares about other
people's opinions. Hence, we would like to spread awareness for people
to always focus and love themselves rather than thinking of negative
thoughts. By doing this, people will be more confident to reflect their
true self to the outside world.
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book section
"TODAY A READER TOMORROW A LEADER"
There are only so many A bustling hub of international
things we can give a f**k trade where anything can be
about so we need to figure had for the right price and no
out which ones really one knowsthat better than
matter, Manson makes criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker.
clear. While money is nice, Kaz is offered a chance at a
caring about what you do deadly heist that could make
with your life is better, him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he
because true wealth is about can’t pull it off alone. . . .
experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the
-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, A convict with a thirst for revenge
filled with entertaining stories and A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager
profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of A runaway with a privileged past
Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a A spy known as the Wraith
generation to help them lead contented, A Heartrender using her magic to survive the
grounded lives slums
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes
Are you ready to finally let go, Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand
move on and live a happy and between the world and destruction—if they don’t
joyful life? If you keep bringing kill each other first.
negative baggage from yesterday,
it will eventually poison your future. 05
You may have had an unfair past, but
the truth is, you don’t need to have an
unfair future. You may have had a
rough start in your marriage, your
business, your career – but it’s not how
you start that matters most, it’s how
you finish. Let us begin the exploration
of your journey towards “surrending”
in this book. And may we all find the
strength to let go, the capacity to
forgive, and the faith to move on.
FOLLOW YOUR GIve & RECEIVE love more care
VALUES about
things, you, something
people
send a kind help someone reflect on impress
message accomplishments yourself....
& yourself
create
GIVE YOURSELF
REASONS TO
LOVE YOURSELF
learn new be look at the priotise
skill friendly features you self-care
& kind like
WEAR YOU TAKE TIME FOR RECOGNISE SMILE AT
FAVORITE THE THINGS YOU PEOPLE
CLOTH THAT MAKE GROWTH &
YOU HAPPY PROGRESS
06
IS SELF-LOVE
NECESSARY TO
HAVE A HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIP
Written by Nureen Aisyah
Admitting that you don't really like
yourself might be challenging. That
despite all the positive traits others
notice in you, you yet hold a certain
kind of hatred that you keep to yourself. From my experience, I can state
that coping with this reality may lead to a number of highly challenging
issues, none of which are more problematic than our interpersonal
connections. Given this, it seems reckless, self-centered, and maybe even
impractical to try to love someone else if our relationship with ourselves is
already broken. The reality is that when we are preoccupied with thinking
about all the negative aspects of ourselves, these negative ideas will show
up in our interactions with other people and because of how we feel about
ourselves, we frequently simply end up dragging others through the dirt.
When this occurs, the conflict that is raging inside of us causes our partner
to suffer unintended consequences. If we've let the negative aspects of
whom we are seizing the wheel and blow our relationships out of
proportion, this is a sobering fact to face.
We have a strong obligation to the other
person in any committed relationship.
Before bringing someone else into our
lives, I think we have a duty to make sure
we're at least somewhat in good condition
inside, in addition to treating them well in
the sense of what "treating someone well"
is typically understood to entail. In many
ways, it's responsible to avoid being with
someone since your base is unstable, but avoiding committed relationships
merely because you're not prepared to try to love someone else might lead to
an incredibly lonely existence. Nevertheless, there are instances when it's
wise to save both our own and someone else's feelings, emotions, and effort.
The only issue with this approach is that we risk losing ourselves in the
process of prioritizing our needs before those of others. Since everything
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starts to feel so damned delicate, and it appears like even the smallest flaw
would end the next relationship, we may feel as though we have to wait until
we are flawless before we try loving someone again.
Everyone is aware that perfection is a
myth and for some of us, those of us who
genuinely battle with our self-image. If we
waited until we were even remotely
"perfect", we would be alone indefinitely.
In light of this, perhaps the core problem
isn't isolating from all interactions.
Perhaps it's about having a better
knowledge of our own problems and
being careful not to allow them to affect
our relationships. Perhaps it has to do with keeping others from learning
about our internal struggles. This sounds wonderful, however, I'm not sure it's
really possible to accomplish those things while in a committed, long-term
relationship. When a critical situation arises, I wonder if holding those things
back is equivalent to offering just a part of ourselves.
A committed relationship requires
no less than a whole commitment. I
genuinely don't have solutions, but I
am acutely aware of the fact that
striving for perfection is not the
answer. I am aware, though, that
waiting for everything to be ideal is
indeed a guaranteed approach to
insanity. The ideal course of action
may instead be to put our attention on
enhancing ourselves while making an
effort to form a good relationship with
another person. Because I thought it may lead to some great insight that
would point me in the correct way. I felt driven to write about it but I'm
becoming aware that I'm terrified and that I don't feel in a position to be with
anyone else, therefore I would prefer not to harm myself or someone else in
the process. Maybe most importantly, I'm learning that progress is the enemy
of perfection and in this situation, perfection stands in the way of trying to
make the best of becoming an impossible imperfect human being in an
impossible imperfect environment.
To sum up, it can be identified that there is positive correlation between self-love
and relationship because the higher your self-love is, the higher chance that your
relationship will workout.
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PRACTICE SELF-CARE
Self-care is anything you do that benefits
your physical, mental or emotional health.
There are many ways you can practice self-
care, including:
Watching a movie or TV show
Cooking a meal
Play a game
Cleaning your room
SET BOUNDARIES GUIDE TO LOVE
YOURSELF
Allows you to control how you treat yourself
and how others treat you. It helps prioritize RECOGNIZING AND ACCEPTING YOUR
your needs and allows you to vocalize what EMOTIONAL STATE
those needs are.
Setting boundaries can look like: No one is happy all the time. Nor are they positive or the best version of themselves each
and every day. An important part of self love is holding yourself to reasonable standards.
Learning to say "no" without guilt You must acknowledge that some days will be better that others, and that its's totally
Making decision regardless of other's okay to have an off day, or week or even a slump period. It's important to check in with
opinion of you your emotional state frequently, so that you can recognize your moods and learn to accept
Standing up for yourself and your needs them. In practice, this means not acting like things are fine, when you know they aren’t.
Your boundaries may change over time and How frustrated do you feel when someone says “I’m fine” or “It’s nothing” when they
enforcing new limits does not require an clearly are NOT fine and it clearly IS something?? Don’t play those same games with
apology. yourself. Tune into your emotional state so that you can act and plan accordingly!
Not only must you recognize your emotional state, but you need to accept it as well. A
STOP COMPARING key part of accepting your emotional state as it is, is tailoring your plans or your routine to
YOURSELF TO OTHERS your current state. Learning to check in with your emotional state is the basis of any good
self care routine. It is also important to recognize when a slump period has gone on for
Thanks to social media, it's far too easy to see too long. While it is important to cut yourself some slack, take some downtime, or totally
an idealized version of other people's lives give into a bad mood every once in a while, it is also important to understand that our
and accomplisments. Comparing yourself to a actions, habits and routines can really effect our moods! If you are having a major slump,
persons curated online presence can be consider how you can change your routine in a positive way to try to get back in the
detrimental to self-love. swing of things. Self care is often a balance of showing yourself kindness and forgiveness
"Remember that social media is an extreme and maintaining good habits that work to actively improve your mood.
version of the public persona or mask folks
project, but only represents a sliver of the FORGIVING YOURSELF
challenges, problems, and difficulties that
color individuals," says Romanoff. This means embracing self-compassion. We all make mistakes, big and small, and while at
the time they may seem earth-shattering, they probably aren’t. Life moves on and so
REMOVE TOXIC PEOPLE should you. Embracing self-compassion will allow you to reflect on your actions with
FROM YOUR LIFE kindness, empathy and support, which will allow you to forgive yourself for whatever
happened. Holding onto a grudge against yourself can be as damaging as holding onto a
A toxic person can limit your ability to foster grudge against someone else.
self-love. While you can achieve self-love on Grudges require holding on to a huge amount of negative energy, which can be
your own, it's easier when the people around absolutely exhausting. Letting go of the negative feelings you have about yourself or your
you provide positive affirmations and respect. actions through forgiveness will free up your energy and emotional capacity so that you
According to Henderson, attributes of a toxic can embrace more loving behavior.
person may include:
Being resistant to or fearful of your growth
Only having negative things to say
Disregarding your opinion
Ignoring boundaries you set
Leaving you exhausted after time spent
together
After talking to someone ask yourself, "Do I
feel better or worse than I did before the
conversation began?"
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Quotes Section
Love yourself first,and
everything else falls in line. You
really have to love yourself to
get anything done in this world.
LUCILLE BALL
Talk to "Love yourself. Be clear on
yourself like how you want to be treated.
someone you Know your worth. Always."
love. MARYAM HASNAA
B R E N E B R O W
N
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BELLE ÂME STORY
THE SCARS
BY: AMANDA FARIZ
“Look at those scars, you are the most What made me change my mind, you
horrible person i ever met”. Yep, that is know, to love me the most? Cosmetics.
me. High school was never easy for me. Yes, I am serious; partially. I mean, the
People mock me for how I look. Called least I can do is to cover up my scar
me names. Does it hurt? Yeah. At first, I with foundation, and boom I look like
hated being me. I have owned it from the most incredible person in the
the day I was born; the scar. I am not school, or better, world. From what I
very fond of it. I hated it in fact for most have learned at school about social
of my adolescent life. Why am I not perception, people sometimes do give
beautiful enough to be in this me this kind of nonverbal
magnificent yet cruel world? Where communication that makes me hate
people with good looks are served like going to school. For example, the
royalty but those who are not are students look at me with a disgusted
frowned upon. Both of my parents are facial expression or sometimes they
very good looking, my siblings are stare at me for no reason. I do not know
spectacularly adorable and me? Sadly, I whether that person likes me or just
think people would prefer dating a hates the way I look. I saw everything,
gremlin rather than dating me. but I am just too tired to confront
According to Charles Harton Cooley, an people who always throw hate towards
individual forms an opinion of how he me. “Wow, you really think that you look
appears in front of others. Well, for my good by wearing makeup? Just to let
situation, my parents may view me as you know, you are still ugly by having
the most beautiful girl ever, but to those those hideous SCARS ”, said one of the
boys in my class as he purposely
highlighted the word ‘scars’. This is why
I hate the feeling of going to school,
and hearing the word ‘scar’ over and
over.
bullies, I probably look worse than a Me who that day was in a very good
Shrek. mood has turned into ‘The Incredible
12 Hulk’. Yes, I am not joking. I have
BELLE ÂME STORY
punched that kid; to be exact at his I was amazed to know that she is
mouth for saying bad things about me. actually a motivator. I saw a few of her
My parents were furious about it and videos and I love the way she motivates
even grounded me for a week. Honestly, all of us to love ourselves better.
I thanked them for doing that. I can be Everyday, I would search for new releases
myself without hearing people talking of her videos where she would give
bad about me. My mom came to me motivational speeches, just to make me
that night and tried to comfort me. “You feel proud of myself, especially about my
will never understand my feelings, you scars. She never gives up to motivate
are gorgeous and I am not, knowing others to be confident with their
that I am different from others make me imperfections even though people are so
feel left out among guys. As I tried to mean to her. There is this one song lyric
cover it up, people mocked me”. She that would suit her, from a band named
convinced me that I am just as beautiful Ghost which is “your beauty never ever
as others to her, but I know all she was scared me”. That is how I managed to put
trying to do is to comfort me. But, I down my negative feelings, embrace the
guess it works; for a while. way I look because this is me. I cannot
change it, well maybe I can, but I will be
To cut the long story short, it was a called as the new Kardashian’s new
summer holiday. One of the best family member.
moments in my life as I do not have to
meet some horrible people out there. I “What I can say now is, I love the way I
was scrolling through social media and look. All those criticisms towards me do
there is this one article; ‘the ugliest not affect me at all. It feels like I am
woman in this world’. Wow, I wonder wearing a bulletproof vest everyday,
who wrote about this. Lizzie Velasquez; everytime people talk bad about me. In
the main character in the article. When I fact, I started to influence others to be
saw her face for the first time, I was grateful, appreciate what has been given
shocked. Not because of how she looks, to them. By doing this, everyone
but how the person who was in charge including me can see the beauty in
of writing this article is willing to make ourselves ” said me in my last paragraph
this kind of article. She was born with a of speech in front of the audience during
very rare disease called Marfanoid- a speaking competition. Obviously, I won
progeroid-lipodystrophy syndrome. She as my speech was the best out of the
has scars all over her face and that is best. At the end of the day, I decided to
why the media gives a bad impression love myself first rather than care about
towards her. how people judge me. I live happily,
make my family proud and that is all that
matters.
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comfort food ingredients
MUSHROOM VEGETABLE OIL
SOUP
2 BANANA SHALLOTS,
DICED
2 GARLIC CLOVES, SLICED
4 SPRIGS OF THYME
550G OF CHESTNUT
MUSHROOMS, SLICED
80ML OF SHERRY
600ML OF WATER, OR
VEGETABLE STOCK
1 DASH OF
WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, (OPTIONAL)
50G OF BUTTER
CRÉME FRAICHE, TO
GARNISH
SALT
STEPS
1.Heat a splash of vegetable oil in a large pan and sweat the shallots and garlic with a
pinch of salt until soft without colour.
2.Add 500g of the sliced mushrooms and the thyme (reserving a few leaves to garnish)
and turn up the heat (the remaining 50g of mushrooms will be used for the garnish).
The mushrooms will release a lot of liquid; keep cooking until the liquid has completely
evaporated, then add the sherry and simmer until reduced by three-quarters.
3.Add the stock and simmer for 30 minutes.
4.Transfer the soup to a blender and blitz until smooth, seasoning with Worcestershire
sauce (if using), salt and pepper. Return to the pan and keep warm until ready to serve.
5.Heat the butter in a frying pan and fry the leftover mushrooms with a pinch of salt
until they turn a deep golden colour and start to crisp around the edges.
6.Serve the soup hot with a garnish of crispy mushrooms, a swirl of crème fraîche, a
few thyme leaves and a good crack of black pepper
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Ingredients :
Make the shrimp stock by sauteing shrimp shells and/or
Medium to large shrimp heads until the bottom of the pot starts collecting
Chicken stock browned bits.
Makrut lime leaves Deglaze with water and scrape all the stuck bits from
Lemongrass the bottom of the pot. If using shrimp heads, use tongs
Galangal to squeeze out the tasty tomalley inside.
Thai chilies
Thai chilli paste Simmer for about 45 minutes. You can add some
Fresh lime juice chopped onions to the simmering stock right now if you
Fish sauce want some added flavour.
Sugar Strain the stock and add the lemongrass, galangal,
Oyster mushrooms makrut lime leaves and Thai chilies.
Cilantro Simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the mushrooms and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Add the shrimp, bring the stock back to a simmer and
then turn off the heat.
Allow the residual heat of the soup to fully cook the
shrimp for the next 2 minutes.
Add the Thai chili paste and fish sauce and stir to
dissolve the chili paste.
Add lime juice and then taste and adjust, adding the
sugar only if needed.
It's ready to serve!
Note: the herbs are for infusion purposes only and are
not meant to be eaten; however, they're traditionally
left in the soup for garnish.
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A MODEL
WITH
VITILIGO
JULY 2022
WINNIE HARLOW
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WINNIE
Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young, or
preferably to be known as Winnie
Harlow was born on July 27. “A model
with vitiligo” is what she prefers to be
called as she has become a successful
model that embraces her skin
condition when she was diagnosed
with vitiligo at the age of four.
Vitiligo is a disorder that forms white
patches of skin appear on different
parts of the body. Although Winnie is
one of the hundred people that was
affected, this 28 years old woman
decided to open the public’s eyes by
joining a show called America’s Next
Top Model in 2014.
"I have flaws, but I embrace them and I love them" She never lose confidence towards
herself and that is why today, she has
appeared in a lot of campaigns,
magazines and even a runway model.
"Always do what you love in life,
because then it will never feel like
work" is her mother's advice that
changed her life as she mentioned it
during her interview.
HARLOW
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BELLE ÂME
SLEOLVFELYOOVUER: ISSEILTFV?ITAL TO
By : Aina Hafiza
"To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to
happiness." is a phrase said by Robert Morley, who
was an English actor. This phrase talks about loving
yourself as the key to happiness. Self-love generally
can be interpreted differently from each person
because everyone has their own ways to take care
of themselves. Everyone in this world is too busy
falling in love with someone else. It may be their
significant other, their family, or even their idols. But
do they even fall in love with themselves? Do they
even realize that loving ourselves is much more
important than loving others? Self-love should be
the first thing to be prioritized by everyone. It can’t
be denied that self-love has so many benefits for us
and the people around us.
Without realising it, self-love can help reduce stress. As an
example, when you love yourself, you will be able to spot
the symptoms of burnout and take action to lessen your
stress by doing things you love or getting some rest.
Taking a break from something stressful doesn’t mean
you are weak, but it means that you care about yourself.
Other than that, self-compassion would enable you to
have better interpersonal relationships. We often hear
that we can’t truly love someone if we don’t love
ourselves. I extremely agree with this statement because
how would we love someone if we don’t even care and
love ourselves? Do we even know the true meaning of
love? People who value and adore themselves frequently
comprehend themselves more fully than others.
Consequently, they are aware of the type of connection
they desire. If we talk about relationships, we are not just
talking about romantic partnerships. It might also have to
do with how we get along with our family and friends.
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For instance, if we truly know about ourselves, we will
naturally prefer to form a healthy circle over a toxic
one. This assists us in establishing boundaries and
eliminate harmful relationships. Next, practicing self-
love might help with feelings of anxiety and despair.
There is scientific research regarding this which
shows that self-compassionate people are less likely
to experience anxiety or depression. However, it
doesn’t mean that those people with a high level of
self-compassion are excluded from having anxiety or
depression, but they can at least manage the
symptoms of anxiety and depression. This is because
self-love cultivates a mindset of gratitude as acts of
self-care actually be of service to create a solid
emotional foundation and a fresh mental start from
which to move forward.
On the other hand, loving ourselves can boost our
confidence. Gaining self-assurance will help us appear
fearless and increase our sense of value. For example,
greater self-confidence makes you more willing to take
smart risks and more able to move outside your comfort
zone and know more about your value and your abilities.
Besides that, this will also lead to increase happiness in your life because you will have
started to accept your flaws and weaknesses as a part of yourself where this leads to
self-acceptance. Moreover, loving yourself can help you achieve your goals while
inspiring others. In this situation, self-love teaches us to prioritize our dreams.
Prioritizing our dreams isn’t considered as selfish instead it builds passion to achieve
our dreams in order to succeed in the future. However, there will inevitably be ups and
downs while we work toward achieving our objectives, and that is just fine because it
is common for us to have difficulties in life. Someday, all the challenges we overcame
will make us as a stronger person and slowly build self-efficacy in ourselves. Last but
not least, self-love is also helping to develop healthier habits. Choosing to love
yourself can influence your health decisions. Some researchers discovered that
people who accepted themselves will be more motivated to make positive changes in
their lives. As example, some people started to eat healthily and began to exercise
regularly per week. This is indeed showed that people who practised self-compassion
tend to develop new, healthier habits. To sum up, there are numerous benefits we can
obtain from loving ourselves. Self-love is essential to our well-being. Self-love isn’t
conceited. Loving yourself is all about adoring you for who you are, exactly as you are.
You are the unique one and it is very amazing that there is nobody else like you in the
entire planet. Your inner world shapes your outer environment, loving yourself is your
secret weapon for leading a fulfilling life. It is you who gives your life colour. So, love
yourself wholeheartedly.
If you are always trying
to be normal, you will
never know how amazing
you can be.
Dr. Maya Angelou
How you love yourself
is how you teach
others to love you.
RUPI KAUR
I am somebody. I am me. I
like being me. And I need
nobody to make me
somebody.
LOUIS L'AMOUR
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EPIPHANYBTS JIN
ENGLISH TRANSLATION ABOUT
So weird, I for sure loved you so much “ Epiphany” is the thirteenth track off of BTS’s Love
Adapted to you with everything, I wanted to live
my life for you 結Yourself ‘Answer’, and was released two weeks prior to
But as I keep doing that I just can't bear the
storm inside my heart the rest of the album. The track has a pop-rock melody
The real myself inside the smiling mask, I reveal and features sentimental vocals sung by BTS member
it entirely Jin.
I'm the one I should love in this world An epiphany is defined as a “moment of sudden or
Shining me, precious soul of mine powerful realization”. Jin’s epiphany is that he is capable
I finally realized so I love me of unconditional self-love. The music video depicts Jin
Not so perfect but so beautiful alone and brooding. However, small gestures, like closing
I'm the one I should love the curtains and the color saturation changing, signify a
purpose beyond the depressive scenes. Although
I'm shaking and afraid but I keep going forward wholeheartedly loving yourself can be lonely and
I'm meeting the real you, hidden in the storm difficult, such a feat is not impossible. It’s one of the
Why did I want to hide my precious self like greatest progressions a person can undertake.
this?
What was I so afraid of? DETAIL >
Why did I hide my true self?
Epiphany is Jin declaring to the world that he finally understands himself. Perhaps he is not
I'm the one I should love in this world as beautiful as he wishes he was but he is who he is and that is more than enough.
Shining me, precious soul of mine
I finally realized so I love me Epiphany is not a simple declaration of love to oneself. It is not looking into the mirror and
Not so perfect but so beautiful saying, this is who I really am, I am better than I think I am — it is Jin gently cradling himself
I'm the one I should love and saying it’s okay that he exists just as he is and he does enough. He is who he is and that
is enough.
I may be a bit blunt, I may lack some things
I may not have that shy glow around me The first time I listened to Epiphany, the lyrics that stuck out to me the most was when Jin
But this is me went, “I’m the one I should love in this world.” The word should shift something inside of me.
My arms, my legs, my heart, my soul
It's not always we are reminded to love ourselves. And every time, we are, it’s a gentle
I wanna love in this world reminder, a possibility, something that looks hazy for the future. When Jin said we should,
Shining me, precious soul of mine phrasing it as something almost necessary, it struck me more than it should.
I finally realized so I love me
Not so perfect but so beautiful To live in a world where we are reminded to be kind to one another, to love as fiercely as we
I'm the one I should love can, how many of us are told to love who we truly are?
I'm the one I should love How many of us are told it’s important that we do? We wake up every single day and drag
I'm the one I should love our bodies from day to day, night to night, from room to room, and exist. How many of us
truly know who we are? How many of us look at ourselves with the same gentleness and love
we reserve for the people we care so dearly about?
Epiphany is not a simple act of self-love. It is not Jin simply telling us we should love who
we are. It is Jin reminding us we are human and being human means being deeply flawed.
It is a reminder that self-love does not come easy. It is not something we learn overnight. It is
not something that comes instilled in us already. It is something we learn. It is something we
understand.
It is a reminder that we should be kinder to ourselves. After all, it is our own legs that carry
us everywhere.
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Welcome to
MUSIC LIBRARY
MUSIC COLOURS YOUR LIFE
Feeling down and stressed out? Here are some motivating lyrics for you!
Like singing a song
I want to tell myself the words
I love myself, I trust myself
The words I didn’t hear
Taeyeon - Dear Me Look at me who endured the long
darkness
I don’t hide anymore even if the night
comes again
I’m standing by my side
Above the sky that will be bright
I’ll become the light that spreads and fly
Just pretty but not attractive at all Itzy - Dalla Dalla
I’m different from the kids
I’m different
Don’t measure me by your
standards alone
I love being myself
I’m nobody else
Bad bad I'm sorry I'm bad
I'm just the way I am
It's such a little time to care about what others think
I'm busy doing what I want to do
My life, I will live my own way
Don't you care
Cause I'm special yeah
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On those days when you're falling behind Gaho - Running
again in the eyes of others
On the other hand, it raise me up and run
out
Start it now, run ahead
Running running, shout to the world
Even if there's a dead end, I'm okay
Start from now, run ahead
Running running if I'm with you
You can do anything
Run endlessly in a rough world
Big Naughty - Stab Sometimes we’re blind
But don’t listen to what others say
Pain becomes soil
And on top of the shaking roots
Flowers will bloom
The flowers will have the path
And when you follow the steps
The road may crumble into pieces
Just get up and keep going
Then you will see who you really are
People like to talk about other people Itzy - Wannabe
Why are they so interested in other people’s life?
Hey, I’m sorry but you don’t need to mind about it
It’s none of your business
I do my own business
No matter what anyone says,
I’m me I just wanna be me
I wanna be me,me,me
It doesn’t have to be something
I’m just perfect when I’m me
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AYBOOUUT
YOU NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG YOU ARE UNTILL BEING
STRONG IS THE ONLY CHOICE
made by : munirah & adriana
Most people do not know their strengths and weaknesses because of multiple
reasons. How many of us, if we are asked "What is your strength?" will be
left with no words or maybe "I do not know" or "I have no strength"?. If we
look close enough, realising our strength and weaknesses does involve self-
love in most aspects in our lives. Strength can also be related to good quality
or good value in humans. When we talk about self-love, there are various
things that are also related to it such as self-worth, self-esteem, and many
more.
We hardly ever think of ourselves because we tend to only think of other
people. We are too busy finding good qualities and values in the people we
adore or we choose to be our role model, thinking we should be like them until
you forget about your own strength. Without you realising it, you have
altered your identity and behaviour in hope that you will be the same person
that you look up to. The main reason we tend to do this is because we do not
believe in ourselves that we already have the good qualities and values that
we are too focused on searching for it another person.It is natural for
humans to not believe in themselves until someone points it out to them.
This can be related with cognitive processes to understand the cause of social
behaviour and thoughts. In order to understand the behaviour of other people, we often
engaged in social cognition where we think long and hard about other people. As
example, some people grew up in a supportive environment, which means they have
parents, friends or family members that keep giving them positive affirmation words.
A child in this kind of environment can be resulted of having high self-esteem and
have a strong life principle. This is because children will always look forward to their
parents or guardian throughout their growth so they will always think about their
guardian behaviour and apply the values into their life. It will be hard for people to
discourage them as they have a "shield" to protect them that they gained from their
childhood. It is the opposite with a child that grew up in an ugly environment. The
children in this kind of environment are exposed to a lot of negativity and no one
during their growth ever pointed out the value because their own parents are full of
unresolved trauma.
This can be bad for the child's growth as the child will grow up believing they have no
self-worth and low self-esteem and eventually they will unknowingly get the bad
treatment they believe they deserve. This is because that is the only kind of treatment
they are familiar with. They have no self-love towards themselves and willingly let
people use them and be cruel towards themselves.
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Another reason why people do not acknowledge their own strengths is
because the system itself doesn’t let us realise our strengths. This can be
referred to our education system in our country, which mostly keeps to
bookish knowledge, which is mostly uninteresting and doesn’t generate any
sense of curiosity and interest in us to pursue anything beyond those pages
when students have graduated from college or university. Therefore, our
new generation is very dull as they are forced to be consistent and the same
as others, which results in them losing their personal interest in other
things. The school can be like a sardine factory that only produces the exact
same can of sardine every minute, second or a year. The students that have
graduated will enter the real world and work life as people that failed to
contribute to society as they failed to come up with new ideas. They will
become workers that work from 9 to 5, without having their own time, busy
searching for money just to survive in this world. At the end of the day,
most of them will become lifeless and have no good qualities or values in
themselves, and they will fail to have love for themselves.
When was the last time we appreciated ourselves? When was the last time we valued
ourselves because of our own hard work? We always feel we are not good enough just
because we don’t exceed others' expectations when you already do your best. We are all
human. We all make mistakes. Sometimes our one mistake is a stepping stone before
we gain something. Just because only one of your weaknesses doesn’t make you fall
apart and forget your strength that made you stand today. Sometimes it's not that we
don’t have strength, but we don’t know how to figure out our strength.
Most people don’t know where to start, so here is where to begin. You can start by
jotting down your day in your planner, such as what you do? What was the highlight of
the day? What makes you sad? You can see the pattern of what you enjoy doing the
most from here, and you may discover a talent you were unaware of before.
Other than that, you should embrace your weakness. You are not the only one who has
weaknesses. Everyone has their own weaknesses, but what makes us different is how we
hide our weaknesses and how we manage to counter them. If you manage to fight your
weakness, it proves that you are strong enough and not everyone has the courage to
fight back their own weakness. You also succeed in making your weakness one of your
weapons. When people use your weakness, you know how to encounter back so you
don’t easily get lost. Your weakness is actually your weapon when you know how to
control it. You should control what revolves around you because you’re the director of
this story.
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Lastly, you can acknowledge your strength by asking for other points of
view. Sometimes we can't see what we have, but others can because we have
underestimated ourselves.You can ask a few people, such as your parents,
best friend, lecturer, and random people, to ask them about your strength.
This way can help you to get different points of view because most of the
time we act differently towards different people. What can I say here, your
parents might not realise your strength because to them it is just a normal
thing you would do, but your friend might see it differently. Therefore, it is
really important to get various points of view so that you can help you to
improve yourself.
In conclusion, there are a lot of factors why we don’t acknowledge our
strength, but it is not a reason for us to become someone's loser but to
become stronger. There a lot of ways for us to acknowledge our strength so
we can make a better version of ourselves.
In conclusion, there are a lot of factors why we don’t acknowledge our
strength, but it is not a reason for us to become someone's loser but to
become stronger. There a lot of ways for us to acknowledge our strength so
we can make a better version of ourselves.
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"It is up to each
person to recognize
his or her true
preferences."
Isabel Briggs Myers
GET TO KNOW YOURSELF
MYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
MBTI stands for Myers Briggs An Architect (INTJ) is a person with the
Type Indicator. This is a tool Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Judging
which is frequently used to help personality traits. These thoughtful tacticians
individuals understand their own love perfecting the details of life, applying
communication preference and creativity and rationality to everything they do.
how they interact with others. Their inner world is often a private, complex
Having an awareness of what one. Architects, independent to the core, want
MBTI is can help you adapt your to shake off other people’s expectations and
interpersonal approach to pursue their own ideas.
different situations and At times, Architects may wonder whether dealing with other people is
audiences. even worth the frustration. Architects don’t just learn new things for
show – they genuinely enjoy expanding the limits of their knowledge.
Common uses
for MBTI Architects you may know
Developing yourself Elon musk
Understanding stress
reactions
Career development
Working relationships
Communication style
Resolving conflict
Managing change
Valuing diversity
Problem-solving
J.K. Rowling
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Tell yourself how Everyone one of us needs
wonderful you are, to show how much we care
how great you are. Tell for each other and, in the
yourself how much process, care for ourselves.
you love yourself.
DIANA
Don Miguel Ruiz PRINCESS OF WHALES
If people are Love yourself so much that
doubting how far you when someone treats you
can go, go so far that wrong, you recognize it.
you can’t hear them
RENA ROSE
anymore.
MICHELE RUIZ
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TOPIC : SELF LOVE
MIX & MATCH
GAME
JOYWSITNICK
SELF FOOD
COMFORT
STOP BOUNDARIES
CARE
SET COMPARING
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Worrying about Procrastinating on Jealousy Trying to make
what has happened important things everyone happy
in the past Fear of A negative Failing to care for your
failure body image physical health
Any possessions
that don't bring
you joy
Your dependency Unhealthy relationship Excuses
on social media
Fear of the unknown Worrying what
others think of you
A job you Overindulging The idea of Comparing
hate in unhealthy “perfect life” yourself to others
habits
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FIRST, LOYE YOURSELF
Symbols of Self Love
Amaryllis Flower Swans
Amaryllis comes from the Greek Despite having an elegant and
word, amarysso means ‘to innocent look, swans represent
sparkle’. Due to its height and inner beauty, trust, self-love and
sturdiness, this flower courage loyalty. The shape of heart will be
you to accept yourself and formed when two swans bring their
reach your true potential. neck together. The reflection
formed from this shape represents
inner love.
Humming Bird RoseAlthough people always symbolize
This unique bird symbolizes roses as the romantic love, roses are
lightness, joy, freedom, good also the symbols of self-love, beauty,
luck, higher vibrations and living courage and confidence. The sight
life to the fullest. Hummingbird and scent of roses helps to heal the
encourages you to let go emotional wounds so people can
negative feelings. begin to love themselves and others.
Rhodochrosite Peacock
Pink rhodochrosite is This super beautiful animal
considered as a stone of symbolizes self-confidence, self-
unconditional love, forgiveness, esteem, pride, honor and
compassion, healing and integrity. Peacocks will dance
acceptance. This beautiful joyfully when they sense rain
stone promoting feelings of and revealing their true beauty.
love, peace, healing and So that is why they are also
happiness. symbolize joy.
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