The Love That Lasts: Why Self-Love Is the Heart of Valentine’s and Galentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day invite us to celebrate love in all its forms…romantic partners, soul-deep friendships, chosen family, and the people who show up for us again and again. But beneath the flowers, dinner reservations, and heart-shaped everything is a quieter truth we often forget: every relationship we nurture is shaped by the one we have with ourselves.