Body Image. Its an issue so many women, including myself, struggle with. I have been underweight and now I am overweight. I've struggled to love my body, but often I view it as the enemy. Particularly with its chronic illnesses. Rather than show it compassion, I have often treated it like some horrible misbehaving piece of myself that I'd like to whip into shape. I've come to the realization that is the wrong approach. In attempting to "love myself" I've been putting myself down, calling myself names, and WAIT how is that love?
So I'm going to practice DAILY focus on the strengths of each of my body parts. For example, I'll focus on the strength of my legs and how they enable me to take the dog for a walk each and every day vs. their width.
And I'm going to start now, right after seeing all my skinny cousins.
Source: Harper’s Bazaar Magazine
6 comments:
great advice,, smart woman you are!
So true, it's so easy to criticize ourselves or compare. Keep up the positive attitude, and you will soon start to see the beauty that everyone else does.
ditto great piece of advice! don't we all need that sometimes.
Great post, thanks for sharing from your heart. xox Corrine
Wonderful post!
So positive and uplifting... we are all "truly" beautiful.
Yes, focusing on our bodies, in the direction which you explained, is perfect advice!!
Thank you ((hugs)) :]
lovely post and so true!
It is so easy to be way too hard on ourselves and compare ourselves to others. We are constantly bombarded by images of "beauty" that we can fail to see our own awesomeness & loveliness.
This is a struggle I've fought off and on for years. I love to see women talking about it because I feel the more we can talk about it and support each other, the less of an issue it will become.
You are awesome and beautiful!
xoxo.
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