Yesterday, I posted a poll in my Instagram story asking if anyone else struggles with their relationship between exercise 🏃🏼 and body image. 100% of people voted yes.
Wow. I can’t say I’m surprised, which makes me super sad for the state of our world 🌎 and society.
Can we just take today to focus on to loving ourselves, our bodies, and wherever we are in our journey?
Give yourself a hug!
Art by @agathesorlet 💕
When we experience self-acceptance, we're able to find unconditional love 💕 for all of who we are. Self esteem is different, self acceptance means we accept not just the positive aspects of our life or personality, but also the negative and the neutral. Self-acceptance means we recognize our weaknesses and limitations, but this awareness in no way interferes with our ability to fully accept ourselves.
Self-acceptance isn’t a task that is ever complete. As an ENFJ myself (a Meyers-Briggs personality type that’s made up of the characteristics of extroversion, neuroticism/intuition, feeling, and judging) I certainly struggle with judging myself and my actions.
Am I working hard enough? Will I accomplish all I want to? Am I being true to myself? Authentic enough? Am I practicing what I preach? Am I lazy? Am I weird? Why’d you say that? Why didn’t you say this? 😂 these are regular thoughts for humans.
Being engaged in a process of self-acceptance means when we hear these thoughts we listen to them without judgement. We accept ourself for having negative thoughts about ourself and challenge the messages our brain is giving us.
Any negative thoughts you experience that cause you to struggle to accept yourself? 🌼
Wise words from Karamo Brown 👑. As much as it can feel like it, life is not a contest.
It’s not about how well you’re doing compared to others- the only person you should compare yourself to today is who you were yesterday!
We shouldn’t be asking ourselves why others appear to be more successful 💰 , healthier, skinnier, prettier, smarter, tougher 💪, or more well liked...
We should be asking ourselves is am I working as hard as I can to be the best person I can be today.
Everyone struggles with making comparisons of themselves to others - it’s part of the way the brain sorts information! But be compassionate to yourself and know you’re not alone. 💕
