Not sure if any of you all have seen this Special K commercial, but if you haven't, please do so before you keep on reading.
OK, is it just me or is the "I hate my body moment" coming around way too often? Please tell me this number made you think! I guess what's also scary is that we probably saw that and thought "yeah! That sounds about right!"
Don't feel bad if you did, that is what we call a habit. We eat, sleep and breathe this behavior: to look at ourselves in the mirror, overlook all the positives, and focus strictly on the negatives. Negatives that, most of the times, are way more obvious to us than they are to everyone else. And, negatives according to us; because to some people (and by that I mean a lot of people) the things we like least about ourselves are exactly what they think makes us beautiful.
But let's forget about what people think about us for a minute, and focus on something different. If hating our bodies is a habit we've developed, then learning to love our bodies is also possible, correct? What if we took that negative thought we have every single day and changed it to something positive? How big of an impact would that be?
Honestly, huge! Feeling good about yourself unleashes all sorts of positive consequences. It's a ripple effect; one which depends completely on us! Now, if changing a negative thought into a positive one can have such a big change in ourselves, imagine the size of the change if each and every one of us did that exact same thing!
Even more than owning it all, I'd like for you all to make a moment to think of the amount of change we could generate if we, once a day, thought smiling more, or learning something new, or anything that is considered encouraging. We could dream big and think daily about how to cure cancer, end world hunger, conquer world peace... Wouldn't that be a much better use of our time, and our thoughts?
Yes, I completely agree that we should "tell that inner voice to shut up and proudly own it all", that's what you all have been hearing me say since I started this journey. But I know that we could go beyond that. So I'm counting on you all to dream big, and listen to your inner voice; because it'll be saying: You're awesome! Keep going because you're doing great!
So here's your homework for the week: let's change the term inner critic (inner voice, little voice inside, etc.) into inner cheerleader, inner support, inner friend, and see what happens.
See you all soon!!
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