You see yourself in a mirror or a picture… what do you think?
Comments(4) Developing a Health Body Image seems to be a perennial topic. Many of the women I talk to are either struggling with or hoping to cultivate a more positive body image.
So…
- How are you feeling about your body this week?
- How are you feeling about your body today?
When was the last time you set an intention to ditch your mean inner critic, and adopt a kinder and gentler way of talking to yourself. Have you looked in the mirror today yet and smiled at the beautiful woman looking back? Do you see yourself in a photograph and love your body/temple?
Loving yourself is a daily… sometimes hourly… heck, sometimes moment by moment decision… It is so easy to drift away from a positive intention and revert back to the familiar… even when the familiar is self-abusive…
I am lighting my morning candle for you and your positive relationship with your body image today… When you love yourself, all manner of goodness will flow to you… open your self… open your heart and allow….
open and allowing… it doesn’t get better than that…
Enjoy your body today… be grateful for your physical blessings… treat her well… feed her health-full foods, give her enough water to drink, let her rest, let her move and be active…
Namaste
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Hi Joyce
Now in my early fifties I am relaxed and happy about my body. It’s taken decades to get to this stage as I constantly found fault with it when I was younger
I like my shape and am proud of my body which has survived bouts of serious illness and an extremely difficult birth of my second child 18 years ago .Its strong, flexible and healthy. All of which fills me with gratitude.
Yes like every woman, I dislike the photographs that show multiple chins or weird facial expressions and often try to edit these out. Partly out of vanity but also because they don’t represent the true self – the inner being that is housed in the body.
Overall, my attitude to my body reflects how I feel about life. I feel younger, more alive,
happier and confident than ever before. Painting is my passion and I am blessed that this is also my vocation
The inner critic finds little to latch on to about my body .Sadly though it does find plenty of other material to feed on but I am working on firing it from there as well!
Loving and celebrating the woman in the mirror!
Love and joy
Arabella x
Although I weigh less than 100 lbs now and love how my body looks and that it is healthy and flexible… my inner critic still finds something occasionally. I steer myself towards the positive. I am very very greatful for all the positive
Kim
Hi Joyce
I want to tell you that thanks to the life coaching work I have done with you I am absolutely excited to have my portraits arrive from the horse camp. Partly because they are taken with my dear friend Riskan and partly because I have accepted my body as is now. It is not perfect and may never be (and I am still working on getting much healthier & fitter) ~ but I do love & accept it now. I absolutely used to cringe when looking at photos of myself and now I really like & enjoy about 99% of the ones I view. Thanks always for your support, love & encouragement. The work I have done with you has totally changed my life. Blessings always, Jan
like so many others i have not come to turns with how i my body looks.I love the way it feels but dwell to much on the outward. My husband is forever telling me how good i look but two minutes out in the world in the morning i am already comparing myself to others and how badly i think i measure up to them. I am almost 60 and i feel that its getting worse no matter how hard i try to change the inner critic.