We have all caught ourselves judging the way we look. Each individual has its own personal reasons for that. I was guilty of it aswell - one day I decided that this had to stop and stumbled upon a quote that said
“The most offensive thing you can do to your body is wishing parts of it away.”
Self image, espacially body image isn’t fixed. Our bodies go through changes as we grow older. It takes courage to fight a distorted body image and even more so to consistently love and value the body.
In this blog that I created for a school project, I will take you through my body positivity journey and how it led to the creation of my brand.
Know your worth
Do you really know your worth? Well, for me, I thought I did. Getting my heart broken by the person with whom I was the most vulnerable made me feel worthless, even though I had a laundry list of reasons I should be proud of — in other areas of my life.
I had already built a strong foundation for myself, had healthy daily habits, was physically strong and focused on my hustle.
While being physically strong from putting in the work at the gym, I lacked mental thoughness and inner confidence. For months I kept hearing “your shoulders are too bold”,”you shouldn’t lift weights”,”muscular girls aren’t attractive”, etc.
It made me wonder that if the person who knew me best and loved me the most doesn’t think I am attractive, so it must be true.
True reflection
We can’t seem to see past our own reflection. Actually, nobody really knows how they look like. Mirrors only show us what we want to see.
Every time I looked in the mirror, it always looked broken, dirty and so ugly. Now looking back at it, I realize that the brokenness represented my lack of confidence, the dirt reminded me of my past mistakes and the ugliness was the stain left from my heart ache.
The question I asked myself was, why is it so difficult for many of us to look in the mirror and actually like what we see?
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