How to love your body the way it is
โ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐'๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ.โ โฃโฃโฃ
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- Eldra Jackson IIIโฃโฃโฃโฃ
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When I was in middle school I was teased and bullied for being fat. โฃโฃโฃโฃ
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You see, at the end of 5th grade, I got poison oak in my eye, and had to take a type of steroids as medicine to reduce the swelling. This caused me to gain some weight. โฃโฃโฃโฃ
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In 6th grade my family moved to a new city, and I had to make new friends. I was a shy and chubby kid. I remember being pushed, poked, insulted, and left out. What makes this all worse is that it wasnโt the school bullies doing this.. it was the people I thought were my friends. โฃโฃโฃโฃ
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I donโt think Iโve ever fully recovered from those days, and I still deal with issues around body dysmorphia, insecurity, and self-loathing. In college I went through a period of disordered eating, trying to suppress hunger with pills, and then bingeing on junk food at night. Iโve come a long way since then. โฃโฃโฃโฃ
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Over the past decade Iโve been using forms of mindfulness and loving-kindness to heal my relationship with myself and with my body. I no longer torture and criticize myself for not having a body like a pro-athlete.โฃโฃโฃโฃ
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Iโve learned something deeply important through all this: Until you can feel comfortable in your own skin, you will never truly feel at ease. โฃโฃโฃโฃ
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The only way to feel comfortable in your skin is not though perfection, but through acceptance. Learning how to love your curves, your softness, or whatever it is that feels not good enough at first glance. โฃโฃโฃโฃ
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Do you need help learning to love you body? Part of my teaching practice is helping people love themselves again. If youโre interested in learning more about how to cultivate self-love, just say the word โYESโ in the comments below and Iโll send you a free guided meditation video to get started.