Courage
It takes courage
massive courage, in fact,
to love your body.
It takes courage,
tremendous courage,
to go against everything we’ve ever been told
by the media
by the beauty ideal
by Karl fucking Lagerfeld
and truly cherish the body you’ve been given.
It’s an act of bravery
to lean in
to surrender
to what is
instead of always
always
ALWAYS
being at war with yourself.
Loving your body goes against every belief we’ve ever been infused with.
It’s not how you do it, right?
You’re supposed to hate on it –
every part of it –
the cellulite,
the fat,
the loose skin,
the hair,
the nose,
the baby toe.
You’re supposed to NOT like it,
to engage in FAT talk with your girlfriends,
to ALWAYS talk about the latest diets,
to TRY every new diet,
and to commiserate again and again and again
that, surprise, surprise,
the weight you lost on the 900 calorie grape diet
snuck back on the minute you went back to “normal” life.
You’re supposed to ALWAYS want to be thinner,
leaner,
more toned.
You’re supposed to exercise,
not because you like it,
not because of its health benefits,
but because it makes you THIN.
You’re supposed to never ever ever be DONE with changing your body,
with your “body project”
that’s long taken over your entire precious life.
So, yeah,
loving your body is an act of bravery.
It’s the ultimate test of courage.
And yet, it’s the only way to ever wake up in the morning without thinking about your next diet,
without checking your belly and hating on it,
without stepping on that damn scale and allowing it to determine your worthiness.
And yet, it’s the only way – for most of us – to really find peace in this body-obsessed world.
And yet,
we still want our bodies back –
3 days after giving birth.
We still want to fit in –
to fade into the background –
to not ever take up space.
We want to be seen –
praised –
acknowledged –
liked –
LOVED.
We want to have a body that conforms to the current beauty ideal.
It’s a constant back and forth.
A “yeah, I know I will not find happiness in being thing”
and a “but I still WANT to be thin”.
It’s a daily battle between allowing your body to communicate with you
and counting calories to shape her into something she’s not.
It’s a commitment you either face and then never let go of
or it’s a wishy washy decision you kinda made one morning when you’ve had enough.
Loving your body takes daily action.
It takes mindset work.
Getting rid of stuff.
Lies.
Sometimes even people.
Loving your body is not something that just happens.
It does take work.
But so does dieting –
Just think about how much time you’ve wasted counting calories
adding points
looking at the scale.
So, really,
learning to love your body is nothing in comparison.
It’s easy.
It’s different, yes.
It’s a way of allowing.
And – I’ll say it again –
it’s brave.
But look around you,
look at the state of this world.
We NEED brave women.
We NEED you to stop following your ego
and start tuning in to your heart.
We NEED you to step up and be the example others will follow.
One that will change the world for the better.
One that will make a lasting impact.
One that you can be proud of.
And, really, what does hating on your body every second of every day DO for you?
What does it DO for this world?
How has it ever served your life?
I get that it’s scary –
and –
and this is important –
history will be on your side.
Times are changing.
But only if we change.
As – and you know this –
we truly are the change.
Just think how amazing
world-changing it would be
for all of us women to suddenly love our bodies?
Just think
imagine for a moment
how much more we could BE
DO
HAVE
CREATE
LIVE
EXPERIENCE
DESIRE
if we stopped focusing all of our energy,
all of our life force,
on changing the body we were born with?
Wouldn’t it be freaking amazing to live in a world
where women – and men – can just have a body?
A body they take care of,
a body they respect,
a body they love?
And that would be it?
There’d be no judgement,
no pain,
no shaming,
no bullying,
no playing small.
There’d be joy –
the joy of being in the body
the joy of having a body
the joy of treating the body just right
the joy of giving your body what she needs.
There’d be peace.
And it’s up to us to create it.
It’s up to us to DO it.
It’s up to us to take the first step.
It’s not up to those who have formed
and shaped the current beauty ideal.
Nope, they won’t change.
They’re still profiting from your self-loathing,
your body shame.
Nope, they won’t take the first step.
You do.
We do.
By beginning to love our bodies.
By learning to be ourselves.
By just doing it –
every day in every way.
So yeah, it takes courage
massive courage, in fact,
to love your body.
But it takes a willingness to suffer
to stay miserable
and in massive pain
if you continue to live the way you live right now.
Ready to love your body?
Ready to change your fate?
Ready to finally respect the skin you’re in?
If something in you lights up at the idea of loving your body from the inside out, treating her with respect and living life on your terms and eating what you when you want without fear, guilt or shame, book a chat with me here: https://meetme.so/Anne-SophieReinhardt
No strings, no commitment, just you and me, chatting about where your relationship to food and life is, where you want it to be… and how we can work together to get it there. Give yourself this gift, you and your wellbeing are totally worth it.
